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PACUCOA and the Accreditation of Philippine HEIs
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Higher education in Philippines is both highly diversified and pluralistic, where
private Catholic institutes, coexist with Protestant non-sectarian establishments along
with public institutions due to the unique history of the Philippines. It was realized by
various private educators in 1951 of the need of accreditation to enhance the quality of
education through a system of standards, continuous monitoring and implementation,
and self assessment done on a voluntary basis. It was envisioned that through
accreditation, appropriate guidance shall be provided to parents and students seeking
higher education. Also, this shall enable greater co-operation among higher education
institutions (HEIs). On this premise, PACUCOA was established to ensure quality
accreditation for private non-sectarian HEI bodies.
This report aims to look at the accreditation process and the benefits as provided
by PACUCOA, and its impact on private HEIs as part of the Industry Program
commissioned at AIM. This report does an analysis of the current situation of the
Accreditation process by studying the key macroeconomic drivers and the recent reforms
and historical background on the Education system of Philippines. One of the key
objectives is to meet the challenges of globalization and where strategies are especially
complex because of expansion of markets beyond national borders. Therefore, education
must help individuals to perform tasks for which they were not originally trained, to
prepare for a nonlinear path, to improve their team skills, to use information
independently and, finally, to lay the basis of complex thinking linked to the realities of
globalization and a knowledge-based economy.
This report further traces the development of accreditation among HEIs in
Philippines and PACACUA’s relation with other bodies and international standards like
Washington and Bologna Accord. The key industry players for Higher Education, SWOT
Analysis and key success factors for Accreditation and quality improvement are discussed.
Learning Team 5, MM 2011-B
PACUCOA and the Accreditation of Philippine HEIs
This is followed by recommendations to improving the current processes in
PACUCOA and Higher Education in general with the aim of creating a Knowledge
economy for Philippines in the increasing global world.
Learning Team 5, MM 2011-B