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The General Education Center (GEC) co-sponsored Tatsulok: Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Philippine Studies 2026, with the theme “Rizal at Pagkamakabayan,” held on June 18-19, 2026, at the Ignacio B. Gimenez (IBG)-KAL Theatre. The conference was spearheaded by Prof. Nancy A. Kimuell-Gabriel, Ph.D., a former GEC Director, who served as its General Convener.
The General Education Center (GEC) once again proved its commitment to service excellence. As shown in the 2025 Client Satisfaction Measurement (CSM) Report from the UP Diliman Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART), the overall service quality rating of the GEC stands at 96.1%, placing it within the Outstanding category, from a total of 1,964 client respondents. This reflects the GEC's continued efforts to provide quality service to the UP community and beyond.
The General Education Center (GEC) welcomed representatives from Sulu State University (SSU) for an in-person benchmarking activity on May 6, 2026, at the Diliman Interactive Learning Center, UP Diliman.
The University of the Philippines Center for Education and Development, under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, held a panel discussion on General Education in Higher Education on May 22, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Institute of Biology Auditorium, UP Diliman.
The General Education Center (GEC), marked a significant milestone as its research study, “Construct Clarification, Scale Development, and Validation of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) General Education (GE) Objectives,” was presented by Junior Office Associate Stephany Louise Marquez on July 30, 2025 at the the International Postgraduate Roundtable and Research Forum cum Summer School 2025 (IPRRFSS), organized by The Graduate School of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK).
Bulacan State University – Sarmiento Campus (BulSU) met with the General Education Center (GEC) for a virtual Benchmarking Activity on the 29th day of October 2025, Wednesday, with the aim of acquiring valuable insights into GEC's best practices for their continuous goal of delivering quality education for students through their newly created General Education Department.
The 2024 Client Satisfaction Measurement Survey Report from the UP Diliman Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) showed that the GEC tallied a remarkable 96.5 percent overall service quality rating from 4,103 client respondents.
The General Education Center (GEC) has recently concluded the data gathering phase for the preliminary phase of evaluating the University of the Philippines Diliman’s (UPD) current General Education (GE) program. The objective of this preliminary study is to address the repeated calls for the operationalization of the GE objectives through understanding how UPD stakeholders understand and define them.
The General Education Center (GEC), together with the Mindanao State University (MSU) Main Campus - Marawi, engaged in a benchmarking activity last 11 April 2025 at the Diliman Interactive Learning Center in UP Diliman to “learn about the operational dynamics of the [GEC] and its implications for student learning and engagement.”
