CHED identifies fields for ‘priority courses’

Still don’t know what you want to be “when you grow up”? This might help you.

“The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is advising incoming college students to go for “priority courses” for them to get financial assistance and to land in-demand jobs that could help spur economic growth,” reports Louis Bacani on Philstar.com.

The agency’s updated list of priority courses until school year 20017-2018 are projected to match the employment requirements of key industries until around 2020. \According to the new list, the priority courses are those in the following fields:

1. Agriculture

2. Engineering

3. Science and Math,

4. Information Technology

5. Teacher Education

6. Health Sciences

7. Arts and Humanities

8. Social and Behavioral Sciences

9. Business Administration

10. Architecture

11. Maritime

12. Communication

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