Table Of ContentThe 2009
CHED Annual Report
The Philippines:
A Hub for Higher Education and Training in the Asia
Pacific
Introduction
The year 2009 offered stability country.
and excellence in every undertaking of
the Commission on Higher Education CHED focused on strengthening
despite the challenges that faced the and revitalizing its thrusts and mandates
country. Despite the slow economic road which gained much recognition and
to recovery and the predicaments posed enthusiasm in the higher education
by natural catastrophes, CHED, as a community.
government agency has surpassed and
significantly contributed to national The year 2009 likewise offered
efforts in reviving the country amidst the new horizons for the CHED officials and
challenges that emerged along the way. employees. Their knowledge and skills
were challenged as well as enhanced
With the leadership of Atty. through the unwavering support and
Emmanuel Y. Angeles, CHED offered desire of Chairman Angeles to instill
the Modernization of the Higher professionalism, hard work and
Education sector as the concrete plan continued professional education in the
of Chairman Angeles to reform the CHED community.
education sector through inter-agency
collaborations and the active Truly, 2009 marked a year of even
participation and inputs of higher greater strides and opportunities for
education institutions (HEIs) CHED. The agency stretched its
particularly the private HEIs and state wingspan to make higher education
universities and colleges (SUCs). more accessible and equitable, relevant
and responsive, more efficient and
The year 2009 was a chance for effective and last but not the least,
the higher education sector to foster attuned to global standards to deliver
camaraderie and strengthen unity despite quality and excellent education.
the downturn of the global economy.
Neverthesless, CHED never failed to This Annual Report is the
come up with more innovative activities reflection of all the accomplishments and
that stirs cooperation among HEIs and milestones of CHED as well as an aide
bring out the best in Filipino students to for the higher education sector in
become productive citizens of the planning out directions for the next years.
Promoting Access and Equity
In 2009, higher education institutions For Academic Year (AY) 2008-2009, the
distribution was recorded at 1,758.Private HEIs HEIs produced 458,106 graduates, with 303,822
all over the country accounted for 1,552 or from private and 154,284 from public HEIs,
88.23% while 206 or 12% were public HEIs. registering an increase of 2.99 percent over the
The public institutions included 109 State past year, AY 2007-2008, which had 444,815
Universities and Colleges (SUCs), 81 Local graduates. Of these, 66 percent was accounted
Colleges and Universities (LCUs) and 16 for by private sector and 34 percent, by the public
special government schools, among them are sector.
the Philippine Military Academy, and other
government and special HEIs. The CHED strategies for broadening
access to higher education are:
The total higher education enrollment
in Academic Year (AY) 2009-2010 was • Provision of financial assistance to
2,648,294, registering a slight increase over the poor but deserving tertiary students
previous year’s enrollment of 2,625,159. Of this • Promotion of students’ rights andwelfare
number, 1,704,919 or 64.38% were enrolled in • Provision of alternative modes of
private colleges and universities while 943,375 or learning/acquiring qualifications
35.62% were in public.
Student Financial Assistance/Scholarship Programs
For AY 2009-2010, CHED granted All Town Scholars are entitled to
financial assistance/scholarships to 57,566 scholarship for a four or five-year college
beneficiaries with a total budget of Php796 degree program, including free tuition and
Million. transportation and living allowance, not
exceeding P15,000 per semester starting SY
One Town, One Scholar Program 2009-2010, and every year thereafter.
(PGMA Scholarship)
Being a Town Scholar, however, must
The newest scholarship grant is the require passing the state college or university
One Town, One Scholar Program which was entrance examination. This program provides one
initiated in Summer 2009. Said scholarship scholarship for each of the 1,500
ensures that the best public high school municipalities/towns in the entire country.
graduate of every municipality nationwide will
be a recipient of a college education.
Promotion of Students’ Rights and Welfare
The Office of Student Services (OSS)
in cooperation with the CHED Regional The IRR for NSTP Law which will be
Offices accomplished the following\ programs published in 2010 in the Official Gazette was
and projects that supported students’ rights and endorsed to the CHED Legal Service for
welfare: review.
Career Streaming Project In 2009, CHED OSS prepared
memoranda from the Chairman on the
The CHED OSS developed and utilization of NSTP activities for voters
distributed 200 copies of Career Counseling education and environmental education were
Manual for Guidance Counselors of HEIs. prepared.
Workshops were conducted in Luzon, Visayas
and Mindanao attended by the guidance Drug Education Program (R.A. 9165)
counselors and coordinators.
