CHED backs university status for MP school

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Cordillera office of the Commission on Higher Education (has endorsed the application of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College for university status after rigid assessment on its compliance to omnibus regulations promulgated by the Commission relative to the conversion of a college to a university.

MPSPC has voluntarily submitted itself to evaluation done by the CHED on its compliance to a 13-point requirement imposed to schools aspiring for university status.

At the same time, the school’s board of trustees also approved the desire of the only State-run higher education institution in this landlocked province to become one of the universities in the region.

While the CHED team found several deficiencies in its compliance, the CHED evaluation team found that the school has satisfactorily complied with the other important requirements, thus, it endorsed its bid to become a university in the future depending on the action of Congress.

At least 26 congressmen led by Baguio Rep. Mauricio G. Domogan and Kalinga Rep. Manuel S. Agyao, who is also the caretaker congressman for Mountain Province, have filed the bill converting MPSPC into the Mountain Province State University.

Since 2005, MPSPC had an average annual enrollment of 4,600 per semester which is way above the CHED requirement of at least 2,500 enrollees per semester in order to qualify for a university status.

The school consists of a total of 145 faculty members with 117 or 81 percent are permanent in full-time status while the rest are casual but are serving in full-time status.

Seventy nine faculty members or 54 percent of its faculty have master’s degree in their areas of specialization. a total of 72 or 49 percent of its faculty with master’s degree are on full-time status.

Dr. Nieves A. Dacyon, MPSPC president, cited the results of the CHED evaluation will serve as a basis in the formulation of appropriate work plans in order to satisfactorily comply with the requirements prescribed by the agency in order to achieve the university status in the future.

She underscored what is important for the institution is to have a benchmark in charting the development thrusts of the institution to provide quality education to the youth for the benefit of the future generation.

The university hood status of MPSPC was also strongly and favorably endorsed by the barangays, municipalities and the province in order to improve the delivery of quality education to its people’s.

MPSPC was established through the efforts of the late Rep. Victor S. Dominguez who envisioned the creation of a university in the province in the future since education is the best inheritance that parents could give their children since it could not be easily taken away from them. -- Dexter A. See