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Tuition refunds, documents of displaced students remain unclaimed but ready for release, says CDSL
Tuition refunds, documents of displaced students remain unclaimed but ready for release, says CDSL
School records as well as tuition refunds of displaced Colegio de San Lorenzo (CDSL) students have been prepared but some remain unclaimed, said CDSL President Mary Claire Balgan on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
In a press conference with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Balgan said that they are just waiting for students to claim their credentials and tuition refund. They are also looking into the possibility of directly giving the documents to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) who will be willing to admit the displaced students.
“Our refunds... they just remain unclaimed but all of them are ready. The documents are ready also, we are just waiting for the students to come in and claim them,” said Balgan.
To date, at least 735 students or 94 percent of those enrolled in Basic Education have already claimed their records while 601 or 61 percent have already transferred to a new school. This, according to CDSL Spokesperson Mark Vixen Dorado, is a “very promising development.”
Data for Higher Education, on the other hand, revealed that 625 or 96 percent of 652 learners have already received their tuition refunds, 429 or 66 percent have received their documents, while 304 or 47 percent of students have already transferred to another institution.
“We reiterate that this is a working number. We have yet to receive information from all students about their transfer status,” said Dorado, adding that some students prefer not to immediately inform the school of the status of their transfer to another learning institution and “this is very understandable.”
Despite this, the CDSL management is continuously encouraging students to claim their credentials.
Meanwhile, in the aforementioned press conference, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was inked, strengthening the CHED’s partnership with universities and colleges that are willing to accept the displaced students of CDSL.
Among the admitting HEIs who were present during the signing of MOA were Our Lady of Fatima University, St. Joseph’s College of Quezon City, NBS College, and Trinity University of Asia.
CDSL, a private Catholic college in Quezon City, announced its permanent closure on Aug. 15, 2022 due to “financial instability” exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.