Country: Philippines                          
Title:    Moratorium on the Establishment of New Colleges, Opening of
          Tertiary Curricular Programs, and the Conversion of
          School/Colleges to Colleges/Universities
Author:            Lourdes R. . Quisumbing, Secretary, DECS   
Institution:       Department of Education, Culture and Sports
Citations:         DECS Order No. 51, s. 1987.  
Descriptors:       Educational institutions; Curriculum.  
Full text: 1.       It has been observed that higher education in the
  Philippines is beset with multifarious problems, notable among
  which are the unequal distribution of higher education
  institutions, duplication of tertiary course offerings, operation
  of irrelevant higher education courses, and the non-maximization of
  limited physical resources.

  2.       Pending the results of a study on the rationalization of
  the higher education system as well as the planned study on the
  matching of regional/national manpower needs and supply, the
  following policy recommendations of the Board of Higher Education
  are hereby issued for the information and guidance of all
  concerned:

       a.  No new college, whether government owned/supervised or
  private, shall be established;

       b. Existing schools/colleges/universities shall not be allowed
  to open new tertiary curricular programs except those new courses
  or new majors that would hasten the economic recovery of the
  nation;

       c.  Schools/colleges shall not be converted/elevated to
  colleges/universities.  A state college shall meet the same
  standards and requirements of the DECS for the conversion of
  private colleges into universities before aspiring for legislative
  conversion to university status.