EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 705 January 2, 2008

SUBJECTING ONLY NON-ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION

WHEREAS, The Philipppine Accrediting Association of Schools. Colleges and University (PAASCU) has been in exixtence for many years and has acquired a good reputation for accreditation;

WHEREAS, The Commission on Higher Education established the Institutional Quality Assurance Monitoring and Evaluation (IQUAME) in 2005 for regulation purposes;

WHEREAS, there is a duplication of functions between the PAASCU and IQUAME;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Commission on Higher Education shall only subject private schools not accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and University (PAASCU) for Institutional Quality Assurance Monitoring and Evaluation (IQUAME).

SECTION 2. Colleges and universities accreditation by PAASCU shall be automatically recognized as accredited by IQUAME.

SECTION 3. IQUAME Shall be a tool not only for regulation but also for incentives for accredited colleges and universities.

DONE in the Manila, on this 2nd day of January in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eight.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary