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Friday, March 24, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Western Visayas reiterated its call for all public and private colleges and universities in the region to observe simple graduation ceremonies.
Regional Director Rex Casiple said school administrators should, as much as possible, hold austere commencement exercises so as not to place heavy financial burden on students and parents.
Commencement exercises in 100 private and public colleges and universities in the region will be held starting next week until the end of April.
Some 27,000 of the more than 76,000 college students in the region are expected to earn their respective baccalaureate degrees.
Casiple advised schools to hold their graduation rites in school campuses instead of hotels and not to make it mandatory for students to avail themselves of the school yearbook.
He also suggested that graduating students not wear expensive clothes as these will be covered by a toga anyway.
With most schools conducting final exams this week, Casiple noted that schools must allow students to take their final exams with or without the exam permit.
He said they have been receiving complaints from parents regarding schools disallowing their children from taking the final exams due to the lack of permit.
Casiple said imposing a “no permit, no exam” policy during final exam violates the CHED Manual of Regulations.
Meanwhile, CHED called on interested college students to apply for their scholarships such as Grant-in-Aid and Tulong Dunong.
CHED will accept applications until March 31, he said, adding that they hope to cover more students as they have a substantial budget intended for the scholarship program this year.
CHED has more than 20,000 scholars in Western Visayas this academic year. (PNA)
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