Anti-corruption subjects eyed in colleges, universities

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has partnered with various stakeholders for the development of new subjects that would tackle anti-corruption and other topics aimed at producing more ethical Filipino graduates.

CHED chairman J. Prospero de Vera III recently met with representatives of various universities and student groups under the Integrity Initiative of the Makati Business Club to push for closer academe-government-business partnership in combating corruption through education.

Under the partnership, new subjects will be developed to enable students to understand the Philippine government and its bureaucracy, including such issues as corruption and fraud.

Some proposed topics include ethical dilemmas, people-planet profit, corporate fraud, corruption 101 and corporate governance.

“It is important that ethics in public service be included as one of the key topics in this subject, and our students and higher education stakeholders should be educated on the ethical underpinnings of public service. As we increase the number of young people with the proper moral compass and informed with the relevant laws, we will create a wide network of graft busters around the country,” De Vera said.