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(PNA file Photo) MANILA- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Monday night it is targeting a "strategic and selective lifting" of the moratorium for new nursing programs. In a Viber message, CHED Chairperson Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III said the CHED's Technical Panel on Nursing has been working on the new policy, which may be released soon. "CHED is working with the DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment) and DOH (Department of Health) to determine the supply and demand for nursing graduates for a possible strategic selective lifting of the moratorium in key geographic areas and types of institutions and the Commission will issue the new policy soon," he told the Philippine News Agency. He said it has been several years since they started the assessment, considering the demands brought by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. "The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has already recognized the need to review the 2011 moratoriu