Monday, July 07, 2008
Ched told to rearrange Board of Advisers (10:39 a.m.)
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the reorganization of the six-man Board of Advisers of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) with the addition of two members to represent the private sector.
Arroyo, in issuing Executive Order (EO) 730 that created two additional posts, said the move aims to strengthen the Ched.
At present the Ched Board of Advisers is composed of Secretary of Education as chairman; the Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) as vice chairman; and the secretaries of Science and Technology, Trade and Industry, and Labor and Employment; and the presidents of the Federation of Accrediting Association of the Philippines (Faap), and the Fund Assistance to Private Education (Fape) as members.
Under Republic Act (RA) 7722 or the Higher Education Act of 994, it is the function of the Board of Advisers to meet with the Commission at least once a year "to assist it in aligning its policies and plans with the cultural, political and socioeconomic development needs of the nation and with the demands of world-class scholarship". (JMR/Sunnex) |
