Status of Mt Prov college upgraded

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Budget and Management approved the upgrading of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College here from level I to level III.

This after the only State-run higher education institution in the province was able to display exemplary performances in its instructional function.

This makes the MPSPC eligible to move for university status which has over 5,000 students.

The SUC leveling is imposed by the national government to guide CHED and other highland education institution policy decision-makers in operation of higher education institutions in the country.

Furthermore, the leveling system was adopted to provide a basis for concerned agencies in rationalizing the standards for allocating resources and targeting development interventions for the different types of State-run institutions.

Based on the SUC leveling standards, there are four levels with level IV as the highest depending on the compliance of the State-run higher education institutions to the criteria and performance of the institutions in various aspects of tertiary education.

MPSPC, which is the first higher education institution to implement a full scholarship program for its students, was classified under SUC level III-A which means that it excels in the implementation of the standards of a university but falls short of the criteria of the level accreditation, especially in research programs.

With the upgraded level, the MPSPC management is continuously conducting consultations with the different national and local officials, including supportive stakeholders in the province, to get their commitment for funding support so that its long overdue dream of becoming a state university will be fulfilled in the future.

The CHED required the school management to secure the commitment of various stakeholders to ensure the realization of the substantial funding requirement in order to sustain the school’s operation, especially when it will be converted into a university by virtue of an act of congress.

At the same time, Dr. Nieves A. Dacyon, MPSPC president, said the school is trying to decongest its Bontoc campus by opening major courses in its other campuses like in Tadian so that it will be able to address the increase in enrollment in its school campuses spread in different parts of the province.

She welcomed the snowballing support being extended by most provincial and municipal officials on the plan of the higher education institution to become one of the respected state universities not only in the region but also in the whole country.

MPSPC was established by virtue of Republic Act (RA) 7183 which was signed into law by former President Corazon C. Aquino on January 17, 1992 through the initiative of the late Rep. Victor S. Dominguez.