The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reminded state universities and colleges (SUCs) on Thursday, March 20, that quality assurance in education must be properly documented and not merely assumed. (CHED) In a statement, CHED emphasized the importance of verifiable processes, accreditation, and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Gatchalian's Facebook page) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking additional funding of P3 billion to help curb the impending deficit in the implementation of free higher education in state universities and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has assured the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) that government would continue to prioritize the budget for state-run...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Tuesday, January 2, he expects there is sufficient coordination between the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure that there will be no disruption in the education of students. This was after CHED...
Despite cuts for some institutions, state universities and colleges (SUCs) have secured a P21 billion increase in their 2024 budgets. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) According to a Kabataan Partylist Facebook post, the total budget for 2024 was P128 billion, which is more than even...
Various State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Metro Manila demanded that the P6 billion budget cut on state universities be reversed and that more funds be allocated to them to address the "crisis" in the education sector. (Alliance of Concerned Teachers) The Alliance of Concerned...
A group on Tuesday, Nov. 14, decried the “neglect” of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) by the House of Representatives in the realignments it made on the proposed 2024 national budget. (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “It seems our representatives have failed to see and...
A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by the office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian showed that 98 percent of Filipinos favor free tuition in public universities. Based on the survey, 99 percent are in favor among those in Classes A, B and C; 97 percent in Class D and 100 percent in Class E....
Senator Chiz Escudero has expressed his support for the partial payment to the state universities and colleges (SUCs), since the government, while looking at ways to reimburse, cannot pay in full the demand of the SUCs due to budgetary constraints. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero presides over the...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday, March 7 urged officials from the academe to beef-up its monitoring on the activities of “non-recognized” organizations within their respective colleges and universities. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, made the...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday, February 6, called for the establishment of mental health offices (MHOs) in the campuses of all state universities and colleges (SUCs) as a means to curb the rising incidence of Filipino students struggling with mental health issues. “There have been a lot of...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a bill seeking to promote access to quality legal education by providing free tuition and other school fees to deserving students in state universities and colleges (SUCs). In filing Senate Bill (SB) 1610, Tulfo also sought to increase the shortage of workforce in the...
