The Commission on Higher Education finally issued a memorandum on January 22, 2010, in response to the House Bill 6799 or the "Anti-No-Permit, No-Exam Policy" filed by Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond "Mong" Palatino last September 10, 2009.
This was after some officials of CHED attended a committee hearing of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE), where the bill was discussed. It was in the same occasion that CHED officials promised to release a memorandum.
The memorandum clearly states that "higher education institutions shall allow students with delinquent accounts to take school examinations," provided that they would present a promissory note stating when their financial obligation would be settled.
The "no-permit, no-exam" policy was implemented by school administrators to prevent students who have outstanding balances/fees from taking exams unless a waiver has been secured.
CHED would not have issued such a memorandum without the presence of a bill that addresses this decade-long anti-student policy affecting students especially those in private schools.
Subsequently, only a few days after the release of such memorandum, the Federation of Associations of Private Schools and Administrators (Fapsa) quickly reacted strongly against the implementation of such memorandum saying it was “not well thought-out and [one that] will surely render small private schools” out of the business.
The strong opposition of school owners was already expected as they had been successful in implementing such policy without CHED stopping them from doing so.
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Sources: Business Mirror, GMA News, Yahoo News, ABS-CBN
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