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COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED)
NONA S. RICAFORTCommissioner
Sustaining Quality and Excellence Toward Highly
Committed Christian SchoolsAssociation of Christian Schools
Colleges and Universities Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI)May 11, 2011, Manila Grand Opera House Hotel
“CHED Program Thrusts in Sustaining Quality and Excellence in Higher Education in the Philippines”
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Responsive to the needs and demands of the changing times.
As John Maxwell stated,
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. But the
leader adjusts the sail.”
HEIs…
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HEI’s and CHED shared same sentiments
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Major challenges confronting the higher education sector nowadays, which are:
(1)Lack of overall vision, framework, plan for higher education;
.(2) Deteriorating quality of higher
education; and
(3) Limited access to quality higher education.
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(1)Lack of overall Vision, Framework, Plan for Higher Education;
This is evident on the proliferation of HEIs and proliferation of programs in the country.
AY 2009-2010
Location No. of HEIs
No. of Programs Offered
National Scope 2,180 31,257Region IV-A (alone) 275 2,302
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According to the labor sector, the skills needed by the industry but not adequately provided by the academe are the following:
• Communication skills,
• Technical skills, and
• Numerical skills.
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There is indeed a large proportion of mismatch between training in schools and actual jobs. This is the major problem at the tertiary level and it is also the cause of the existence of a large group of educated unemployed or underemployed.
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According to studies undertaken by CHED, the following programs have been considered oversubscribed as evidenced by the huge enrolment recorded:
• Business Administration,
• Nursing,
• Teacher Education,
• Information Technology, and
• Hotel and Restaurant Management..
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While the undersubscribed programs are:
• Science and Technology, and
•Agriculture and Fisheries
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(2) Deteriorating Quality of Higher Education;
There has been a decline in the quality of higher education as the results of licensure examinations in various degree board programs were way below the target mean score.
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Low Performance in licensure exams across all disciplines from
38.6 % in 2008
to
36.2 % in 2009
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DepEd Data
Achievement rate of fourth year high school students in Mathematics dropped from:
50.70% in SY 2005-2006
to
47.82% in SY 2006-2007
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As stated by Van Vankelburg,
“Students entering college courses are poorly prepared in Mathematics”.
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Educators Journal’s Report
Students nowadays are getting poorer in Mathematics as shown in the low grades and passing rates of students even in premier schools….
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EDUCATION is the key!
Thus, it should be a top priority of every country.
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It cannot be denied that the diminishing importance we give to education is all too obvious in the results of national and international assessment tests of our students, specifically on the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS).
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In the Philippines, we spend only
• 3.3% of our GDP on public educational institutions for all levels of education;
While.....
• 7.4% for Malaysia, and
• 4% for Thailand.
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Teachers bear the responsibility of educating
our youth….
Recent data that we have gathered show that majority of the faculty credentials are inadequate… AY 2008-2009
Location Doctorate Degree
Master’s Degree
Baccalaureate Degree
National Scope 10 %(12,532)
36 %(46,346)
54 %(70,446)
Region IVA (alone) 25%(2,053)
54%(4,886)
21%(1,884)
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Lack of accreditation of HEIs and programs
Out of the 2,180 HEIs in the country, only about less than 500 HEIs have accreditation in
AY 2008-2010.
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Inadequacy of facilities and equipment
Among the 1,792 HEIs (excluding SUC campuses), only
100 or 5.6 % HEIs can be assumed to have adequate
facilities.
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Increasing number of SUC satellite campuses and increasing programs beyond their original mandate . There are now 110 SUCs in the
country while the SUC campuses are now totaling 388.
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Quality of Education has also been a decline in our
country’s global competitiveness.
Based on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings - Top 500 2010
3 Philippine Universities 2006 4 Philippine Universities
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Science and Education Institute (SEI) on Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 20038th grade (2nd year high school) student
41st out of 45 participating countries
4th grade students 23rd out of 25 participating countries
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(3) Limited Access to Quality Higher Education.
As evidenced by the low participation rate and low completion rate caused by increasing costs and limited student assistance programs. Out of 100 pupils who enrolled in Grade 1, only 14 will graduate in higher education.
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What do we, in the education sector, particularly we at the Commission on Higher Education, do to respond to these gigantic challenges besetting the higher education?
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Quality Higher Education.
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WE ARE ALL TO BE BLAMED for failing to immediately address the critical areas of concern in higher education
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Quality Higher Education.
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CHED’s response…..First, the Commission worked on the following key result areas:
1) Rationalization of higher education;
2) Quality and standards;
3) Access to quality higher education;
4) Transparency and accountability; and
5) Organizational development
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Rationalization of Higher Education
1. Aligning higher education with national development goals;
2. Developing typology of HEIs;
3. Mapping of HEIs and programs;
4. Amalgamation of HEIs;
5. Moratorium on new HEIs and programs;
6. Harmonization of public and private HEIs (leveling the playing field); and
7. Rationalization of credentials
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On Quality and Standards1. IQuAME as developmental instrument for non-
accredited HEIs;
2. Rigorous and transparent systems for autonomous and deregulated COEs and CODs;
3. Improved and effective Technical Panels;
4. More developmental and less prescriptive PSGs;
5. Closing of substandard programs and institutions;
6. Providing development support and/or incentives to deserving HEIs; and
7. Aligning Philippine HEI curricula and standards with international benchmarks.
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On Access to Quality Higher Education
1. Improve and expand Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GATSPE);
2. Expand the Student Financial Assistance Program (STUFAP) - scholarships, grants-in-aid, Study-Now-Pay-Later Plan;
3. Alternative Learning Systems (ALS);
4. Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP); and
5. Ladderized Education program (LEP).
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On Transparency and Accountability
1. Transparency of systems and processes;
2. Elimination of corrupt and questionable practices in CHED;
3. Elimination of corrupt and questionable practices in SUCs; and
4. Recognition of CHED as a clean and honest agency.
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On Organizational Development at CHED
1. As a modern, technology-enabled organization;
2. As an efficient, service-oriented, empowering, happy organization;
3. CHED’s physical plant is clean, well-maintained, attractive and user-friendly and client-friendly; and
4. Relevant and interested in national and global issues.
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If we work together, we can create an educational
environment capable of generating and nurturing
development that will produce globally competent individuals
who are well equipped with general knowledge and
intellectual capacities needed by the industry….
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CHED needs your help – we need the help of
professional associations like ACSCU-AAI. Let us all
together chart the direction of our higher
education in the country.
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