1. CASTING THE VISION & MISSION
FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
Writeshop on the Formulation of the Roadmap for Public Higher
Education Reform, 2017-2022 Action Plan
August 9-10, 2016
Hive Hotel, Quezon City

2. The VISION for Public Higher
Education
Vision for CHED
Vision for Public
Higher Education
Vision for Private
Higher Education
Vision for the Nation
Vision for Higher Education
State
Universities
and Colleges
(SUCs)
Local
Universities
and Colleges
(LUCs)
Private Higher
Education
Institutions

3. Preceding Vision for the Nation
Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016
A country with…
1. A re-awakened sense of right and wrong, through
the living examples of our highest leaders;
2. An organized and widely-shared rapid expansion of
our economy through a government dedicated to
honing and mobilizing our people’s skills and
energies as well as the responsible harnessing of
our natural resources;
3. A collective belief that doing the right thing does
not only make sense morally, but translates into
economic value as well;
4. Public institutions rebuilt on the strong solidarity of
our society and its communities

4. Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 2004-2010
The basic vision of the MTPDP is to reduce poverty incidence
by building prosperity for the greatest number of Filipinos over
the next six years. Towards the realization of this vision, greater
economic opportunities must be opened up, a stable social and
political life should be maintained, and good governance must
be promoted. The strategies, measures and activities in the
Plan are focused on stimulating economic growth, creating
more growth, creating more jobs and promoting fiscal
and remuneration reforms.
Preceding Vision for the Nation

5. Current Vision for the Nation
AMBISYON NATIN 2040 (NEDA, 2016)
Vision of Filipinos for Self: “In 2040, all Filipinos
will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure
in the knowledge that we have enough for our daily
needs and unexpected expenses, that we can plan
and prepare for our own and our children’s futures.
Our families live together in a place of our own, yet
we have the freedom to go where we desire,
protected and enabled by a clean, efficient, and fair
government.“
Vision of Filipinos for Country: “The Philippines
shall be a country where all citizens are free from
hunger and poverty, have equal opportunities,
enabled by fair and just society that is governed with
order and unity. A nation where families live
together, thriving in vibrant, culturally diverse, and
resilient communities.”

6. Duterte 10-Point
Economic Agenda
(7) Invest in human capital
development, including
health and education
systems, and match
skills and training.
(8) Promote science,
technology, and
the creative arts
to enhance innovation
and creative capacity.
Current Vision for the Nation

7. Preceding Vision for Higher Education
Higher Education Reform Agenda (From Roadmap 1)
“HERA shall be underpinned by the vision and organizing
thrusts of the Administration’s agenda of accountability:
• Expanded and enhanced career and life choices for
students; and
• Higher education and its institutions placed in full service
of national development

8. Preceding Vision for Higher Education
MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 2005-2010
With the increasing prominence and utilization of knowledge in the
economy, higher education in the Philippines is envisioned to be the
channel for life-long learning that provides the Filipino youth
with greater opportunities for economic and social
advancement within and outside the country.
The higher education institutions shall be key players in advancing
new knowledge for the improvement of academic instruction, productivity
enhancement, job creation, and in addressing the key issues confronting
the local communities and Philippine society.
The Commission on Higher Education is thus envisioned to be the lead
catalyst in transforming the country as the prime knowledge center in
Southeast Asia by revitalizing HEIs and ensuring that their renewed
roles in a dynamic environment are fulfilled.

9. Preceding Vision for Higher Education
LONG-TERM HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2001-2010
The Higher Education System of the Philippines is a key player in
the education and integral formation of professionally
competent, service-oriented, principled and productive citizens.
Through its tri-fold function of teaching, research and extension
services, it becomes a prime-mover of the nation’s socio-
economic growth and sustainable development

10. The Commission on Higher Education
envisions a vibrant ecosystem of Philippine
colleges and universities that are committed
to shape current and future generations of
Filipinos as engines of change, sources of
innovation, forces of creativity, leaders of
enterprise, and transformers of the future.
Current Vision for Higher Education
ACE/HERA Vision for a Locally Responsive and Globally
Competitive Philippine Higher Education System

11. Vision for CHED
CHED STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2016
The Commission on Higher Education – CHED is the key leader of the
Philippine Higher Education system effectively working in partnership
with other major higher education stakeholders in building the
country’s human capital and innovation capacity towards the
development of a Filipino nation as a responsible member of the
international community.

12. PRIVATE Higher Education
COCOPEA Roadmap
COCOPEA is the
strong and leading
voice of private
education as vital to
human development.
Vision
COCOPEA advances, promotes and
protects:
1. Academic freedom
2. Quality education
3. The essential complementarity
between public and private education
4. The healthy governance of private
educational institutions based on
autonomous self-governance and
reasonable government regulation
5. Personal development, social justice
and the common good.
Mission
Coordinating Council of Private Educational Institutions

13. PUBLIC Higher Education
Republic Act 7160: Local Government Code of 1991
Section 447. (a)(5)(x)
Subject to the availability of funds and to existing laws, rules and
regulations, establish and provide for the operation of vocational and
technical schools and similar post-secondary institutions and, with the
approval of the Department of Education. Culture and Sports, fix and
collect reasonable fees and other school charges on said institutions,
subject to existing laws on tuition fees;
Local Universities and Colleges

14. PUBLIC Higher Education
Preceding Vision
ROADMAP 1
The publicly-funded higher education institutions,
especially the state universities and colleges, made
more capable and accountable to the State through
enhanced public investments are main instruments in
developing high-level professions to meet the
manpower needs of industry, public service and civil
society.
Through their triad of functions, e.g. instruction,
research and extension, SUCs significantly contribute
to the urgent tasks of alleviating poverty, hastening
the pace of innovations, creating new knowledge and
functional skills; and increasing the productivity of the
workplace and the dynamism of communities

15. PUBLIC Higher Education
Preceding Mission
MTDPHE 2005-2010
• It is the mission of higher education system of the Philippines to provide
higher education institutions that are innovative, responsive, accessible,
and effective towards the social transformation of the country.
• These HEIs shall be dynamic and conscious of quality in promoting the
academic pillars of instruction, research and extension. Their programs
and activities shall be relevant to the needs of their clientele,
stakeholders, and the communities they serve.
• Access to quality higher education will be provided to capable Filipinos
regardless of socio-economic status.
LTHEDP 2001-2010
• Education, research and extension service for self-reliance, sustainable
development and quality of life in a diverse and globalized society.

16. PUBLIC Higher Education
Proposed Vision for Roadmap 2
SUCs are national instruments for poverty reduction,
holistic human development, and generation of new
knowledge and innovative technologies that
translate to balanced and self-sustaining engines of
inclusive growth.

17. Proposed Mission for Roadmap 2
1. To educate and train high-level professionals with 21st
century competencies
2. To generate new knowledge and technologies that translate
to innovations for self-sustaining and inclusive development
3. To extend knowledge and mature technologies for
improving productivity and addressing societal problems,
and serve as intellectual resource institutions for policy
formulation *(techno transfer, community outreach, policy
formulation)

18. THANK
YOU