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CHED warns vs fake solicitation for education subsidy

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 12:47 PM

The Commission on Higher Education on Wednesday warned the public against people soliciting money from higher education institutions in exchange for receiving benefits under the Tertiary Education Subsidy program. Read more »

Quezon City University students now eligible for free tuition

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 04:55 PM

Students of Quezon City University are now eligible for free tuition and miscellaneous fees after the Commission on Higher Education granted the school institutional recognition on Thursday. Read more »

Gov't helped 2 million college students during pandemic — CHED

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 05:29 PM

The government extended aid to over 2 million college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera III said Monday. Read more »

PASUC on allowing foreign students in state-run med schools: 'Hindi rin just'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 08:15 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) on Thursday called it unjust to allow foreign students to enrol in medical courses in government-run SUCs in the country. Read more »

33,000 college-level kids of OFWs to get P30,000 assistance

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 03:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that some 33,000 children of overseas Filipino workers who are in college would get a one-time P30,000 cash assistance. Read more »

CHED: COVID-19 pandemic slows down distribution of tertiary education subsidies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:46 AM

MANILA - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the distribution of tertiary education subsidies (TES) and reimbursements for tuition and miscellaneous fees, the Commission on Higher Education admitted in Friday’s hearing of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Read more »

Over 292,000 college students to get stipends: CHED

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 12:30 PM

Some 292,000 college students are set to receive stipends from government, which they can use to shoulder school fees for the coming academic year, the Commission on Higher Education said Sunday. Read more »

6 universities offer flexible learning training for teachers

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 02:26 PM

Six universities are offering training on flexible learning to faculty members from other higher education institutions, the Commission on Higher Education said Thursday. Read more »

CHED web app offers free learning materials

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 06:12 PM

The web app, PHL CHED Connect, contains learning resources on a variety of disciplines including agriculture, architecture, business, engineering, fine arts, humanities, mass communication, and medical studies, among others. Read more »

264 colleges, universities yet to submit requirements for over 6,600 students' subsidy

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 04:05 PM

The Commission on Higher Education said 264 private higher education institutions have not submitted documents required to release the stipend of over 6,600 students. Read more »

UE, UST to start college classes in August, implement alternative learning modes

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 06:19 PM

MANILA — The University of the East (UE) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) said Wednesday that they would start the coming school year in August for the college level and implement alternatives to physical classes while the country continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

La Salle says no tuition increase next academic year

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 05:47 PM

De La Salle University announced Thursday that it would not raise tuition and other fees for the next academic year as the school laid down plans to ensure the continued learning of its students while the country continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

PHINMA Education expansion gets P1.87-billion boost

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 03:11 PM

With the expansion, PHINMA expects 15 percent growth in enrollments by June while net income is expected to grow by 10 to 12 percent next year. Read more »

PUP students block 'stricter dress code' proposal

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 02:29 PM

Student leaders of the state-run Polytechnic University of the Philippines blocked Monday the inclusion of "stricter dress code" in the final version of the revised PUP student handbook. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Bongbong Marcos did not write a free education bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 02:10 AM

A post shared hundreds of times by multiple Facebook accounts claims that Philippine politician Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the "original" author of a senate bill that mandates free education for students at state colleges and universities. Read more »

300,000 poor college students to get subsidy: CHEd

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 12:21 AM

The Commission on Higher Education has signed a memorandum of agreement with 1,000 private higher education institutions to transfer funds for their Tertiary Education Subsidy student beneficiaries. Read more »