The announcement comes a day after teachers, students, and advocacy groups filed a petition asking the Commission on Higher Education not to proceed with its proposal to reduce general education units The announcement came a day teachers, students, and advocacy groups filed their petitions and position papers asking CHED not to proceed yet with its proposal to reduce GE units to 18 from the current 36.

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…

The announcement comes a day after teachers, students, and advocacy groups filed a petition asking the Commission on Higher Education not to proceed with its proposal to reduce…