ACCREDITATION

FOR PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
What is accreditation?
 A process by which institutions or programs
continuously upgrade their educational quality and service
through self-evaluation and the judgment of peers.

   A concept based on self-regulation which focuses on

evaluation and the continuing reinforcement of educational
quality.

      A status granted to an educational institution or

programs which meets commonly accepted standards of
quality or excellence.
PROCESS AND RESULT

It is both a process and a result.

As a process, it is a form of peer review in
which an association of schools and colleges
establishes sets of criteria and procedures to
encourage high maintenance of standards
of education among its affiliate members.
   As a result, it is a form of certification
granted by a recognized and authorized
accrediting agency to an educational program
or to an educational institution.
ACCREDITATION IN
PHILIPPINES
 Integrated Report Reorganization Plan
  - Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM)
recommended to establish FAAP and CHED by Virtue of
R.A. no. 7722 also known as “Higher Education Act of 1994
- Educational Development Act of 1972
 CHED Program Thrust no.21
  - pertains to “policy reviews and strengthening of the
system of accreditation.”
CONCEPT:

 Voluntary Submission to the Accrediting

Agency
 assessment of required standards.

evaluation of qualifications (e.g. quality and

excellence).
 ensures that relevance, efficiency and
effectiveness are continuously promoted and
sustained in the institution.
 RATIONALE:
 Ensure compliance by institutions of learning concerned with
the established rules and regulations of the government.
 Strengthening the foundation of the Philippine Education
system.
 Achieve excellence and quality education as mandated by
fundamental law.
 Assist schools, colleges and universities to become strong,
viable and competitive.
 Prepare the Philippine education system for globalization.
Basic Principles of
Accreditation
 Based on accepted standards
Each school seeking accreditation will be surveyed and
evaluated in terms of the appropriateness and adequacy of
its philosophy and objectives and its terms of the degree and
competence and which it achieves its goals.

 Concerned with the teacher-learner relationship

Basic Principles of
Accreditation
 Provides opportunities for institutional growth
through self-survey and evaluation and self-regulation.

 Admits periodic review, criticism, and readjustment

of its criteria, policies and procedures to changes in
education.
How are these standards measured?

 Accrediting agencies judge an institution not by comparison with

other institutions but primarily by the degree to which each
institution’s own avowed philosophy and objectives, vision-mission are
matched by actual practice in the various areas being evaluated.
 What is the difference between program
accreditation and institutional
accreditation?
“Program Accreditation,” refers to the accreditation of
academic courses such as liberal arts, sciences,
education, commerce, law, engineering, nursing, etc.
PAASCU’s policy extends accreditation by program.

In contrast. “Institutional Accreditation,” refers to the

accreditation of the school, college, universities or
institution as a whole. Under PAASCU policy,
institutional accreditation is not undertaken by itself;
only individual programs are accredited. Only when all
the programs of an institution are accredited may that
particular institution be considered an accredited
institution under the PAASCU policy.
Different Accrediting
Agencies in the Philippines:
FAAP (Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines

PAASCU ( Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools,

Colleges, and Universities)

AACCUP (Accrediting Association of Chartered Colleges and

Universities in the Philippines)
Different Accrediting Agencies
in the Philippines:
PACUCOA (Philippine Association of Colleges and
Universities Commission on Accreditation)

ACSC-AAI (Association of Christian Schools and College-

Accrediting Agency, Incorporated)

IQUAME (Institutional Monitoring Evaluation for Quality

Assurance)
What areas are evaluated during the
survey?
On the collegiate and secondary levels, the following areas are evaluated:
 
1. College/School Community 5. Laboratories
Involvement 6. Physical Plant
2. Faculty 7. Student Services
3. Instruction 8. Administration
4. Library

On the grade school level, the library and laboratories

(no. 4 and no. 5 above) are omitted; instead, Student
Activity Program is added.