The process to assess and raise the standards for quality and excellence in the Philippine educa¬tion known as “Accreditation” began in 1957 through the establishment of the Philippine Association of Accredited Schools and Universities (PAASCU). This accrediting agency was intentionally created for private educational institutions. It was only in the 1980’s when the idea of accreditation for public Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) was presented to the member-institutions of Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) by Dr. Bonifacio Sibayan, then President of Philippine Normal University (PNU), and Dr. Abraham I. Felipe, then President of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) and subsequently led to the creation of the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) in 1989. AACCUP responded to the challenges of the accreditation of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) of the country, as well as establishing linkages with other accrediting agencies here and abroad.