CHED CORNER

CHED tops rating among best performing gov’t agencies

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) topped the latest OCTA 2nd Quarter performance and
trust rating of government agencies showing its continued success in implementing programs in
higher education that affect people’s lives.
The OCTA Resarch’s second-quarter Tugon Ng Masa (TNM) survey released on Monday showed that
CHED garnered a rating of 80 percent.
“We in CHED are thankful for the trust and confidence of the Filipino people as we become the
top-rated government agency as shown in the survey. This is good news after President Ferdinand
Marcos Jr. recognized achievements in higher education his recent SONA such as the compliance of
maritime education with EMSA after 17 years, addressing the shortage of nurses, increasing access
to education through the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education, upskilling and reskilling the
labor force, and assisting HEIs become internationally ranked universities,” said CHED Chairman
Popoy De Vera.
CHED performed strongly in the Visayas, with 91 percent satisfied, zero dissatisfied and only 9
percent undecided. Eighty-six percent of respondents from Mindanao and the National Capital Region
were also satisfied.
CHED also registered the lowest performance rating in Balance Luzon at 71 percent. Across
socioeconomic classes, about eight in 10 Filipinos were satisfied with its performance.
In terms of socioeconomic classes, trust in the top five government agencies is highest in Class E,
with CHED rating 78 percent in Class D, and 77 percent trust rating for Class E.
The #1 trust and performance rating of CHED comes at the heels of getting an unqualified opinion,
the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit, for the implementation of its programs in 2022.
“These achievements will spur us not only to continue but also improve the delivery of higher
education programs in the country. This is a team effort. CHED succeeds only because its employees
in the whole country work hard, and because our public and private HEIs efficiently implement Free
Higher Education and other programs. So I thank the entire CHED workforce and the different HEIs
for their good work,” De Vera said.
Following CHED is DepEd which garnered 79 percent performance ratings and Philippine National
Police (PNP) with 76 percent, the Department of Health (DOH) with 75 percent, and the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with 73 percent.