THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Thursday that Filipino students are globally competitive, judging from the number of students placed in international institutions.
“We have students who are scholars in other countries and have been engaging with global institutions, so they are globally competitive,” Mabel A. Gutierrez of CHED’s International Affairs Service (IAS), told BusinessWorld.
Fostering World-Class Philippine Universities, a CHED project, promotes the internationalization of higher education institutions (HEIs) and raise their global competitiveness.
The commission aims to “increase the reputation of Philippine Universities by engaging them in international benchmarking activities and assessment by reputable international brands.”
According to Ms. Gutierrez, CHED also conducts mentoring sessions for HEIs to encourage such universities to engage with global ranking organizations.
“Those universities included in world rankings are being tapped as resource speakers to share with other HEIs what they have done and their journey to world rankings,” she said.
The CHED aims to create a roadmap to boost the performance of universities in international rankings.
“There should be a yearly increase in ranked universities,” Ms. Gutierrez said.
In the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University rankings for 2025, 25 out of 900 universities in Asia were from the Philippines, highlighting the country’s visibility and competitiveness. — Almira Louise S. Martinez
