Commission on Higher Education

This report discusses the role of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in improving higher education in the Philippines. It covers topics such as cost issues, quality, accreditation, and the benefits of the Higher Education Act of 1994. The report also suggests improvements to CHED's program.

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Introduction
The main aim of this report is to increase the better understanding of the entire concept of the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The role of CHED in improving the `education is
huge as it promotes the right of citizens.
1- If I was given the power to enhance the program of CHED, it should be an improvement
in the cost issues because I have found that in the government’s Council of Higher
education estimates that a student in the private school has to pay around 237,600 pesos
(€ 4,200). The income of the family is entirely affected due to increase fees and excess
cost of tuition fee force student to leave education. Apart from the cost issues, there is
also the matter of quality because it has been found that colleges are denied to keep books
in the library as the trust of them is increased towards a downloaded subject that being
the major concern of quality (Frenk, et. al., 2010).
2- I have observed that mismatch between industry needs and supply of trained manpower
in two conditions in which I have found that vertical mismatch and credentialism are a
major factors that increases the issues of mismatch between industry needs and supply of
trained manpower. The vertical mismatch is a situation in which the scope of the
education is less or sometimes more in comparison of the needed level of education or
skill. Along with that, I have observed that Credentialism is a situation in which the
height of the education needed to attain the job exceeds the height of education needed to
perform the job in an adequate manner (British Council, 2016).
3- The role of accreditation for the higher institutions of both public and private sector is
huge as it helps to determine that both sectors meet the set minimum standard of quality
or not. This process is helpful in evaluating the system of learning in colleges,
universities and other institutions of higher learning (Laguador, Dotong and De Castro,
2014). Yes, accreditation do help in evaluating the education and learning in the system.
4- The role of CHED in uplifting the economic and social status of Filipino people is high as
it is mandated make sure the rights of labor as provided in the constitution that helps in
the economic condition of the Philippines. It helps to improve the social status of the
Philippines to provide the learning throughout life that would facilitate in living
meaningfully (Newman, Couturier and Scurry, 2010).
5- There are a lot of benefits of Higher Education Act of 1994 as it promotes the right of
citizens to affordable quality education at all levels. It is providing equality in academic
freedom for the constant intellectual growth. It is covered both institutions of public and
private for the purpose of evaluating the entire system of learning of colleges (Shumar,
2013).
In the limelight of above discussion, it can be concluded that the role of CHED in improving the
higher education is huge as it provides the evaluation of the learning system not only in schools
but also in higher education.

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