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Twenty-four higher education institutions (HEIs) all over the country can now hold limited face-to-face classes effective the 2nd Semester of AY 2020-2021. “These HEIs have fully complied with the CHED-DOH guidelines and have been inspected by CHED and their LGUs so they can now bring their 3rd and 4th year students for hands-on training and […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Health (DOH) will equip the country’s future health workforce with up-to-date information on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by integrating it in the curricula of Philippine colleges and universities. NTDs will be included in the curricula of Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Midwifery, and Physical Therapy courses. […]
The chair of the Senate committee on higher education is backing the government’s decision to gradually reopen colleges for face-to-face classes, beginning with those in health and medical courses. “For as long as it is safe, limited, and complies with health protocols, I see no problem in the joint decision of CHED and DOH to […]
Student beneficiaries of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) can now easily and safely receive their stipends amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the launching of the LANDBANK Mastercard Prepaid Card (LMPC) by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) and LANDBANK of the Philippines. The partnership of the […]
A total of 54,761 private school students who have unpaid tuition and miscellaneous fees have received a grant of P5,000 under the Bayanihan 2 for Higher Education Tulong Program (B2HELP) implemented by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The P300M fund for the B2HELP is part of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was awarded as Freedom of Information (FOI) Champion second runner up (for agencies/bureaus/commissions/councils award) during the 4th annual Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards held by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). In a virtual ceremony held recently, CHED Chair Prospero De Vera accepted the award from PCOO Secretary Martin […]
Following a “common standard” in teacher education and training would be beneficial for the quality of teachers in the country, but this would entail more cooperation from education agencies of the government, and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. At the Senate joint committee hearing on the proposed Teacher Education Council […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh launched the “Developing Global Filipino Teachers” program to equip, capacitate and enhance competencies of the 1,152 Filipinos teachers in Cambodia to qualify them teaching positions and ensure higher salaries. CHED Chairman Prospero de Vera III and Chargé d’Affaires Myca Magnolia Fischer launched […]
Two hundred sixty Filipino student interns from 30 state universities and colleges (SUCs) who are under the Student Internship Abroad Program (SIAP) in Israel have been safely repatriated to the Philippines through the joint effort of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and Department of Transportation (DOTr). The student interns […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that would ensure the future of the country’s railways and to better educate railway sector workers. The MOA, signed by CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III and DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, aims to fast-track and […]