PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed three new officials of the Commission on Higher Education.

Appointed were Iloilo Science and Technology University President Raul Muyong, Corinna Frances Cabanilla and Dr. Christine Ferrer as Directors IV of CHED.

“I congratulate and welcome our three new CHED officials. They all come with impressive academic credentials and expertise that will help CHED implement its mandates and priorities under the Marcos administration,” CHED Chairperson Prospero De Vera III said.

Muyong earned his Doctor of Education degree major in Educational Management from the West Visayas State University in March 1997; Master of Science in Industrial Education major in Educational Management from Western Visayas College of Science and Technology in April 1991; and his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education degree from the same institution in April 1986 where he graduated as Magna Cum Laude.

He is a two-term president of ISAT U and is responsible for the rapid improvement of ISAT U particularly in science and technology programs, including impressive performance in the licensure examination in Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Cabanilla, meanwhile, serves as director-in-charge of the local graduate scholarship programs of CHED that provides opportunities for faculty members to finish their masters and doctoral degrees.

She is also the representative of the CHED Chairman in the Philippine-American Educational Foundation which sets the policy direction and implementation of Fulbright Scholarships for Filipinos, CHED representative for the Department of Science and Technology National Technical and Selection Committee on Science and Technology Scholarships. She was originally connected with the UP NCPAG Center for Policy and Executive Development.

Ferrer, on the other hand, is a faculty of the College of Education of the Tarlac Agricultural University and currently serves as the director for External Linkages and International Affairs and the University Graduate Program Coordinator. She finished her Bachelor of Secondary Education, Master of Arts in Education and Doctor of Education, Major in Educational Management at the Pangasinan State University.