Top executives from the National Business Council (CONEP) and the Educa pro-education foundation met with President Hipolito Mejía yesterday to request the presidential veto to the bill that freezes tuition at private schools for three-year terms. Celso Marranzini, president of CONEP, said that if the government decides to put price controls on private schools, it will have to regulate private clinics, and other businesses, including the salaries of legislators. Congressmen legislate every year to increase their benefits and wages. Marranzini said that the bill sets a bad precedent. "Unfortunately all the talk is about the cost of tuition; no one is focusing on the quality of education. Seems that everyone has forgotten that the private schools surged due to the lack of quality at public schools," he said.
