Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 566)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 566 is to direct the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to regulate the establishment and operation of review centers and similar entities to ensure quality education and protect the public against substandard review centers and unethical practices.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is primarily tasked with formulating a regulatory framework for the establishment, operation, and accreditation of review centers and similar entities.
CHED must include the development and institutionalization of policies, standards, guidelines for establishment, operation and accreditation, mechanisms to monitor adequacy, transparency and propriety of operations, and reporting mechanisms to review performance and ethical practices.
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), various Boards of Examiners under PRC, Department of Justice (DOJ), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), and professional societies are among those tasked to support CHED.
No review center or similar entity shall operate review classes without the favorable expressed indorsement of CHED and without the issuance of necessary permits or authorizations to conduct review classes.
The concerned review centers and similar entities shall be given a reasonable period not exceeding three (3) years to comply with the policies and standards after due publication of the Executive Order.
CHED shall organize a permanent office headed by an official with the rank of Director, composed of competent individuals with expertise in educational assessment, policies development, enforcement, legal matters, and curriculum development to oversee the implementation of the regulation system.
The initial funding shall come from the CHED Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF), subject to government accounting and auditing rules, or any applicable funding source identified by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
CHED is tasked to provide for the periodic review of the performance of review centers and similar entities and report the results to the Office of the President.
If any provision is declared unconstitutional, it shall not nullify other provisions as long as the remaining provisions can still subsist and be given effect in their entirety.
It took effect immediately upon its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.