CHED eyes info-sharing between schools, AFP, PNP

The chairman of the Commission on Higher Education is pushing for protocols for information-sharing between colleges and universities on one hand and the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police on the other.

Amid a controversy on whether or not to allow soldiers and policemen inside the campuses, CHED chairman Prospero De Vera said information-sharing between the two sides was necessary.

"The UP police does not have information on the crime situation, drug situation inside the campus because they don't have the capability to do that," De Vera said.

"The PNP has better capability to do that. It can start from very basic sharing of
protocols. It can be common training so that the standards of enforcement of the UP police will be up to par okay," he added.

De Vera was one of those who had attended the dialogue with the Philippine National Police and other members of the academe which aims to "explore common ground where government and the academe can fulfill its respective mandates." —NB, GMA News