THE COMMISSION on Higher Education on August 15 issued a show cause order against the Philippine Christian University for a series of offenses relating to the offering of programs without securing proper license.

“To protect the public and pursuant to existing laws and regulations, PCU is ordered to immediately cease and desist from offering and implementing any and all programs for which it does not have official CHED permit, recognition or authorization to offer or conduct, including but not limited to, transnational higher education, distance education and fully online classes,” the CHED said in a statement.

The show cause order also cited other offenses of the university such as its failure to provide relevant data on its international institutional partners, non-compliance with the prescribed faculty to student ratio for its Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management program, posting public announcements about TNHE programs without the proper CHED authorization, partnering with institutions that are not recognized by their respective governments as quality higher education providers nor accredited by recognized accrediting body(ies) in its country of origin, and offering shortened graduate programs through extension classes via distance education and online modalities without authority

The order was issued by the CHEd Commission en banc in accordance with Batas Pambansa Bilang 232 and Republic Act 7722.