No Cost Basic Education

“The Department of Education is determined to put every school-aged child in
school at no cost,” DepEd Secretary Jesli A. Lapus announced to members of
the media gathered at the Friday Balitaan sa Hotel Rembrandt yesterday.
Lapus’ reiteration of his Department’s No Collection of Fees policy comes a few
days before the June 10 opening of classes in the elementary and high school
levels next week.


Working under the framework of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) goal of Education for All, the DepEd has
removed several obstacles that prevent a child from being in school.
Addressing the problem on the high cost of education, the DepEd’s emphasis on
the no collection of fees policy is in line with the Philippine Constitutional