REP. Terry Ridon of Kabataan party-list on Monday called on the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education to summon Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) President Emmanuel De Guzman to explain the reported 1,600 percent increase in tuition and other school fees being proposed by his administration.

Documents provided by the Central Student Council showed that the state-run PUP is proposing a new schedule of fees where incoming senior high school (Grades 11 and 12) students for academic year 2016-2017 will be charged a flat rate of P16,000 in tuition and other school fees.

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