Process Evaluation of the CHED K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program

This paper evaluates the implementation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program, established following the full implementation of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 (RA 10533) in 2016, with the Senior High School (SHS) rollout. This had far reaching implications for the education stakeholders affected, including CHED. Specifically, the transition was expected to adversely affect higher education institutions and faculty and non-teaching staff due to non-enrollment to college of the first two SHS cohorts. But while this transition threatened HEI labor and sustainability, it also presented a rare opportunity to upgrade the country’s higher education sector.