Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Quality Assurance. TNHEIs, which include both the awarding and providing institutions, shall be accountable for quality assurance and control. They shall develop, implement, and review internal quality assurance processes and cooperate with the CHED or other duly recognized local or international audit and accreditation bodies to protect and strengthen the reputation of bona fide institutions engaged in TNHE, as well as to protect the students and other stakeholders from low quality services of institutions with questionable reputation or engaged in malpractice and fraud.

To facilitate the entry of high-ranking universities in the country, TNHEIs belonging to the top five hundred (500) HEIs in the world for three (3) consecutive years based on reputable international ranking acknowledged by the CHED shall be presumed to be compliant with international standards and shall be exempt from the standard quality assurance review by the CHED or other audit and accreditation bodies: Provided, That those that fall out of the top five hundred (500) ranking shall be required to undergo quality assurance processes as provided in this section.

The CHED shall issue the necessary guidelines for the implementation of this section.