Pangasinan State University hosted a benchmarking activity with the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) and shared best practices of PSU- Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program.
𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, represented by the 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐨 𝐏. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚, welcomed the TUP delegates.
“𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ. 𝑆𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔-𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑆𝑈𝐶𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 [𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠]. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐂. 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐒𝐔-𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐀𝐏 who was joined by faculty members, led the presentation of best practices, office operations and processes.
Topics on class duration, number of students per class, procedure in thesis defense, development of learning materials, assessments, and platform in the conduct of classes were talked about during the virtual meeting.
𝐓𝐔𝐏 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐂. 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐂. 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 thanked the PSU especially Dr. Galas and the university officials for accommodating their team.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑇𝐸𝐸𝐴𝑃 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑃𝑆𝑈’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.
ETEEAP faculty members along with the PRIO Team also took part in the said benchmarking activity.
