Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Malacanang bares appointment of De Vera as new CHED chair

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Prospero ?Popoy? E. de Vera III as the new chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), to serve until July 21, 2022.

New CHED chair Prospero “Popoy” de Vera III

De Vera has served as CHED commissioner since Sept. 13, 2016, and was designated CHED officer-in-charge by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea last Jan. 24, when former Chairperson Patricia Licuanan resigned.

He is also currently the official spokesperson of the commission.

Before joining the Duterte administration, de Vera was UP vice president for public affairs from 2011 to 2016.

He also hosted two programs on ABS-CBN — “No Filter,” with now Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro ?Teddy Boy? Locsin Jr., and “Turo Turo” with broadcaster Jing Castaneda.

De Vera obtained his BA History and Doctor of Public Administration degrees from the University of the Philippines and has served as professor of Public Administration since 1993.

He specialized in Higher Education Administration at the Rossier School of Education of the University of Southern California (USC), as a Fulbright Hays Visiting Scholar from 1990-1992.

He was a Senior Fulbright Visiting Professor/Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 2000 to 2001.

CHED?s biggest mandate is the implementation of Republic Act 10931, or the law on free higher education.

?I am humbled and challenged by the trust and confidence given to me by President Duterte. I promise to diligently and conscientiously do whatever is necessary to ensure the successful implementation of RA 10931 and all reforms necessary in higher education,? de Vera said in a statement.

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