
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed a Memorandum of Agreement Wednesday, March 10, on the development of Tertiary School Sports in the country.
The partnership aims at creating more competitive and excellent coaches and athletes in the collegiate level, which PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez deemed as “the missing link in providing professional development in continuous sports education.”
“This will cater more to the education aspect of our teachers in coaches,” Ramirez said during the ceremony held at the CHED Auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City.
“This will allow us to join forces with the PSC in joint projects that we can initiate. We commit the support of CHED in all the undertakings on higher education sports development and wellness,” CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III said.
Both government agencies are committed to providing training for student-athletes, coaches and sports officials on Higher Education through professional development and continuing education to ensure that the highest coaching and training skills will be provided to tertiary athletes as the country seeks to produce more elite athletes.
The ongoing National Sports Coaching Certification Course will fall under this partnership.
Also present in the signing ceremony were PSC Commissioner Celia Kiram, and Chief of Staff and PSI National Training Director Marc Velasco, CHED Office of the Executive Director OIC Atty. Ryan Estevez and Office of the Deputy Executive Director OIC Atty. Lily Milla.