(MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) instructed all public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) to observe the existing guidelines on the suspension of classes on their respective campuses. CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, in a statement...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has called on Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo to assist 338 students who are being required to return P4.4 million in disallowed funds to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette...
Around P400 million from the Commission on Education (CHED) 2021 continuing appropriations has been earmarked for a new scholarship fund that will send 12,000 students to college, Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Daza said on Thursday, Sept. 22. Northern Samar...
There were will be 10,000 to 12,000 new scholars in higher education institutions (HEIs) next year thanks to the intervention of Senior Deputy Speaker and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the ongoing budget process in the House of Representatives. Senior Deputy Speaker and former...
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...
