BSC - Director for Instruction

𝑩𝑺𝑪 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 all 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 (𝗕𝗦𝗖) 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 all its 𝟳 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 (𝗔𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗨𝗣) 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 13-𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯.

The weeklong online accreditation was used to evaluate the programs of BSC to check whether the academic services are on par with the standards set forth for the state universities and colleges in the country.

Two programs underwent Level II accreditation while five programs were subjected to Level III. The highest level in the standards of AACCUP is Level IV, which is comparable to the leading programs in the country, such as those that are Centers of Excellence.

The two programs subjected to Level II accreditation were BS in Tourism Management and Bachelor in Secondary Education. Meanwhile, the programs submitted for Level III (Phase 2) accreditation are Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.

A total of 16 AACCUP accreditors coming from various universities in the country evaluated the programs, with Dr. Sanjay Claudio, Quality Assurance Director of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, as the overall coordinator of the accrediting team.

The accreditors evaluated the Level II programs in 10 areas, including vision, mission, goals and objectives, curriculum and instruction, faculty, library, research, extension, support to students, physical plant and facilities, laboratories, and administration.

On the other hand, accreditors for the Level III programs assessed the quality of academic services under four areas, namely instruction, faculty development, research, and extension.

According to President Djovi Durante, the BSC’s intention to subject the programs to higher levels of accreditation is a way to enhance the academic services of BSC and a testament to the continued dedication of BSC to quality and excellence.

“Accreditation is a way to determine our strengths and areas needing improvement so that we, as a college, can better serve our students and the community,” President Durante said.

Dr. Ferdinand Bulusan, Director for Instruction, also explained that when BSC could pass the higher levels of accreditation, the accreditation will not only speak of quality academic services to students but also become BSC’s passport to open graduate programs and to exploring internationalization efforts.

Dr. Bulusan explained that when programs shall have passed the Level 3 (Phase 2), it means that the programs are “nearly comparable to Centers of Development”.

Asst. Prof. Antonia Español, College Quality Assurance Coordinator, said that BSC has prepared for this accreditation for almost a year.

“Our faculty members and administrative personnel have been preparing for this significant and major activity for almost a year now. We have had a series of trainings and meetings spearheaded by the Office of the Director for Instruction for us to ensure that the activity would gain satisfying results,” Español said.

Aside from collecting full documents based on the requirements of each level, the faculty members and admin staff also packaged the programs in the form of complete and lengthy narrative profiles with videos.

Español added that many of the faculty members spent “sleepless nights” and did “overtime weekend tasks” for at least a month prior to the accreditation schedule to fully prepare the documents.

According to the standards of the AACCUP, results shall be officially out within 3 to 4 months after its board of Directors has finally deliberated the results en banc. # #

Video credit: Arnel Pableo