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THE Federation of Accredited Review Centers of the
Philippines over the weekend filed a motion for reconsideration
before the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) asking it to
“recall and set aside” the second deadline extension for review
centers to get permits from the higher education body.
In a six-page motion filed before
the commission en banc, the federation, through their legal counsel
Diosdado Madrid, said there is no more strong and justifiable reason
for CHED to extend the deadline.
Madrid said various opportunities
were given to the review centers which still do not have permits.
“But these review centers have
squandered their opportunities and we could not understand why this
honorable commission has the propensity to give these review centers
an opportunity to comply, although it is clear and apparent that the
opportunity given to them is just being squandered,” the
federation’s petition stated.
After the nursing leakage scam
that brought shame to the country, President Gloria Arroyo ordered
CHED to ensure that they are supervising all review centers in the
country.
The first deadline for review
centers to get their permits was on November 28, 2007. They were
given an extension of six months which lapsed on May 28.
The federation said that it is
quite unfair that while their members did their best to be compliant
at the soonest possible time with commission rules, other review
centers are being given second chances.
Federation president lawyer
Rebene Carrera said the problem towards review centers is a national
issue since it deals with the qualities of the country’s graduates
who are exported.
He added that the case
surrounding the Northcap Review Center in Baguio City could have
been avoided had CHED Memorandum Order No. 30 been strictly
enforced.
A Northcap official ran away with
the licensure exam fees of the examinees worth about P1.2 million.
The federation also said in their
petition that there are already enough legitimate review centers in
the country, and to prolong the deadline would give bogus review
centers more time to prey on students.
--James Konstantin Galvez
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