STARTING next year, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will implement the new general education curriculum (GEC) which shortens some college courses by a year. “We will implement the new general education curriculum starting in June this year,” de Vera told The Manila Times in an interview in Greenhills, San Juan City. The new general education curriculum has been aligned with the advanced subjects now to be taken in Senior High School (Grades 11 and 12). “The general education curriculum has been reduced from 63 units to 36 units because a lot of subjects are now on Senior High School,” De Vera said, adding that the new curriculum focuses on the skills that are needed in the university level. The CHED, however, said that private universities and colleges will have the autonomy and academic freedom if they will add more subjects.

Source: Manila Times March 17, 2018 16:07 UTC