Commission on Higher Education(CHED)

August 11, 2023 Dear James Bernard Mulit, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 10, 2023, 04:11:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Transcript of records. Response to Request To clarify, CHED does not release a transcript of record but only process the Special Order (SO) number reflected on the said document as requested by HEIs. As per Article XX section 97 of the Manual of Regulations for Private HEIs, "It shall be the duty of the higher education institution to release the school records of a student who has no outstanding property and/or financial obligations to the institution or is not under penalty of suspension or expulsion." Furthermore, as cited in Article XXIII Section 110 of the manual, the HEI shall file an application for SO...at least 60 calendar days before the end of the academic period and then CHED shall process their application and return to the HEI within 30 calendar days upon receipt of the application. I enclose a copy of the manual in pdf format for your reference. Your right to request a review: If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you about the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Receiving Officer