00:00The Commission on Higher Education, or CHED, thanks President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
00:05for approving the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program, or ITEAP Law.
00:11According to CHED Chairman Prospero Rivera III,
00:14due to the violation of the law,
00:16there will be many regulations that can be offered by the degree programs
00:20that can fulfill the said program.
00:23The program aims to have an undergraduate degree for Filipinos,
00:27even for overseas Filipino workers through their work experience.
00:32CHED is also encouraging state universities and colleges to offer ITEAP.
00:37At present, up to 101 Higher Education Institutions, or HEIs,
00:43are offering programs where most of these are private studies.
00:49ITEAP started in the country in the 1990s
00:52under the Executive Order issued by former President Fidel V. Ramos.
01:00We will expand the number of schools,
01:02and more importantly,
01:04we will expand the degree programs authorized under ITEAP.
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