CHED backs curriculum review to address skills, jobs mismatch

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is supporting the aspiration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos to review the whole curriculum to solve the problem of mismatch between skills and jobs,  its chairperson Prospero De Vera III said Wednesday.

In a press conference, De Vera said the CHED has been constantly conducting reviews on the tertiary education curriculum.

“The Commission fully supports the statement and the desire of President Marcos to review the curriculum because we have been reviewing it consistently,” he said.

Likewise, De Vera said that some degree programs need continuous review considering the significant shifts in related markets and developments in technology.

Students would be left behind if curriculums would not match with new demands, he pointed out.

Aside from the academe, De Vera said CHED already included representatives from industries and government in technical panels for the review of degree programs.

On Tuesday, the Office of the Press Secretary said Marcos has agreed to proposals to review the country's education curriculum to address jobs-skills mismatch.

Marcos, who presided over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, stressed that basic education skills and knowledge should be improved to prepare students in their pursuit of a higher level of learning. —LBG, GMA News