The University of San Carlos, represented by former Dean of the School of Education Professor Richard R. Jugar, Ph.D., FHEA, will take part in the Policy Forum on Student Workload Institutionalization and Authentic Assessment Adoption on October 3-4, 2024, in Iloilo City, Philippines.

The two-day forum will focus on the “consideration of student workload in the development and implementation of curriculum across different programs of study.” Aside from USC, the collaborative event features other universities including the Ateneo de Manila University, the University of San Agustin, and the host university, West Visayas State University. 

According to Dr. Jugar, USC was the first higher education institution (HEI) in the Philippines to implement workload-based curriculum planning. As such, it is considered a full exemplar, successfully integrating both policy and practice.

With this milestone, the University of San Carlos is working with the ASEAN University Network (AUN), an association of premier universities in Southeast Asia headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, to disseminate best practices. The event is built from the Erasmus-funded Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Asia (CALOHEA) Project. 

“The goal is to involve the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to encourage the development of a national policy for its formal adoption and countrywide implementation,” Dr. Jugar shared. 

Aside from being the director of USC’s Educational Practices, Instruction, and Curriculum (EPIC) Development, Dr. Jugar concurrently serves as a Special Advisor to the Executive Director of the ASEAN University Network.

The University’s participation through Dr. Jugar’s participation in the policy forum will contribute to the goal of making the Philippines a case in point to encourage and enable the other ASEAN member states to follow suit. 

When implemented, this can create a regional framework of mobility and eventually, be useful in dealing with other regions worldwide.Interested participants can register starting August 5, 2024. For more information, kindly contact policyforum2024@wsu.edu.ph and refer to the poster below.