The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is bringing in the World Bank to conduct a functional review of its structure, staffing, and operations to address longstanding workload and organizational issues.
The review, led by CHED Chair Shirley Agrupis and a World Bank team, will assess staff qualifications, workflows, and potential overlaps with other agencies.
CHED has become overburdened and understaffed since its creation in 1994, with its mandate expanding under more than 100 laws and policies, even as personnel growth has lagged behind a 633% budget increase.
Administrative tasks, including managing scholarships through UniFAST, consume nearly 60% of regional offices’ workload, prompting recommendations to right-size staff and update CHED’s 30-year-old charter.
The agency oversees around 2,000 higher education institutions serving 5.4 million students nationwide.
Source: PhilNews24 | February 6, 2026
CHED SEEKS WORLD BANK REVIEW OF STAFF AND STRUCTURE AMID HEAVY WORKLOAD
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