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'Commission on Higher Education'

Seal of the Commission on Higher Education
'Established:'	May 18, 1994
'Chairman:'	Romulo Neri
'Website:'	http://www.ched.gov.ph

The Philippines' 'Commission on Higher Education' (Filipino: ''Komisyon sa Mas Mataas na Edukasyon''), abbreviated as 'CHED', is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Education responsible for covering both public and private higher education institutions as well as degree-granting programs in all tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines.

Contents

History

The Chairman

Centers of Excellence

See also

External links

History

The CHED was established in May 18, 1994 through Republic Act No. 7722 or the Higher Education Act of 1994.
The creation of CHED was part of a broad agenda for reforms in the country's education system, outlined by the Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) in 1992. Part of the reforms is the trifocalization of the education sector. The three governing bodies in the education sector are the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for tertiary and graduate education, the Department of Education (DepEd) for basic education, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for technical-vocational and middle level education.

The Chairman

The chairman of the Commission on Higher Education was Romulo Neri, formerly Director General of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and Socioeconomic Secretary. Neri was also former Finance Secretary. Former Chairman Puno was replaced by the President. Neri was appointed to CHED temporarily to conduct a special mission and rehabilitate some of aspects as part of the projects of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Centers of Excellence

Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs) are higher education institutions (HEIs) both public and private which have demonstrated the highest degree or level of standards along the areas of instruction, research and extension. They provide institutional leadership in all aspects of development in specific areas of discipline in the various regions by providing networking arrangements to help ensure the accelerated development of HEIs in their respective service areas.
The following is a ranking of ten Philippine universities based on number of academic disciplines per university designated as a center of excellence (COE) and a center of development (COD) of a particular discipline. Note that disciplines are disparate among universities, each university having different program or curricular offerings and organizational structures. Some COE or COD status awards are given to either academic departments, or to individual academic degree programs. Also, some programs are only offered by certain universities and are not offered by others, which may account for the differences in figures.
1. University of the Philippines, Diliman - 33

2. University of the Philippines, Los Banos - 16

3. De La Salle University-Manila - 15

3. University of Santo Tomas - 15

4. Ateneo de Manila University - 12

5. MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology - 11

6. University of San Carlos - 10

6. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro) - 10

7. St. Louis University - 9

8. Adamson University - 8

See also

★ Department of Education

External links

★ CHED Homepage

★ CHED COED/COE list