THE House Committee on Higher and Technical Education approved a bill protecting college students who transfer from one college or university to another.
House Bill No. 4920 will prevent colleges and universities from withholding or delaying students’ transcripts, transfer credentials and records.
Party-list Rep. Andrew Julian K. Romualdez said students may transfer for financial, family or other reasons.
“Transferring from one higher education institution to another should be a means of continuing one’s education, not a process that unnecessarily costs students valuable time, resources and academic progress,” he said.
The bill will authorize the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to set standards for crediting courses, residency requirements for transferees and deadlines for processing transfer requests and credit evaluations.
CHED Director Corinna Frances Cabanilla supported the measure but recommended authorizing the agency to sanction institutions that fail to comply.
CHED also proposed extending the bill to postgraduate students who transfer records. — Pexcel John Bacon