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(Eagle News)–The Commission on Higher Education on Wednesday, May 29, denied it was “anti-Filipino” even as it stood by its memo removing the Filipino and “Panitikan” subjects from the list of required subjects in college. In a statement issued after the Supreme Court upheld its decision affirming the legality of CHEd Memorandum Order No. 20, series of 2013, CHEd chair Prospero de Vera reiterated the subjects were not abolished from the General Education Curriculum but […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated an officer-in-charge at the Commission on Higher Education. Duterte named Commissioner Prospero de Vera at the helm of the CHEd, following chair Patricia Licuanan’s resignation amid allegations she went on questionable foreign trips. “Although I vehemently deny the accusations against me, it is time to resign as my continued presence in CHED is inimical to the interest of the institution,” Licuanan had said. The appointment paper of […]
(Eagle News) — Medical students currently enrolled in selected eight state universities and colleges (SUC) who are offering courses in Medicine can now study for free, starting this school year. Government will now pay for the tuition fees of these students, provided that they would have to give back to the country, by servingin tertiary government hospitals or in provincial and district hospitals, or by serving in the government’s “doctor to the barrios” program. […]
(Eagle News) — This school opening, the Philippine government is now implementing free tuition for “higher education” or college students enrolled in the country’s 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs), with an allocation of P8.3 billion. “I just wanted to announce that the P8.3 billion allocation for free public higher education is now being implemented,” announced Commission on Higher Education (CHED) commissioner Prospero De Vera III earlier today in Malacanang. De Vera said that […]
Based on the 2014 ranking of top universities in Asia, National University of Singapore is at the no. 1 spot (with a score of 100%). Ranking no. 7 is another university from Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University. Sadly, only one university from the Philippines made it to the top 100 list. This is the University of the Philippines (UP) with a rank of 63 (and a score of 60.7). Ateneo de Manila University was ranked […]
