1. LEGALBASIS OF VOLUNTARY ACCREDATATION IN
THE PHILIPPINES
EDUCATION ACT
OF 1982
CREATION OF THE
COMMISSION ON HIGHER
EDUCATION(CHED) IN 1994

2. What is it???
ACCREDITATION
Is a voluntary activity or process leading to the issuance of a
certificate of accredited status by an organized body of educational
institutions attesting to the quality or standards of a higher education
institution or to any of its educational programs, and to the
effectiveness of the management and operations of the institution
offering the program, as exceeding the minimum standards or
criteria for government recognition.

3. What is?
VOLUNTARY NATURE
QUALITY ASSURANCE IN H.E. Is.
ACCREDITATION
SET OF STANDARDS

4. CERTIFYING AGENCIES
Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines(FAAP)
Association of Christian
Schools ,Colleges and
Universities Accrediting
Agency, Inc.(ACSCUAAI)
Philippine Accrediting
Agencies of Schools
,Colleges and
Universities(PAASCU)
Philippine Association of
Colleges and Universities
Commission on Accreditation
(PACUCOA)
Private
institutions

5. CERTIFYING AGENCIES
National Network for Quality Assurance Agencies (NNQAA)
Association of Local
Colleges and
UniversitiesCommission On
Accreditation (ALCUCOA)
Accrediting Agency of
Chartered Colleges and
Universities (AACCUP)
Public
/government
institutions

6. LEVELS OF ACCREDITATION STATUS
Candidate Status
Level I Accredited Status
Level ii re-accredited status
Level iii re-accredited status
Level iv accredited status

7. CRITERIA
LEVEL III
a) Reasonably high standard of
instruction;
b) A highly visible community
extension program…
c) A strong faculty development
tradition.

8. CRITERIA
LEVEL III
d) Performance of graduates in licensure
examinations...
e) Existence of working consortia or linkages..
.
g) Extensive and functional library…

9. CRITERIA
LEVEL IV
Research as seen in the number scope and impact…
Teaching and learning…
Community service…
International linkages and consortia…
Well developed planning processes…

10. BENEFITS OF PROGRAM ACCREDITATION
Level I Accredited Status
Level ii re-accredited status
Level iii re-accredited status
Level iv accredited status

11. BENEFITS OF PROGRAM
ACCREDITATION
LEVEL I
/LEVEL II
Full administrative
deregulation…
Financial deregulation…
Authority to revise
curriculum…

12. BENEFITS OF PROGRAM
ACCREDITATION
Priority in the awards of
grants/subsidies…
Authority to graduate
students …
LEVEL I
/LEVEL II
Right to use
“ACCREDITED”…
Limited visitation…

13. BENEFITS OF PROGRAM
ACCREDITATION
All benefits of Level I/II…
Authority to offer new programs…
Privilege to apply for authority to offer new
graduate programs…
LEVEL III

14. BENEFITS OF PROGRAM
ACCREDITATION
All benefits for Levels I, II,
and III
LEVEL IV
Grant to full autonomy…
Authority to offer new
graduate program…

15. VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION???
SELF REGULATION
self-study and
evaluation
improvement of
educational quality
process and a result