The CHED is fully supportive of the
National Service Training Program fight against drug abuse. Hence, it has been an
(R.A. 9163) active partner of the Dangerous Drugs Board
(DDB) in finding solutions to enhance a
As a continuing program, the CHED widened campaign against use of illegal drugs
OSS finalized the Implementing Rules and among tertiary students. Thus, the CHED has
Regulations (IRR) of the National Service conducted re-echo seminars in Drug
Training Program (RA 9163). The IRR was Counseling and the Program of Instructions
signed by the heads of CHED, Department of on Drug Education. A National Assessment and
National Defense (DND), and Technical Planning Workshop of CHEDRO Coordinators
Education and Skills Development Authority was also organized in 2009.
(TESDA) on November 13, 2009.
In ensuring that drug education
In 2009, there were 367,391 students programs were being conducted, CHED, in
who graduated from the NSTP program and coordination with the Regional Offices, monitored
were issued their respective serial numbers. These the implementation of drug education program in
students, whose names were forwarded to the 92 HEIs located in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Office of Civil Defense, DND, were automatically
included in the list of volunteers who will be The Search for Best HEI was also
mobilized during disaster and relief operations. launched in 2009 as part of the drive to
provide incentives to HEIs who are supportive
Reports and data regarding issues on of the anti-drug abuse campaign. Also, under
ROTC Mandatory Requirements were the Drug Education, Prevention and Control,
submitted to the Senate for consideration in the memorandum for Random Drug Testing
lieu of the clamor to revise the NSTP law.
(RDT) for 2009 was disseminated. Likewise, an undergo clinical clerkship in Taiwan, Thailand and
Orientation on Random Drug Testing procedures United States.
and requirements in majority of the HEIs were
conducted in regions II, III, IV-A, & B, V, VI, X, The office also facilitated the
XI & NCR. enrollment of 109 Timor-Leste students who
took up the Bridging Program at Tarlac State
Overseas Filipino Workers One-Stop University (TSU) thru AMA University. With
Processing Center (OFWOSPC) the program, students were able to enroll for their
Degree Program at various HEIs which depended
CHED issued 3,074 Certification, on their chosen field of study.
Authentication and Verification (CAVs) in
coordination with the CHEDROs. On the other Moreover, the office facilitated the
hand, 2,750 CAVs were released to DFA for the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement
issuance of red ribbons and 773 for different (MOA) between the CHED and Chinese
purposes such as Seafarers Registration Certificate HANBAN, an international center for the English
(SRC), Seaman’s Book, local employment and Language.
promotion.
CHED OSS also drafted the CMO on
Student Internship Abroad Program (SIAP) the Guidelines for the Regulation of Foreign
Education Service Providers, Agents and other
The SIAP gained recognition among intermediaries intending to operate in the
HEIs in the country with the vast opportunities Philippines.
it offered to a student-trainee. OSS issued 1,472
Overseas Traineeship Certificate (OTC). The Promoting Access of Person with Disabilities
office also developed the revised guidelines on (PROMAP)
SIAP with practicum subjects and Student
Internship Program in the Philippines (SIPP). It On the promotion of access of persons
also provided report to the Office of the Chairman with disabilities, the CHED OSS finalized the
about the issues on the Training Employment Pass Manual for Accommodation of PWDs in
(TEP) and training work Permit (TWP) schemes different HEIs requesting for the official
implemented by the Ministry of Manpower endorsement of the National Council for
(MOM) Singapore. Disability Affairs.
Foreign Students CHED OSS also prepared the
enhanced guidelines regarding the
As regards foreign students, CHED implementation of the functions of CHED
OSS issued 227 Certificate of Eligibility for under the Magna Carta for Persons with
Dentistry (CED) and 220 for Certificates of Disabilities for review of the Executive Office
Eligibility for Medicine (CEM). It indorsed 30 and Commission en banc.
foreign students from different universities to
Linkage between the Industry and the CHED OSS disseminated a memorandum
Academe (Job Fair) regarding the conduct of job fairs and career
counseling seminars. A memorandum regarding the
In the light of providing services that Sunburst Youth Camp (SYC) in Singapore was
alleviate the problem on job-skills mismatch, also issued.
Alternative Modes of Learning/Acquiring Qualifications
Ladderized Education Program (LEP) providing opportunities for qualified working
undergraduates to earn their academic degree
Ladderization allows the recognition of through equivalency and accreditation.
Technical Vocational Education and Training
(TVET) courses earned in TESDA-registered As of November 2009, there were
schools for equivalent academic units in 1,814 ETEEAP graduates recorded in AY
CHED-recognized programs offered by HEIs. 2008-2009 or a total of 6,321 ETEEAP
It also enables students to exit to join the graduates from AY 1999 to 2009 in various
workforce and later re-enter to determine level programs in 90 deputized HEIs. Of the
in the education ladder. Thus, ladderization deputized HEIs, 24 were SUCs and 66 were
would enable more Filipinos to upgrade their Private HEIs. In 2009, 233 applicants were
capabilities and competencies while seeking referred to the appropriate deputized HEIs for
employment either as skilled workers, evaluation.
professionals or entrepreneurs.
