THE Commission on Higher Education (Ched) will come up with a ranking system to determine the best college and university in specific discipline in the country.
Ched executive director Julito Vitriolo said they are studying the guidelines on the ranking system as well as the performance of each of the country's 1,726 colleges and universities to come up with an effective way of determining the best schools.
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"We are now in the process of compiling the performance of each and every college and university in the country, their licensure exams results, and other data relative to their performance," Vitriolo said, adding that the commission may come up with the ranking system within the year.
He said the licensure exam results are being collected by Ched's Management Information System.
The country has yet to have an institutionalized ranking system to determine the best college and university in the country.
Vitriolo said this is not due to absence of capability but rather the lack of personnel who will monitor and look at the parameters and performance of every school.
Last year, the Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Simmonds (THESQS) came up with a ranking of the best higher education institutions all over the world with only four Philippine universities making it to the top 500.
Leading the RP universities that made it to the ranking are the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Sto. Tomas, and the De La Salle University.
QS managing director Nunzio Quacquarelli explained that the results of the Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.
The universities were ranked based on relevant criteria, which include Peer Academic Review, Recruiter Review, International Faculty Ratio, International Student Ratio, Student Faculty Ratio, and Citations per Faculty, said Quacquarelli.
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea were the five countries that dominated the top 10 places in the QS.com Asian University Rankings.
The University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and University of Tokyo were the top three, respectively.
Previous rankings
The 2008 World University Top 500 rankings, also conducted by THE-QS, raised eyebrows after Ateneo de Manila University led the Philippine universities in the top 500 list by placing 254th, edging out UP which ranked 276th.
De La Salle University and University of Santo Tomas ranked 415th and 470th, respectively.
UP officials doubted the survey's credibility since the organizers refused to disclose where it acquired the data used, making the methodology "problematic."
They also revealed the "business side" of the survey where QS sells its various services in order to help universities improve rankings. (AH/Sunnex)
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