Half of RP graduate courses substandard
By DINO BALABO
The Manila Times Central Luzon Bureau
SCIENCE CITY MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija - About half of the programs the 365 graduate schools in the country offer have been rated poor or fair, a high official of the Commission on Higher Education said Saturday.
Dr. William Medrano, CHED executive director, told hundreds of participants in the Graduate Education Association of Chartered Colleges of the Philippines held in Muñoz, the Philippine Carabao Center, to help CHED promote a research culture to produce "knowledge workers."
He said that the CHED-commissioned study shows that 48.5 percent of the graduate programs the country’s institutions offer have low quality.
Medrano noted that the study focused on innovativeness and responsiveness of curriculum, faculty competency, linkages with local and international agencies, active involvement in research and community activities and quality learning facilities as criteria.
"I am happy to report that the evaluators rated some of the institutions outstanding or superior," Medrano said. He added: "It is sad to note that the bulk of the programs were found to be low or poor in quality."
The number of the outstanding graduate programs in teacher education, business administration and public administration did not even constitute 5 percent, he said.
"In most of the universities and colleges offering low or poor graduate courses, the evaluators observed the dismal state of syllabi and curricula development, low faculty profile and nonexistent research culture.
Participants in the convention coming from Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Tarlac, Aurora and this province confirmed the observations of the study.
They noted that some professors were using decades-old course syllabi while graduate school curriculum and programs remain unresponsive to new trends.
Graduate education is not the only one being substandard. The undergraduate or tertiary education is also poor in quality due to low teachers’ profile.
Medrano said that only 33 percent of over 90,000 teachers in the tertiary level have master’s degree.
He called for the improvement of graduate education through the promotion of the culture of research.
He cited the Central Luzon State University for trailblazing research in agricultural development.
Dr. Roldolfo Undan, CLSU president, had said that the university focuses on research aimed at improving food production, employment generation, health care and environmental care.
"We must develop programs that when put together for private sector’s use, will provide answers to their problem," Undan said
The Manila Times Central Luzon Bureau
SCIENCE CITY MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija - About half of the programs the 365 graduate schools in the country offer have been rated poor or fair, a high official of the Commission on Higher Education said Saturday.
Dr. William Medrano, CHED executive director, told hundreds of participants in the Graduate Education Association of Chartered Colleges of the Philippines held in Muñoz, the Philippine Carabao Center, to help CHED promote a research culture to produce "knowledge workers."
He said that the CHED-commissioned study shows that 48.5 percent of the graduate programs the country’s institutions offer have low quality.
Medrano noted that the study focused on innovativeness and responsiveness of curriculum, faculty competency, linkages with local and international agencies, active involvement in research and community activities and quality learning facilities as criteria.
"I am happy to report that the evaluators rated some of the institutions outstanding or superior," Medrano said. He added: "It is sad to note that the bulk of the programs were found to be low or poor in quality."
The number of the outstanding graduate programs in teacher education, business administration and public administration did not even constitute 5 percent, he said.
"In most of the universities and colleges offering low or poor graduate courses, the evaluators observed the dismal state of syllabi and curricula development, low faculty profile and nonexistent research culture.
Participants in the convention coming from Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Tarlac, Aurora and this province confirmed the observations of the study.
They noted that some professors were using decades-old course syllabi while graduate school curriculum and programs remain unresponsive to new trends.
Graduate education is not the only one being substandard. The undergraduate or tertiary education is also poor in quality due to low teachers’ profile.
Medrano said that only 33 percent of over 90,000 teachers in the tertiary level have master’s degree.
He called for the improvement of graduate education through the promotion of the culture of research.
He cited the Central Luzon State University for trailblazing research in agricultural development.
Dr. Roldolfo Undan, CLSU president, had said that the university focuses on research aimed at improving food production, employment generation, health care and environmental care.
"We must develop programs that when put together for private sector’s use, will provide answers to their problem," Undan said
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