In the last ten years, various reforms in higher education have been made. Included in these reforms is the new graduate programs’ policies, standards and guidelines. The new Philippine graduate programs have two levels: the Master’s Level and the Doctoral Level. Master’s programs are aligned with level 7 of the
June 7, 2022
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) celebrated its 28th Founding Anniversary last May 16-20, 2022. The theme of the celebration is “CHED@28: CLAIMING VICTORY FOR QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION: Dekalidad na Edukasyon, Karapatan ng Mamamayan”. The highlight of the celebration is the 1st CHED Regional Quality Awards Program conducted to recognize the
May 25, 2022
Republic Act 11522 was signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declaring every May 18 of the year as the National Higher Education Day. This is to commemorate the founding anniversary of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) created on May 18, 1994 by virtue of Republic Act 7722 (RA
May 17, 2022
In May 2022, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Civil Engineering announced that a total of 5,836 out of 13,781 examinees nationwide, or 42.35%, passed in the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given in fifteen (15) testing centers nationwide. John Lewis Lagaña Pabilona of University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos ranked
May 14, 2022
The PRC Board of Mechanical Engineering announced that a total of 2,121 out of 3,780 examinees nationwide, or 56.11%, passed in the Mechanical Engineers Licensure Examination given in February 2022. John Dominic Ape and Janry Custodio of Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas ranked number 5 and number 7 respectively
May 5, 2022
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Midwifery announced that 733 out of 1,559 examinees nationwide, or 47.02%, passed the Midwife Licensure Examination given in 15 testing centers all over the country in April 2022. The Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines Foundation (IMAP) School of Midwifery from the Region ranked number
April 21, 2022
In the supplemental guidelines to Commission on Higher Education-Department of Health (CHED-DOH) Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 2021-004, on the additional guidelines for the operations of limited face-to-face classes of higher education institutions (HEIs) in areas under Alert Level 1, all state colleges and universities (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs)
April 5, 2022
In September 2021, the PRC released the results of Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET) given in 26 testing centers nationwide. Four thousand eight hundred eighty-three (4,883) out of 8,726 or 55.96% passed the LET-Elementary. Ten thousand three hundred eighteen (10,318) out of 17,863 or 57.76% passed the LET-Secondary. Western Visayas Region
March 10, 2022
The board performance of schools in various disciplines generally dropped amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Region VI (Western Visayas) produced top-performing schools and examinees in some board examinations. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Medical Technology announced that 67.69% of the examinees passed the Medical Technologist Licensure Examination in January
February 22, 2022
The national priority programs identified in year 2021 were aligned with global innovation platforms of Science, Technology, Engineering, Agri-Fisheries and Mathematics (STEAM). Courses in demand were based on the priority needs of the country during the pandemic and the Philippine Development Plan. These were courses and hard to fill occupations, jobs
February 15, 2022
The most popular universities in the Philippines were identified in the 2021 Philippine University Ranking of 232 HEIs using the uniRank selection criteria based on the valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources. There are 18 colleges and universities from Western Visayas included in the ranking:
February 9, 2022
In March 2021, three high school students aged 13, 14 and 16 died of suicide in the province of Leyte after suffering from depression resulting from family and personal problems including poor academic achievement. The school system was too stressful that may have contributed to depression and suicide. The long pandemic
January 28, 2022