Two former officials of the Urdaneta City University (UCU) in Pangasinan have been charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan for reportedly offering in 2013 extension classes without approval from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Charged were former UCU president Elizabeth A. Montero and associate professor II Helen F. Dupale, also the then officer-in-charge of the university’s Graduate School in Olongapo City.
Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer II Juzzelyx B. Sulit alleged that two former university officials violated the requirements in implementing extension class under Section 24 of CHED Memorandum Order No. 40, series of 2008, in relation to Section 65 of the 2008 Manual of Regulations of Private Higher Education (MORPHE) and Section 5.2.5 of CHED MO No. 27 and CHED MO No. 30, both series of 2009.
The indictment alleged that they offered an extension graduate education program in Olangapo City to students on July 24, 2013 and conducted extension classes in the said graduate school extension even without approval of CHED.