Teachers, groups ask CHED to junk proposed GE curriculum overhaul

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REFRAMED GE. Educators, students, and advocacy groups troop to the Commission on Higher Education central office in Quezon City on May 12, 2026, to file a consolidated petition and position papers opposing the proposed reframed general education curriculum.

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For petitioners, the main issues with CHED’s GE curriculum overhaul are the seeming market-driven direction of higher education in the country and what would be the resulting displacement of teachers

MANILA, Philippines – Teachers, students, and advocacy groups filed petitions with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday, May 12, seeking the scrapping of a proposal that would significantly trim general education (GE) units in the tertiary curriculum.