When and how do we improve higher education curriculum? (First of two parts)EDCOM II executive director Karol Mark Yee has been making the rounds of media interviews, castigating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its slow updating of the curriculum of degree programs in higher education institutions (HEIs). When and how do we improve the curriculum of degree programs? The central question in curriculum revision is simple: what competencies, knowledge, values and attitudes should students acquire in a degree program to be employable, pursue higher education or continue lifelong learning? Without a clear vision for curriculum reform, the data needed and a roadmap for reform, curriculum revision will be a mechanical academic exercise of adding and subtracting subjects.

Source: Philippine Star February 20, 2026 16:32 UTC