QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 1798)
It is known as the “Protection of Studentsa Right to Enroll in Review Centers Act of 2013.”
To promote and protect the right to education and ensure protection of students against possible abuses by HEIs regarding the right of students to choose their review centers.
All public and private higher educational institutions (HEIs), including local colleges and universities, offering courses requiring professional licensure examinations.
Compelling students enrolled in courses requiring professional examinations to take review classes that are not part of the curriculum, in a review center of the HEI’s choice.
Making review classes (not part of the curriculum) a prerequisite for graduation or completion of the course.
Forcing students to enroll in a review center of the school’s choice and to pay corresponding fees that include transportation and board and lodging.
Withholding the transcript of scholastic records, diploma, certification, or any essential document needed for the application for professional licensure examinations to compel students to attend a review center of the HEI’s choice.
Any HEI official or employee, including deans, coordinators, advisers, professors, and other concerned individuals found guilty of violating the unlawful acts.
Prision correccional (imprisonment from six (6) months and one (1) day to six (6) years) and a fine of PHP 750,000.00, plus suspension from office and revocation of professional license.
The CHED may impose disciplinary sanctions against the HEI official or employee pursuant to Section 13 of RA 7722 (Higher Education Modernization Act of 1994).
CHED must issue the implementing rules and regulations within thirty (30) days after the Act takes effect.
Fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
If any provision is declared unconstitutional, it does not affect the validity of the other provisions.
All laws, presidential decrees, issuances, executive orders, letters of instruction, administrative orders/memoranda, and rules/regulations inconsistent with RA 10609 are amended, modified, or repealed accordingly.
No. Under Section 4(2), making such review classes a prerequisite for graduation or completion is unlawful.