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Initial
efforts to introduce accreditation in the Philippines began
in the early 1950’s with both the public and private
sectors involved, but numerous obstacles impeded any meaningful
development.
To prevent the accreditation movement from dying out completely,
the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines empowered
an accreditation committee to establish a voluntary accrediting
association for CEAP colleges.
The committee’s task was to promote the value of accreditation
as a process of self- improvement and to develop an appreciation
for quality growth by means of self-evaluation. Having formulated
a set of evaluative criteria, the committee then prepared
“self- survey forms” by which the colleges could
evaluate themselves.
By November 1957, eleven colleges which had completed their
self- surveys, were visited by accrediting teams and judged
worthy of accreditation. These eleven institutions, Ateneo
de Manila University, De La Salle University, College of Holy
Spirit, Maryknoll College, San Beda College, St. Joseph’s
College (Q.C.), St. Paul College of Manila, St. Scholastica’s
College, St. Theresa’s College (Cebu and Manila) and
University of San Carlos became the charter members of a permanent
accrediting association, an organization distinct from the
CEAP. The association was incorporated on December 2, 1957
as the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges
and Universities.
PAASCU also began accreditation of Secondary Schools in 1965,
while the accreditation of Elementary Schools was started
in 1971. Graduate School accreditation began in 1988, and
most recently, accreditation of Basic Education was started
in 2001, and Medical Schools in 2003. |
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