THE NEW law on allowing students to take exam despite absence of permit should be strictly enforced especially as the final examinations in schools nears, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo said.

“We are counting on regulators to make sure that all schools do what is required to comply with the prohibition,” Rillo, one of the principal authors of the No Permit, No Exam Prohibition Law, said in a statement on Sunday (April 15, 2024).

“Effective compliance by schools will be best assured by strong enforcement,” the vice chairperson of the House committee on higher and technical education added.

Rillo reminded both Commission on Higher Education and Department of Education that they are duty-bound “to take appropriate steps to ensure that education is accessible to all.”

The new law reinforces the right of all citizens to education and compels all schools to allow disadvantaged students to take their periodic and final examinations even if they have unpaid tuition and other fees.

Under the new law, also known as Republic Act No. 11984, educational institutions found guilty of violating the ban “shall be subject to administrative sanctions” by regulators.