In this light, CHED Memorandum Order
As of November 2009, there were a (CMO) No. 08, s. 2009 titled “Revised Policies
total of 558 HEIs offering LEP, 468 of which and Guidelines for the Expanded Tertiary
were Private HEIs, 78 SUCs and 12 Local Education Equivalency and Accreditation
Colleges and Universities (LUCs). Program (ETEEAP) Pursuant to Executive
Order No. 330” was published in the Official
Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency Gazette.
and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP)
The ETEEAP is a system of
accrediting skills and competencies acquired
outside of the formal education system. It is
being implemented through deputized HEIs
strategically located all over the country. The
deputized HEIs are CHED’s partners in
On Quality and Excellence
CHED Chairman Angeles conducted Among its proposed activities will be
Regional Consultative Meetings in all 17 the conduct of academic, cultural and sports
Regions of the country to disseminate the activities culminating in a national competition
Roadmap to Quality Higher Education: A to be supported by CHED. It will also serve
New Philippine Education Highway. He also as conduits of CHED and CHED Regional
introduced a unified higher education sector, Offices in granting incentives to HEIs such as
whereby he organized all HEIs into one body. scholarships and financial assistance.
This prompted the proposed organization of
the Regional Associations of HEIs or the To ensure quality education, CHED
RAHEIs composed of both public and private through its various offices also implemented
HEIs. the following programs and projects:
Development of Policies, Standards and Guidelines
(PSGs)
The updating/upgrading of policies, attuned with the trends and demands of specific
standards and guidelines (PSGs) is a professions.
continuing activity to ensure that the standards
of programs being offered by higher education CHED thus revised/updated PSGs on
institutions are internationally comparable and business and management, engineering
responsive to the needs of global and domestic technology and architecture, social science and
markets. communication, science and math, agriculture
maritime, and engineering, criminal justice,
PSGs are reviewed and revisited in teacher education and information technology
coordination with the CHED Technical Panels programs, among others.
every 3 to 5 years to ensure that policies are
Issuance of Permits/Recognition
Permit and recognition are granted to the Office of Programs and Standards (OPS).
qualified institutions for the operation of
programs that meet the minimum requirements With the help of Regional Quality
and standards set by CHED in PSGs for Assurance Teams (RQATs) the CHEDROs
academic programs. conducted monitoring, ocular visits and on-site
evaluations of various HEIs that applied for
Applications for permit and government permit and recognition. A total
recognition for baccalaureate programs are of 1,252 permits/recognition certificates were
processed and evaluated at the Regional issued by the Regional Offices to deserving HEIs
Offices except for Maritime, Nursing, in 2009. (Table 2)
Medicine, Dentistry and Law which are
processed and evaluated at the Central Office by
Centers of Excellence/Centers of Development
(COEs/CODs)
CHED, through its various offices, As of November 2009, the Commission
primarily ensures the quality higher education identified 72 Centers of Excellence (COEs) and
through its programs and projects by providing 110 Centers of Development (CODs) for various
support to identified Centers of Excellence disciplines lodged in 81 HEIs (30 public and 51
(COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs), private) throughout the country. These centers
and crafting and issuing of timely appropriate serve as models of excellence and resource centers
policies, standards and guidelines (PSGs). for other HEIs.
Table 1. Total Number of Permits and Recognition
Central Office for CY 2009-2010
Program Permit Recognition Total
Maritime 9 4 13
Nursing 6 11 17
Law 12 - 12
Graduate 30 27 57
Total 57 42 99
Table 2: SUMMARY OF CHEDRO PERMIT/RECOGNITION
PROCESSED/ISSUANCES
REGION INITIAL PERMIT RENEWAL PERMIT RECOGNITION TOTAL
46*
I
24 31 12 67
II 52 34 15 101*
129*
III
191 116 89 396
1*
IV - A
226 75 72 373
2*
IV - B
89 34 33 156*
V 21 5 8 34*
VI 27 23 23 73
VII 32 20 4 56
VIII 76 83 42 201*
IX 24 7 11 42
X 11 9 11 31
XI 108 87 45 240*
XII 77 55 26 158
CARAGA 18 34 17 69*
36*
NCR
182 133 69 384
CAR 38 19 14 71*
Central Office 55*
TOTAL 1,196 765 491
TOTAL 2,721*
Application Processed (Regional and Central Office)
Approved Government Permit 1,252
Disapproved Government Permit 162
Deficiencies to be Complied 632
Level of Permit with no Breakdown 388
Type of Permit not Specified 184
For RQAT Evaluation/Validation 18
Withdrawn/Deferred 38
Denied 34
Special Permit 6
Phase-out Program 6
Closed Program 1
TOTAL 2,721
