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PH, China further boost educational cooperation --- CHED

Published Aug 31, 2023 02:37 pm

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that there will be more cooperation opportunities in digital education, language teaching, and quality assurance with China.

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(Photo courtesy of CHED) 

“We have achieved much but we can achieve more,” CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera said when he recently met with China's Ministry of Education Minister Huai Jinpeng and other ASEAN leaders during the Opening Ceremony of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week in Guiyang, China.

“By collaborating, sharing knowledge, and working together, we can build a future where the Belt and Road becomes a path to educational excellence and sustainable development,” he added.

In a statement released Thursday, Aug. 31, CHED said the Philippines and China will “further boost their cooperation” in Science, Technology, Agriculture, and Mathematics education.

The two countries will also focus on conducting training programs for professionals in various subject areas promoting student mobility, joint research, and language teaching and expanding digital education in Philippine universities.

Education cooperation

De Vera and China's Education Vice Minister Chen Jie, in a separate working meeting, discussed the needed steps to implement the 2019 education cooperation agreement between the Philippines and China.

 

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(Photo courtesy of CHED) 

Chongqing Consul General Flerida Ann Mayo, who has been part of the Philippine delegation's dialogues with the education officials in China, joined De Vera.

CHEd said that Mayo has been “essential” in ensuring that CHED implements the agreements signed in 2019.

The strategy on promoting China-Philippines educational cooperation, CHED said, is anchored in the Memorandum of Understanding on Higher Education Cooperation between the Ministry of Education of China and the CHED.

The Education Cooperation, CHED said, which was signed in August 2019 to “fast-track the bilateral cooperation” in higher education.

De Vera explained that many Chinese students are coming to the Philippines while the number of Filipino students and graduate students who want to study in China is also increasing. 

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(Photo courtesy of CHED) 


“And so our historical relations which predate the colonial period in the Philippines is really the guiding principle. In short, we started off as friends a long time ago even before the coming of the Spaniards in the Philippines and that relationship must continue and must be strengthened continuously,” De Vera said.

Meanwhile, De Vera thanked the government of China for facilitating the establishment of five Confucius institutes in the Philippines.

CHED said that currently, 300 Filipino students are under Chinese government scholarships in China.

For his part, Jie said that China will “continue to give more support” to the Philippine universities and schools.

“We will continue to support the direction of the Chinese language and teaching programs in Confucius institutes and all schools at all levels, continue to provide more scholarships for overseas Chinese Teachers and to help to train local teachers in the Philippines,” he added.

The two ministries also agreed on creating a Joint Working Group to review the registry of recognized universities in both countries and ensure quality assurance for Philippine universities that accept Chinese students.

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(Photo courtesy of CHED) 

CHED said the meeting between the two officials further “expanded education linkages” between the two countries.

“We want China and Philippines partnership to be exemplary in the ASEAN Region, in pushing for quality digital education,” Jie added.

During the meeting, CHED said that another area of cooperation discussed was training for technical and skilled talents. 

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