Over 80 percent of students in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-NCR on Thursday, Sept. 22, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the “PinasLakas” booster event at the...
A House bill (HB) creating governance standards for local universities and colleges or LUCs has hurdled the committee level. (Photo from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines / Facebook) During the Monday, Sept. 19 hearing of the House Committee on Higher & Technical Education,...
Lawmakers are against penalizing private schools for their “no permit, no exam” policy, but agreed on Monday, Sept. 19, that students should be allowed to take the exam despite the non-payment of tuition and other school fees. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Under House Bill (HB)...
The Philippines may soon be home to five new medical schools that will aim to produce “quality doctors” after a House panel approves proposed measures that will establish a College of Medicine in various parts of the country. (Photo from THE POST) Baguio City Rep. Mark Go, the House Committee...
A group of victim-survivors from various schools said that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as well as the heads of higher education institutions (HEIs) should explain how they are handling alleged cases of abuse against students. (File photo from Unsplash) “We sincerely believe that...
BY DIANN IVY CALUCIN The former officer-in-charge (OIC) of the City of Malabon University (CMU) on Friday, Sept. 9, gave a statement on the delistment of the university from the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFast)...
To press the government to address the perennial issue of abusive teachers and school authorities prying on young victims, sexually abused students on Wednesday, Sept. 7, have spoken up and launched a campaign against campus predators. (Photo from Unsplash) A youth group, composed of sexual abuse...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval has vowed to resolve the removal of the City of Malabon University (CMU) from the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFast) program She made her promise during the flag ceremony at the...
Score one for the anti-vaxxers. Iloilo City 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin described on Tuesday, Aug. 30 the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)'s announcement would no longer require students and personnel of...
Students, as well as personnel of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), will be allowed to participate in face-to-face classes regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Monday, Aug. 29. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Chairman...
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero De Vera III expressed “full support” to the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. following the arrest of his sister, Adora Faye De Vera. Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero De Vera III (Photo from...
The sister of Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Chairperson Prospero De Vera has been arrested by the police in Quezon City for her alleged link to communist groups, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday, August 25. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin...
