Ateneo De Manila University (AdMU) topped Philippine universities in the list of schools featured in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings, the United Kingdom-based group revealed on Thursday, June 22. In its first appearance in THE Asia rankings, Ateneo ranked 84th, making it...
The United States government has announced a new set of grants amounting to P20 million for Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs). There will be two types of grants to be given through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), according to its embassy in Manila. First is the "O2...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A bill that seeks to establish a voucher program for poor but qualified students in private higher educational institutions (HEIs) and technical-vocational institutions (TVIs) has been overwhelmingly approved in the House of Representatives. Passed on third and final reading last...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill mandating private higher educational institutions (HEIs) to waive college entrace fees to top, yet performing underprivileged students. Go, in filing Senate Bill No. 1708 or the “Free College Entrance Examinations Act of 2023, said the benefit...
House Bill (HB) No.6687--which according to critics is legislation seeking the return of mandatory inclusion in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program--has been approved on third and final reading in the lower chamber. (PPAB) The bill, which is officially titled "An Act Instituting a...
The House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12, passed on the third and final reading a proposed measure that would allow students with unpaid school fees to take their periodic or final examinations. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) With 237 votes, the lower chamber passed House Bill...
The lower chamber has approved on third and final reading a measure mandating higher education institutions or HEIs to integrate a comprehensive study of Philippine history during World War II into their respective curriculum. Battle of Manila (Wikipedia) With a nominal voting result of 275-0-0...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed higher education institutions (HEIs) to hold face-to-face classes up to 100 percent classroom capacity as long as only those fully vaccinated students and teaching and non-teaching personnel are allowed on the premises, Malacañang announced. File...
Amid the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that at least 260 higher education institutions have declared and will declare academic break. (Photo from Unsplash) During President Duterte’s Talk to the People on Jan. 17, CHED...
The opening of limited face-to-face classes would depend on the individual decisions of higher education institutions (HEIs), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Teleradyo interview on Wednesday, Jan. 12, CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera issued...
The vaccination rate among tertiary students and higher education institution (HEI) personnel continued to scale up before the year 2021 ends, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (Image courtesy of CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Dec. 30, said that vaccination...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved resolution no. 148-G, which adopts the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) proposed phased implementation of limited face-to-face classes for all programs under the Alert Levels System (ALS) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. Cabinet...
