NwSSU President Benjamin Pecayo said the PHP48 million budget for the free education this academic year is not enough to accommodate all freshmen applicants, who want to avail of this assistance.
“We are disheartened that we could not accept them all due to
limited budget given by the national government for our school,” Pecayo said in
a press briefing Thursday.
Before the implementation of free tuition education law, each
student pays around PHP5,000 for tuition fee per semester.
The university has nearly 3,000 students in their main campus in
this city and in their extension campus in San Jorge town.
“Technically, we can only accommodate around 1,200 new students
for this school year,” said Pecayo.
The university received nearly 6,000 freshmen application this
year after the government announced the free tuition fee.
"If we will accept all these 6,000 applicants, we will be
needing budget way higher than the PHP48 million allocation," Pecayo said.
The school will select new students based on merit and their
performance during the interview, and if they were able to pass the college
entrance examination.
“No favor will be accepted by the university from anyone just to
accommodate a student to study here. It is unfair for those who performed well
and they will not be accepted because we give the slot to another student
because somebody asked for them to be admitted,” Santiago stressed.
Most students of the NwSSU come from the towns in the first
district of Samar and this city.
The school offers courses under the College of Education, College
of Management, College of Engineering and Technology, College of Information
Technology and College of Arts and Sciences.
Although the tuition is free, Pecayo clarified that there are
still other fees that students have to pay. (RTA/PNA)
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