Substandard colleges and universities

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>From a news report, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman
Carlito Puno disclosed that "a total of 205 academic programs and 194
schools were ordered closed for the dismal performance of their
graduates in professional licensure exams."
I'd be the last to disagree that too many establishments purporting
to be schools are nothing more than what Senate Franklin Drilon has
aptly described as diploma mills. Too many schools are exclusively
for-profit entities more than institutions of learning. In these
establishments, education is merely incidental. Definitely, private
schools falling under this category has no business calling themselves
schools. They should not be allowed to operate. They cheat the
students, they cheat the parents and they endanger the future of this
country.
Yet, I look at the list and I notice how many of these schools are
state colleges and universities. These are schools where tuition fees
are low because they are subsuduzed by the state. These are schools
where those who cannot afford to go to 'better' schools enrol.
These are schools that those who cannot manage the entrance exams in
'better' schools attend.
In short, the problem is deeper insofar as state colleges and
universities go. To start with, the bulk of their students are products
of public elementary and high schools. There are far too many
documented studies already showing how public elementary school pupils
manage to graduate despite their dismal grasp of basic subjects like
reading and math. Just how much learning are these children expected to
acquire in public high schools where the quality of education isn't
much better than that in the elementary schools that they graduated
from? And, after high school, just how well are they expected to
perform in college? Is it really any wonder that most cannot pass
professional licensure exams?
Padlocking the private pretend-schools is a great move. But, rather
than closing state colleges and universities, isn't it a better idea
to provide them with more realistic budgets and to regulate them
strictly to ensure that they justify those budgets with the quality of
education that they provide? After all, education is the primary
responsibility of the state, not the private sector. It just seems so
ridiculous that the Senate's solution is to threaten CHED with a
slashed budget unless it closes 'all' diploma mills.
At any rate, the list of 'diploma mills' that had been ordered
closed follows.

Rizal Memorial College Annunciation College
Southwestern Mindanao Islamic Institute Arellano University-Manila
West Bay College Arellano University-Pasay
Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology
Assumption College of Nabunturan
Aklan College Cagayan Capitol College
Cagayan State University-Lal-lo Foundation University
Cagayan State University-Sanchez Mira Golden Gate Colleges
Canossa College Carlos A. Hilado Memorial State College-Bacolod
Cebu State College of Science and Technology-Lahug
Iloilo College of Business and Computer
Central Maguindanao Institute Isabela Colleges Foundation
Cotabato City State Polytechnic College Isabelo B. Calingasan Memorial
Institute
Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology
Jamiatu Marawi Al-Islamia Foundation
Divine World College of Urdaneta Jose Rizal Memorial State
College-Dapitan
Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College-Quezon City
Kalinga Apayao State College (Kalinga Community College)
Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial Agricultural College
La Carlota City Community College
Dynamic Computer Centrum-Legaspi La Consolacion College-Bacolod City
Eastern Samar State College-Borongan La Consolation College-La Carlota
City
Estanislao Kotska College
Lanao Agricultural College Ext.-Lanao del Sur
Fatima College of Camiguin Lyceum Northwestern
Foundation University Medina College
Metro Tagaytay College of Business and Arts
Holy Infant College Midway Maritime
and Technical Foundation
Panay State Polytechnic College-Dumarao
Mount Carmel College-Baler
Panay State Polytechnic College-San Carlos
Muntinlupa Polytechnic College Partido College
National University PASS College
Navotas Polytechnic College Pedro T. Mendiola Sr. Technological and
Polytechnic College Perpetual Help College of Pangasinan
Negros Maritime College Foundation Inc.-Dumaguete
Northeastern Mindanao Colleges
Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology
Northern Zambales College (Virgen DRC)-Olongapo
Northwestern Visayan College Rizal Technological University
Olivarez College
Philippine College of Science and Technology-Calasiao-Pangasinan
Osmeña College-Masbate Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay
Saint Columban's College-Lingayen
Saint Gabriel College-Kalibo University of Northern Philippines-Candon
Saint Joseph Institute of Technology Zamboanga del Norte Agricultural
College
Saint Louis College-Valenzuela
Zamboanga del Sur Agricultural College-Dumingag Zamboanga del Sur.
Saint Mary's College-Boac Southeastern Baptist College
Siquijor State College Southeastern College-Pasay
Source : ABS-CBN News