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Close underperforming colleges, PIDS tells ChEd Volume III, No. 068
Editor : Cheng Ordoñez
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By Cheng Ordonez, Associate Editor
STUDY recently conducted by the state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) may influence the operation of some schools, if acted upon, affecting the status of their faculty and staff and their expenditures. The PIDS, in its a study, said the Commission on Higher Education should enforce “more vigorously” its policy of closing existing programs of state colleges and universities (SUCs) that perform under par year after year in Professional Board Examinations (PBEs). This is contained in one of the recommendations of
the PIDS study, dubbed as “Review and Assessment of Programs Offered by State Universities and Colleges” co-written by Dr. Rosario Manasan and Danileen Kristel Parel, senior research fellow and supervising research specialist, respectively, of PIDS. The study noted: “It is See schools, page 11
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Globe’s Global Filipino Schools
Ms. Sarah Geronimo encourages the pupils of City Central School in Cagayan de Oro to study harder for a better future not only of themselves but also of the country and the world. With her on stage during the launching of Globe’s Global Filipino Schools program are Globe Corporate Communications SVP Yoly Crisanto and Globe Prepaid Business VP Issa Cabreira. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of Mindanao Daily News