QuestionsQuestions (GSIS Resolution NO. 47)
CHED’s authority is anchored on Executive Order No. 566 directing it to formulate and implement a regulatory framework for review centers and similar entities, consistent with its mandate under Republic Act No. 7722 (Higher Education Act of 1994) to oversee and regulate aspects of higher education, including the regulation of review centers.
Its purpose is to protect the public against substandard review centers and unethical practices by imposing an immediate regulatory framework for the establishment and operation of review centers and similar entities.
CHED must formulate a framework for regulation, including policies, standards, and guidelines for establishment, operation, and accreditation; maintain a mechanism to monitor adequacy, transparency, and propriety of operations; and provide reporting mechanisms to review performance and ethical practice.
Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution.
To emphasize the State’s obligation to ensure and promote quality education through proper supervision and regulation of licensure examinations administered through the various PRC Boards of Examiners.
PRC, TESDA, SEC, PRC Boards of Examiners, and other concerned non-government organizations (e.g., professional societies) plus government agencies such as DOJ and NBI, OSG, and others that may be tapped later. They must provide necessary assistance and technical support in operationalizing the regulatory system.
A permanent office under CHED’s supervision, headed by an official with the rank of Director, composed of experts in educational assessment, evaluation and testing; policy and standards development, monitoring, legal and enforcement; and statistics as well as curriculum and instructional materials development.
CHED must submit the staffing pattern and budgetary requirements to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for approval.
No review center or similar entities may be established and/or operate review classes without CHED’s favorable expressed indorsement and without the necessary permits or authorizations to conduct review classes.
A reasonable period at CHED’s discretion, not exceeding three (3) years, after due publication of the Executive Order, for them to comply with policies and standards.
CHED must ensure that other necessary procedures and documentation for effective implementation are completed within sixty (60) days upon effectivity of the Executive Order.
From the CHED Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF), subject to usual government accounting and auditing practices, or from any applicable funding source identified by DBM.
Amounts necessary for the budgetary requirement of implementing the regulatory system and the provisions of the Executive Order shall be provided for in the annual General Appropriations Act in CHED’s budget.
Yes. CHED may tap its Development Funds as supplemental funding for effective implementation.
Yes. CHED is authorized to create special amounts in the HEDF exclusively for implementing the provisions of the Executive Order.
CHED must provide for periodic review performance of review centers and similar entities, and make a report to the Office of the President of the results of such review, evaluation, and monitoring.
If any portion or provision is declared unconstitutional, it does not nullify the remaining provisions as long as they can subsist and be given effect independently.
All rules, regulations, or issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.
Immediately upon its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.