The activity howcased PSU’s best practices in the attainment of Philippine Quality Award (PQA) Level III.
PSU President, Dr. Elbert M. Galas, personally shared a comprehensive walkthrough of the university’s quest on PQA and reprised the challenges encountered by PSU in 2020 and 2021.
“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,” President Galas shared.
Vice President for Quality Assurance Dr. Celeste T. Mercado and the Director for Local Accreditation, Dr. William V. Cayetano, led the presentation of the mechanisms in the PQA journey while the Director for Public Relations and Information Office, Ms. Venus May H. Sarmiento, facilitated the open forum session.
The SSC delegation was headed by the Director for QA Dr. Jermalyn Amil who thanked PSU for accommodating their request.
“As we wait for the site visit of our assessors, we are grateful for your generous inputs. We became inspired para magpursige to improve our processes as we venture into PQA,” Director Amil 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 processes and operations for the benefit of the community.