The Pangasinan State University joined the delegates of Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) for a benchmarking activity on quality assurance, December 6, 2024.
The meeting of minds showcased best practices in the attainment of PSU’s Philippine Quality Award (PQA).
PSU President, Dr. Elbert M. Galas, represented by the Vice President for Quality Assurance Dr. Celeste T. Mercado, welcomed the TAU delegation and shared a comprehensive walkthrough of the university’s quest on PQA.
“𝑊𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐴𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑒 [𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑄𝐴] 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.
The Director for Local Accreditation, Dr. William V. Cayetano, led the presentation of the mechanisms in QA Office alongside VP Mercado. The Director for Public Relations and Information Office, Ms. Venus May H. Sarmiento, also took part in the open forum session.
TAU delegation headed by Vice Presidents Dr. Sonny DC. Torres and Dr. Leonell P. Lijauco thanked PSU for the conduct of the said benchmarking.
“𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑄𝐴,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
PSU led by University President, Dr. Elbert M. Galas, shows that the implementation of quality assurance in the university doesn’t stop after accreditation but rather seen as a lifeblood of the university’s process and operation for the benefit of the community.
