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About 354 private colleges and universities will hike their tuition and other fees this school year 2013-2014 opens, more than the 222 schools that raised fees the previous year. The average tuition fee hike per unit approved is P37.45 or 8.5% nationwide, the lowest percentage increase in the last 10 years. The government approved the highest increases in regions II (P31.26 or 12.25%), V (P44.77 or 11.83%) and I (P34.10 or 11.12%). In the 3 regions with the most number of colleges and universities, the increases were pegged at P64.04 per unit or 6.79% in the National Capital Region (NCR), P48.81 or 7.86% in IV-A, and P44.48 or 8.86% in III.
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