Tertiary Level/

Higher

Education in

the Philippines

The advancements in education in Asia

have been pioneered in the Philippines.

In fact, the Philippines was home to the

first modern public schooling system in

Asia and also home to the oldest

universities, colleges, and vocational

schools.

During the 1970′s and 1980′s President

Marcos decentralized the office that

oversaw education in the Philippines,

and it eventually became the Ministry

of Education and Culture.

Today Philippines welcomes students

from abroad, with the vast majority of

foreign students coming from the

America, Korea, and Taiwan. With more

than 1500 institutions to choose from.

The Philippines offers enough

universities have to foreign exchange

student can find the kind of program

that they want and take advantage of

many of the benefits of studying abroad.

• Records from CHED showed that the

country had 1,573 private institutions

and 607 state-run colleges and

universities, a total of 2,080 HEIs as

of August 2010.

• Generally classified as public or private.

• Public universities are all non-sectarian

entities, and are further classified as

State University and College (SUC) or

Local College and University (LCU).

• SUCs are fully funded by the national

government as determined by the

Philippine Congress.

• LCUs, on the other hand, are run by

local government units.

SUC Schools:

1904

Sta. Mesa,

Manila

1908

Diliman,

Quezon City

University of the Philippines

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Technological University of the Philippines

Philippines Normal University

1901

Ermita,

Manila

1901

Ermita,

Manila

• Private colleges and universities may

either be "sectarian" or "non-sectarian"

entities.

Sectarian (Catholic) Schools:

Christian

Brothers

De La Salle University

Jesuit

Ateneo De Manila University

Dominican

University of Santo Tomas

Sectarian (Non-Catholic) Schools:

Iglesia Ni

Cristo

Methodist

New Era University

Philippines Christian University

Non-sectarian Private Schools

Centro Escolar University Far Eastern University

PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

1. Lack of

overall

Vision,

Frame -

work, Plan

for Higher

Education

There is indeed a large

proportion of mismatch

between training in schools

and actual jobs. This is the

major problem at the

tertiary level and it is also

the cause of the existence of

a large group of educated

unemployed or

underemployed.

According to the labor sector, the skills needed by

the industry but not adequately provided by the

academe are the following: Communication skills,

Technical skills, and Numerical skills.

According to studies undertaken by CHED, the

following programs have been considered over -

subscribed as evidenced by the huge enrolment

recorded: Business Administration, Nursing,

Teacher Education, Information Technology, and

Hotel and Restaurant Management.

While the undersubscribed programs are:

Science and Technology, and Agriculture and

Fisheries

2. Deteriorating

Quality of

Higher

Education

Low Performance in

licensure exams across

all disciplines from

38.6 % in 2008 to

36.2 % in 2009

• Lack of accreditation of HEIs and programs

Out of the 2,180 HEIs in the country, only

about less than 500 HEIs have accreditation

in AY 2008-2010.

• Inadequacy of facilities and equipment

Among the 1,792 HEIs (excluding SUC

campuses), only 100 or 5.6 % HEIs can be

assumed to have adequate facilities.

• Quality of Education has also been a

decline in our country’s global

competitiveness.

Based on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

World University Rankings - Top 500

2006 - 4 Philippine Universities

2010 - 3 Philippine Universities

2013 – 1 Philippine Universities

3. Limited Access

to Quality Higher

Education

Out of 100 pupils who

enrolled in Grade 1,

only 14 will graduate

in higher education.

As evidenced by the low participation rate and

low completion rate caused by increasing costs

and limited student assistance programs.

Objectives Persons/Agencies Involve

Activities

1. To prevent

huge

enrolees into

different

courses.

2. To avoid

increasing of

unemployme

nt

3. To

maintain

good quality of education.

1. CHED

(Commission

on Higher

Education)

2.

Government

/ President /

LGU’s

3. Parents

4. Students

5. TESDA6. PRC

1. Conduct seminars (to be

conducted by CHED and TESDA)

for the upcoming freshmen of

what will be the course that is

suited for them. Also on that

seminar all courses should be

included and what are schools are

offering those specific courses.

2. Every school should have

communication skills, technical

skills and numerical skills that are

included in entrance exam and

minor subjects in every year level.

3. Board exam for Information

Technology and Hotel and Restaurant Management.

Time Frame Estimated

Expenses

Expected Output

4 – 8 years ₱ 3 – 4 Million 1. The skills of the

students in

Communication skills,

Technical skills and

Numerical Skills are

excellent.

2. The graduate of

Business Ad., Nursing,

Teacher, IT and HRM

will lessen.

3. The graduate of

Science and Tech. and

Agriculture and

Fisheries will increase.

Objective Person/Agencies

Involve

Activities

1. To increase

the passing

percentage of

every board

exams.

2. To rise the

global

competitiveness

of our

education.

3. To improve

more HEIs to be

officially

accredited.

1. CHED

(Commission on

Higher Education)

2. Government /

President / LGU’s

3. Parents

4. Students

5. TESDA

6. PRC

1. Every Colleges and

Universities should

collaborate with review

centers and give the

graduating students a

discount for the review

sessions. If the students

don’t want to review, the

review centers should

provide materials for them

and the students will pay.

2. PRC, CHED, TESDA

and Review Centers should

collaborate to the questions

that will be given in every

board exams.

4. To give and

support HEIs to

improve their

facilities and

equipment.

3. CHED, TESDA and the

government should provide a

lot of budget for the

improvement of HEIs in the

country.

4. The government, CHED

and TESDA should monitor

every colleges and

universities in the Philippines

and build CHED and TESDA

offices in every regions and

provinces, so that every

school can be easily

monitored.

Time Frame Estimated

Expenses

Expected Output

4 – 6 years ₱ 4 – 5 million 1. There will be an increase in

passing rate in a various

degree of board exams.

2. The accredited HEIs will

increase and there will be a lot

of leading schools in the

country.

3. The quality of education in

the Philippines will be globally

competitive.

Objectives Person/Agencies

Involve

Activities

1. To give

different kinds

of scholarships

for

unprivileged

students.

2. To promote

cheaper but

good quality of

education.

3. To be a

competitive

country in

terms of a

good quality of

education.

1. CHED

(Commission on

Higher Education)

2. Government /

President / LGU’s

3. Parents

4. Students

5. TESDA

6. Private

Companies

7. An individual who

are willing to help

1. CHED and different

private

companies/individual will

build organizations for

those unprivileged

students. They will open

for donations and

scholarships.

2. Aside from scholarships

the government, CHED

and TESDA should

promote cheap tuition fees

for the public universities

and colleges.

Time Frame Estimated Expenses Expected Output

6 – 10 years ₱ 2 – 3 million 1. The students who

are unprivileged will

give the opportunity to

study until college.

2. There is an increase

of educated person in

the Philippines.

3. Lessen the deprived

Filipino families.

Reported by:

Yonese Giselle F. Gonzales

Jean F. Villones

(MAED – Educational Management)