House passes anti- “no permit, no exam” bill
As the examination period in schools draws near, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino today has good news for students and parents: the House of Representative yesterday unanimously voted for the passage of the consolidated anti-“no permit, no exam” for a third and final reading. It is now up to the Senate to adopt the bill before handing it to the President for his signature.
“The giant leap in our anti-‘no permit, no exam’ campaign was achieved primarily due to the unity of students and parents and the quick action of Congress to boost the passage of the bill into law. This is good news and it sends a message to schools to desist implementing the ‘no permit, no exam’ policy,” Palatino said.
Palatino said that students with pending arrears are usually disallowed from taking examination which may cause them to fail the subject and even experience humiliation.
“The bill is clear in its principle that no student shall be denied from taking his/her examination because of unpaid fees. Students should be able to focus on studying for their examinations and not worry if they cannot pay the school fees on time,” he added.
Palatino also explained that while the bill is still on its way to finally become a law, students and parents can invoke Section 99 Article 20 of the Manual of Private Schools that disallows the ‘no permit, no exam’ policy.
“The need for the bill’s immediate passage arises because a lot of schools are able to implement the ‘no permit, no exam policy’ despite existing guidelines. Once the bill becomes a law, violators can be censured and be fined up to P50,000”
Palatino also said that as safety net, schools may charge up to 6% interest rate of fees due them by students. Schools may also withhold the records of students but should release them once the pending arrears are settled. ###
good move indeed!…i would like to become a member of this partylist by the way i’m a student from Ateneo de Zamboanga University..Hope you can hear my request..:)
share ko lang po, napanood ko po ito sa news few weeks ago, ngayon po ay examination week na po ng anak ko, tinatry ko po sa school nang anak ko na magtanoong kung pwede po half po muna mabayaran ko sa due po namen for 1st qtr, ayaw po nila pumayag kasi no payment no permit policy daw po sila, binanggit ko rin po itong tungkol sa bagong batas na hindi na pwede ang no permit no exam policy nila, at tinawanan lang po nila ako…question po, covered po ba ang mga private school for this bill? 2nd po, kelan po ba ito ipapatupad?
pls consider the teachers and staff predicament. Private schools get their funding from tuition fees. How can salaries, SSS, Pag-ibig contributions of teachers be paid on time if tuition fees are not paid on time?
Meron pa din po mga schools na hindi implemented ang “anti no permit no exam policy”, pls. check some of the schools in San Pedro, Laguna…. sana po ay ma-aksyunan agad ito. Mabuhay po kayo KABATAAN PartyList
exam po namin bukas!!! di po ako makakakuha ng exam kasi meron pa po akong di nababayaran!!!! tapos po ung no permit no exam strictly followed pa rin po sya!!!!
This is
good news and it sends a message to schools to desist implementing the ‘no
permit, no exam’ policy,” Palatino said.I appreciate to this content.Thanks
to share this blog.
midterm na.. wala pa rin kmeng permit para sa exam,
I do also experiencing what had sir palentino said. its really hard to think that you might failed is just because you are not able to pay your current balance even 100 pesos…. I don’t know why? there were still a lot of terror administrator….. they never understand… I know that they were just doing there job, but somehow they do have the power to do something that the student’s may felt bad…. Shall I say .. “SABTANAY LANG JUD” And besides the students will never get their credentials Unless their accounts are not yet settled DI BA?
how is this applicable to primary and secondary education? the “manual of private schools” indicated here is for tertiary or college level. does the manual for primary and secondary education has, in any chance, the same provision?
Same as Mr Evaristo’s comment. Is this applicable to primary and secondary education? All resources in the internet point to just the tertiary level. This provision is in the CHED manual, not the manual for private schools. Also, was there a DepEd order/memo instructing schools to implement this? I know CHED does, what about DepEd? TIA for the clarification.
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