A total of 90 private schools in Central Visayas will raise tuition and other fees for school year 2016-2017. The Department of Education (DepEd) has approved the application of 68 private pre-school, elementary and secondary schools to…
THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has formally issued Southwestern University (SWU) a Government Recognition for the university’s Doctor of Medicine program. In a statement issued by Chito Salazar, SWU president, the recognition is a full recognition…
APPROVAL of a proposed ordinance seeking to provide public school teachers in Cebu City with an annual cash assistance of P10,000 each was deferred for a week after questions were raised on whether teachers of state universities…
A DIALOGUE between representatives of Southwestern University (SWU) and Matias H. Aznar Memorial (MHAM) Colleges of Medicine will be mediated by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Manila on March 4. “We are very much happy…
LIBERAL Party (LP) senatorial candidate Joel Villanueva said he will prioritize job generation if he gets elected to the Senate. The former chief of the Technical Educational and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) said this during a forum…
Over 100 students of Southwestern University-College of Medicine rallied in front of the regional Commission on Higher Education (CHED 7) office to denounce the agency’s alleged failure to provide assistance to students. Among their complaints were the…
Students say CHED refusal to issue SO numbers ‘a form of prejudice’ Phinma-led Southwestern University last Wednesday broke its silence to assure anxious medical students and graduates that a more aggressive response to a freeze order against…
FIVE scholars of Britech College sought assistance from the Cebu City Scholarship Committee to resolve the delays in the school’s refund of their tuition after they were advised twice to transfer to other schools. The complaint letter…
Official says diploma sans SO numbers are invalid Students affected by a freeze order issued against a private university’s medical college should not worry. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has directed its regional office to assure…
CHED issues freeze order for College of Medicine 2 SWU campuses claim gov’t recognition A month after new investors took the reins of Southwestern University, the private school in Cebu City is trying to fend off a…
Parents mixed over additional two years of school next year Jozasana Gallego is scheduled to graduate from a private school in Cebu City two years from now. But if the K-to-12 program takes effect next year, then…
The University of Santo Tomas will begin offering a master of arts in journalism program this coming school year when classes begin August 10. UST’s MA in Journalism program is open to upstart and veteran journalists, young…
