UP CEBU STUDENT COUNCIL

DEANS ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT ON THE PROPOSED

LABORATORY FEES
November 2015

Prepared by:
Justine Raphael Luis C. Balane
Chairperson

STUDENT COUNCIL DEANS ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT ON THE

PROPOSED LABORATORY FEES
During a meeting with Dean Liza Corro on November 2, 2015 at 5:30 PM, it was
confirmed that the proposed new courses and laboratory fees first presented on the
Deans Advisory Council Meeting on October 21, 2015 will be presented to the UP
System. There is no time frame yet for the approval but the Student Council asserts the
need for immediate review and removal of all unnecessary student fees.
These incoming laboratory fees, in nature, are:
1) Redundant
Students are charged double for power consumption. Students pay fees for use of
electricity for laboratory equipment on top of Energy Fee which is P250. Laboratory
fees are charged out of maintenance and operating costs too. Students can be spared
from this expense when these are added for Maintenance and Other Operating
Expenses (MOOEs) next year.
2) Exorbitant
The fees charged are too huge for students to shoulder. They range from P400 to
P2000 depending on the demands of the course. Although there are proposals for
subsidies from the administration, the laboratory fees is an unnecessary expense as it
can be coursed out from existing government budgets.
3) Unreasonable
The laboratory fees proposal does not mention any new laboratory rooms or purchasing
of new equipment. The fees collection, it appears, is for the use of existing equipment.
The charging of students therefore, resembles a rental fee for a purely academic
activity. The administration has yet to show us an auditing of the fees collected from the
students.

BIOLOGY
Course
Bio 14
Bio 111
Bio 113
Bio 115
Bio 117
Bio 118
Bio 125
Bio 126
Bio 134
Chem 41
Physics 81.1
Pyhsics 82.2

Computed Lab Fees

P1097.03
P1,076.20
P7,916.20
P1,734.22
P433.56
P1461.63
P1067.73
P1436.68
P914.35
P1,189.20
P474.63
P694.75

Proposed Lab Fees

P1000
P1000
P2000
P1200
P400
P1200
P1000
P1200
P500
P1000
P400
P400

MATHEMATICS
Course

Proposed Lab Fees

Stat 116
Stat 123
Stat 178
Total

P1017

How is this calculated?

A= B+C
A= computed lab fee for students
B= consumption cost per students (materials or reagents)
C= utilization cost per students (equipment)

MASS COMMUNICATION
Course
Comm 105
Comm 110
Comm 112
Comm 116
Comm 120
Comm 130
Comm 132
Comm 150
Comm 154
Comm 156
Comm 170

Computed Lab Fees

P897.63
P897.63
P248.92
P897.63
P248.92
P897.63
P897.63
P248.92
P897.63
P897.63
P248.92

Proposed Lab Fees

P800.00
P800.00
P200.00
P800.00
P200.00
P800.00
P800.00
P200.00
P800.00
P800.00
P200.00

Comm 178
VC 28
VC 43

P897.63
P614.63
P897.63

P800.00
P500.00
P800.00

How Power Consumption is calculated in one Computer Science subject

Equipment
Wattage
Cost/student
2 aircon @2760W
5520
105.984
34 Desktop Computers 400W
13600
261.12
4 Fluorescent Lamps @ 40W
160
3.07
6 Fluorescent Lamps @20W
120
2.30
2 LCD 280W
560
10.75
TOTAL
383.22
Cost= wattage * 1kw/1000*3hours/week*16 weeks/sem*rate/kwh
30 students/sem
How Maintenance Cost is calculated in one Computer Science Lab subject
Equipment

Units

Acquisition
21, 150

Service
Life
15

Depreciation
Costs
2,538

Students/
section
30

Cost per
student
10. 575

Air
conditioning
unit
Computer
with
accessories
LCD with
Screen

34

38,000

232, 560

30

969

50,000

10

9,000

30

37.5

TOTAL

1017.08

We commend the creation of these new courses as this is a strong sign that we are advancing
as a university that promotes quality, accessible and relevant education. But the expenses for
laboratory equipment should not be passed on to the students as this could discourage students
from low-income brackets to get a good UP education.
Although we recognize the waiving of fees for Full Discount (FD) and Full Discount Stipends
(FDS) students, we believe that the additional laboratory fees will put students from other
brackets at a disadvantage. We demand that the administration properly review and consult the
students on these pertinent issues immediately.

CALL TO ACTION:
1. Review and Removal of all Unnecessary Student Fees
2. Transparency in all Student Expenses
3. Engaging students in the budget process
4. Increasing UP and all SUCs budget

Prepared by:

JUSTINE RAPHAEL LUIS C. BALANE

Student Council Chairperson
Student Representative to the Deans
Advisory Council