CENTRO Escolar University topped the Teaching and Learning Assessment by the AppliedHE Private Ranking: ASEA.

The school was also among eight participating higher education institutions from the Philippines and 12th out of 29 HEIs from Southeast Asia.

The AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN is a sophisticated higher education ranking system that considers different dimensions of an institution’s performance based on multiple sources of data.

Among the criteria is the quality of teaching and learning which is 40 percent of the total rating.

The rest of the evaluation includes employability (15 percent), research (15 percent), community engagement (10 percent), internationalization (10 percent), and institutional reputation (10 percent), all of which are important considerations by students when choosing a school.

The results of the ranking system can help an institution identify its areas of strength or weakness, and based on these, takes the necessary approach for institutional advancement, and quality improvement.