[BIGKIS-UPM] SUBJ: REFORM STFAP - GO BEYOND SCRAP. BE CRITICAL. BE BIGKIS. On June 20, the BOR is set to tackle the STFAP reform on their set meeting. As we have once said in our Bukluran UP System STFAP Policy Paper submitted to the BOR last March 2013: "Education is a right. For too long a time now, this right has been denied from many deserving students of our University. While we commend the administration in finally taking seriously its task of reviewing the University’s tuition policies, we also recommend the above policy proposals and revisions to be able to comprehensively and effectively address the different problems faced by thousands of students in UP. As the main stakeholders constituting the largest population component of our University, we assert our right to be heard." We go beyond mere calls to concrete suggestions and actions. Policy recommendations are the following: - Repeal of Article 330 of the University Code, or the "no pay, no admission" rule - Transparency in the STFAP by explaining to students in writing how their brackets were assigned - Flexibility by reducing the proposed two-year bracket renewal period to one year - Online STFAP application with the submission of electronic, instead of physical, documents for verification - Equal application of STFAP bracketing for second-degree and graduate students without hiking tuition levels - Yearly review of the STFAP by the admin and students - Mode of payment in installments - Deferred payment option without interest - 100% tuition coverage of the existing student loans program - Transportation allowance for UPCAT passers from distant areas (bukluran.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Policy-Recommendations-on-the-STFAP-and-Other-Tuition-Policies-final.pdf) Iskolars para sa Bayan, together let us unite for our call for a just and accessible socialized tuition fee program! LET US GO BEYOND SCRAP. BE CRITICAL. BE BIGKIS.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:49 +0000
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