Junk Tuition and Other Fee Increases (TOFI)

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We, Iskolars ng Bayan, parents, faculty, alumni, concerned sectors and individuals demand the UP administration and the Board of Regents (BOR) to JUNK THE SYSTEM-WIDE TUITION AND OTHER FEE INCREASES (TOFI).

TOFI denies majority of the people access to UP education, and signals the intensified commercialization of the university.

We firmly believe that UP should guarantee access to quality education to bright Filipino youth, regardless of their financial capacity. We do not need to hear each and every account of those who have deferred enrollment in the University for us to realize how the TOFI pushed UP education farther from the reach of the people. It should not be surprising to hear how we lost bright students to other state universities and private tertiary institutions for the simple, yet compelling reason that education there is more affordable than in UP.

We decry the unjust burden that the TOFI has placed on the freshmen and their families. Raising the necessary amount to pay the new tuition rate in UP has severely strained the finances of the Iskolars ng Bayan and their families whose incomes could not even be sufficient for basic needs. Some have resorted to getting loans and even the outright sale of their properties just to meet the financial demands of this years enrollment.

We believe that such unjust policy was illegitimately and forcibly passed. It was railroaded by the BOR amidst strong opposition from the UP community, and denied the presence of the Student and Faculty regents in its passage. The UP administration only holds on to bogus consultations to support its basis to approve the TOFI policy.

We denounce the imposition of TOFI as it highlights the intensified commercialization of the University. The TOFI manifests the commercialized concept of education as a commodity accessible to only at a price. It is a perfect example of a state institution being pushed by the state itself to generate income from its constituents in lieu of the decreasing state subsidy.

We call on the UP administration to avert from the state policy of continued neglect to education. We affirm our fight for greater state subsidy. The government should and can provide higher state subsidy. What it lacks is the will to prioritize the needs of the people as their primary constituents. Decades of experience has shown that this demand is attainable with the entire community marching as one.

Junk TOFI!
Stop commercialization of UP and education!
Fight for greater state subsidy!
Assert our right to education!

330 Signatures

  • Princess Soliven
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • UP Diliman
  • Paul Gallegos
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Paraсaque City
  • Rafael Antonio Dulce (University Student Council, UP Xientia, UP DevSoc)
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • RG Tesa
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City, Metro Manila
    • Comments
    • JUNK ToFI!
  • karla rimban
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • quezon city
  • June Taguiwalo
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • Camille Adle
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Davao City
    • Comments
    • Let us unite and fight for our right to quality education! JUNK TOFI!
  • anyangot
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • happyplace
  • jaja
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • davao
    • Comments
    • NO! to TOFI YES! to GREATER STATE SUBSIDY
  • jyrine enteria
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • kaloocan city
  • Leon Dulce
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
    • Comments
    • wag hayaang dito matapos ang laban! isulong ang makamasang edukasyon!
  • Chito
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Taguig, Metro Manila
    • Comments
    • Please, hindi namin kaya ang malaking tuition. Hangad namin ay edukasyon, sana hindi bawasan ang pondo ng gobyerno sa edukasyon..
  • Frances Elaine B. Trazo
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • manila
    • Comments
    • asa kayo!
  • joe hansen tadlas
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • bacolod city
    • Comments
    • hindi mana ako nag-aaral sa UP, nararamdaman ko din ang mga hina-ing nila
  • Korina Tongson
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Toronto, Ontario
    • Comments
    • Ibasura ang TOFI!
  • Audrey
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • bernice bunolna
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • ifugao
  • Antares Gomez b.
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • 1555 M. Adriatico St., Ermita, Manila
  • Candice Anne L. Reyes
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
    • Comments
    • Fight for greater state subsidy!
  • jether amar
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • qc
    • Comments
    • apir!
  • Arwen
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Manila
    • Comments
    • Junk TOFI! Oust GLORIA!
  • Om Narayan A. Velasco
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Espiritu st., Malate, Manila
    • Comments
    • Winawasak ng TOFI ang tunay na silbi ng UP bilang premier state university sa Pilipinas para sa ating kabataan.
  • Jill
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Q.C
  • dre
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • qc
    • Comments
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  • Czarinna M. Cucueco
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Tomas Saco, Maris de lara St., Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
  • tap
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • qc
    • Comments
    • В
  • Bikoy Villanueva
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • myles
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • quezon city
    • Comments
    • junk TOFI! Fight for higher state subsidy!
  • Harlene Fallaria
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • #03 Guevarra St., Purok 4 Lower Bicutan Taguig City
  • Yehoshua Paolo O. Katindig
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Blk 4 Lot 6, Phase B, Francisco Homes, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan 3023
    • Comments
    • Repasuhin ang mapaniil na TOFI!
  • Taliba ng Bayang Kayumanggi (TALIBA)
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Manila
    • Comments
    • Ang TOFI ay isang pagpapatunay na ang Estado ay hayagan at unti-unti nang tumatalikod sa kanyang obligasyon sa mga sumisibol na talino ng bayan (magaaral na kabataan). Isang uri ng panunupil at paninikil ng karapatan ng mga magaaral makakuha ng abot-kaya at magandang edukasyon! Ito ba ay nagbabadya ng pagtalikod ng Estado sa kanyang obligasyon sa mga kabataang uhaw sa edukasyon?
  • Romiena
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Marikina City
    • Comments
    • Junk TOFI!!!!!!!! Super pahirap yan sa mga students!
  • Kay Raynera
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • SJDM, Bulacan
    • Comments
    • TOFI are not for scholars who deserve education
  • Jonathan Santos
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City, Philippines
  • Jose Dennio P. Lim Jr.
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • 129 Sta. Ines Bulacan, Bulacan
    • Comments
    • JUNK TOFI!!! Fight fot GREATER STATE SUBSIDY!!! No to COMMERCIALIZATION OF UP EDUCATION!!!
  • meg calesterio
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • makati city
  • Dennis Joseph S. Raymundo
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
    • Comments
    • i-junk na yan!!! badtrip naman oh..
  • Mathias Sebastian Dans
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Los Baсos, Laguna
    • Comments
    • 2005-46192
  • Lyn Angelica Pano
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Kalookan City
    • Comments
    • the government shouldnt make money out of education. No to TOFI !
  • Jose Carlos Maningat
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • Jonna Baldres
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • New York, USA
    • Comments
    • Junk TOFI!
  • Karla Ujano
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Malolos, Bulacan
    • Comments
    • Ibasura ang Tuition and Other Fee Increase, Stop Commercialization
  • Micaela Maniebo
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Diliman QC
  • Ava Danlog
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Pangasinan
  • karl
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • manila
    • Comments
    • stop commercialization of education!!!
  • ANORICO, FILLIFFE RAE ANTHONIE C.
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • 62 Venus Compound Angono, Rizal
    • Comments
    • JUNK TOFI!
  • Karen de Castro
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
    • Comments
    • education should be made available for the people, and TOFI is in the way of that education. junk TOFI!
  • Hazel Karyl R. Madanguit
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City
  • Bugsy Nolasco
    • Address (City/Town/Province)
    • Quezon City