00:00The Commission on Higher Education recognized the highest-ranking higher education institutions in the country
00:06who entered the International Champions of Nation-Building and Sustainability, or ICON, Awards 2024,
00:16including the Times Higher Education, World University Rankings for Innovation, and Quarelli-Simons
00:24in the major international rankings where some schools were nominated.
00:30According to the ChED, almost 70 Philippine higher education institutions entered the International Rankings.
00:38It became possible for the agency to bring universities and colleges to the International Recognition Bodies
00:45to conduct workshops to provide information to the global institutions of higher education.
00:52Now, the government can support the needs of schools to improve the quality of higher education in the country.
01:04The increase was the fastest under the administration of Marcos.
01:09When I started at the ChED, there were less than 10 Philippine universities in the three recognized rankings.
01:19In the last presidential election, he said there were 52 in 2023.
01:26Now, there are more than 80. The last one was 1987.
01:30Actually, it has already passed. Since the election, there have been more.
