K to 12 and

Higher Education



Patricia B. Licuanan, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Commission on Higher Education
Perspectives on Philippine higher education

Higher education landscape

Critical areas of concern

Key Result Areas

Basic education graduates and their impact on higher education

CHEDs K to 12 efforts

Implications of the K to 12 Program for higher education





OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
Perspectives on
Philippine Higher Education
PHILIPPINE HIGHER EDUCATION
Thrusts

Expanded and enhanced career and life chances
and choices for students

Higher education and higher education
institutions in the full service of national
development

PHILIPPINE HIGHER EDUCATION
Strategic roles in national development

Instrument for poverty alleviation

Vehicle for technologically-driven national
development and global competitiveness

PHILIPPINE HIGHER EDUCATION
Contribution to poverty alleviation

instruction

research

extension


capacity

opportunity

POOR
PHILIPPINE HIGHER EDUCATION
Contribution to economic development

Human capital formation

Services sector
Business processing outsourcing

Technologically-driven national competitiveness

High-level scientific and technologically-oriented professionals
Human resource for research, development and innovation


Higher Education Landscape
Number of Higher Education Institutions by Type
Institutional Type/AY 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

2010/11

Total HEIs (excluding SUCs campuses) 1,701 1,741 1,792
1,823
Total HEIs (including SUCs campuses) 2,034 2,074 2,180
2,247
Public 201 205 219
219
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) 110 110 110 110
SUCs Campuses 333 333 388 424
Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) 75 79 93 93
Others (include OGS, CSI, Special HEI) 16 16 16 16
Private 1,500 1,536 1,573
1,604
Sectarian 300 302 322 334
Non-Sectarian 1,200 1,234 1,251 1, 270
LUZON
VISAYAS
MINDANAO
Distribution of Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs)
Public = 643 (29%)
Private = 1,604 (71%)
Total = 2,247
(including satellite campuses)
Distribution of students
Public = 1.19M (40%)
Private = 1.74M (60%)
Total = 2.9M
MAPPING OF HEIs
Critical Areas of Concern
LACK OF OVERALL VISION, FRAMEWORK, PLAN FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
DETERIORATING QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
LIMITED ACCESS TO QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION
Proliferation of HEIs and programs

Skills and Jobs Mismatch

Oversubscribed and Undersubscribed Programs


LACK OF OVERALL VISION, FRAMEWORK AND PLAN
Declining Performance of Graduates

Inadequate Faculty Credentials and Facilities

Lack of Accreditation of HEIs and Programs

Unplanned Expansion

Declining Global Competitiveness







DETERIORATING QUALITY
Low Participation and Completion Rate

Increasing Costs

Limited Student Assistance Programs


LIMITED ACCESS
Key Result Areas
KEY RESULT AREAS

Rationalization of Higher
Education
Improving Quality and
Standards
Rapid, equitable and
sustained economic growth
Increasing Access to Quality HE
Transparency and
Accountability
Organizational Development
Poverty reduction and
empowerment of the poor
Anti-
corruption/transparent,
accountable and
participatory governance
Developing typology of HEIs

Amalgamation of HEIs

Moratorium on new HEIs and programs

Harmonization of public and private HEIs

K to 12

RATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Quality Assurance

Phase-out/ Closure of substandard programs

Compliance with international standards

Faculty Development/ HEIs Management
Development Programs




IMPROVING QUALITY AND STANDARDS
Centers of Excellence (COEs) / Centers of
Development (CODs)

Zonal and Regional Research Centers established
and supported

National Universities and Colleges for
Agriculture and Fisheries (NUCAFs)/
Provincial Institutes of Agriculture and
Fisheries (PIAFs)



IMPROVING QUALITY AND STANDARDS
Student Financial Assistance Program (STUFAP)

Comprehensive study on all publicly funded
student financial assistance

INCREASING ACCESS TO QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION
Basic Education Graduates and Their
Impact on Higher Education

Low completion rate in higher education
BASIC EDUCATION GRADUATES AND THEIR IMPACT
ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Grade 1 pupils
100
finish Grade 6
34
dropout
66
enroll in 1st year HS
8
OSY
58
finish high school
15
dropout
43
23 enroll in HE, 10 TVET
10
OSY
33
14 graduate in HE, 7 TVET
12
dropout
21
Graduates who are ill-prepared for higher
education and employment

Human development issues

Filipino graduates not recognized abroad

Misperception of basic education

BASIC EDUCATION GRADUATES AND THEIR IMPACT
ON HIGHER EDUCATION

CHEDs K to 12 Efforts
Development of College Readiness Standards

Curriculum Review and Enhancement

Teacher Training


CHEDS K TO 12 EFFORTS
Creation of K to 12 Coordinating Committee,
Task Forces, etc.

Stakeholder Consultations

K to 12 Information, Education and
Communication

CHEDS K TO 12 EFFORTS
Implications of the K to 12 Program for
Higher Education

High school graduates better prepared for
higher education
Better mastery of basics
Remedial courses no longer necessary

High school graduates better prepared for
work
More graduates will go directly to work
Development of a National Qualifications
Framework




IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Development of a Revised General Education
Curriculum

Possible shortening of college curriculum

Teacher Education


IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Some Issues
Enrollment gap during transition years
Schedule for implementation
Readiness of system
Political implications


IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Conclusion
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