CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera’s Facebook page)
CHED Chairman Prospero de Vera III said the recent row between the DND and the State university is expected to happen as the pact between the two institutions has “no clear operational details for implementation.”
“I assert that the implementation of the DND-UP accord was destined to be problematic. The accord has no clear detailed operational details to implement the provisions of the agreement,” De Vera, a faculty member of UP for almost four decades, said.
“The Joint Monitoring Group composed of UP regents and administrators, military, and police officials has not met regularly to determine compliance with the agreement, review alleged violations, determine appropriate penalties, and recommend revisions in the accord given the changing time,” De Vera, a vice president and chairman of the Board of Regents of UP before joining CHED which supervises Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country, added.