Supreme Student Government

Wishing you another year filled with love, success and everything else you deserve—happy birthday!

Hon. Ricardo Batchanitcha Jr.
USG Senator A.Y 2023-2024
NEMSU-Tagbina Campus

𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: NEMSU-TC consults transition from BAT to BSA

In compliance with the new CMO released by CHED, NEMSU-TC held a consultative meeting, gathering professional agriculturists, to propose a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) curriculum.

Dr. Douglas M. Doloriel, Department Chair of the Department of Agriculture, led the discussion on improving course subjects on Wednesday with the aim of crafting a new curriculum to take effect in the first semester of A.Y. 2024-2025.

Course subjects such as coconut farming, Management and Extension Program, and Principles of Cooperativism were suggested by Engr. Ramon Barbosa, Municipal Agriculturist, and owner of Amparitas Integrated Farm; Marcos M. Quico, Provincial Agriculturist; and Maria Fely V. Jensen, Senior Agrarian Reform Program Technologist, respectively.

Based on CMO No. 23, s. 2021, the Bachelor of Agricultural Technology (BAT) will be abolished and reformed into BSA, making the new curriculum a hybrid of BAT.

Outlined in the order, after the first two years, students may become graduates of a Certificate in Agricultural Science and will specialize in either Crop Science or Animal Science to obtain their bachelor's degree in their 3rd and 4th years.

Consequently, practicum is essential in their 2nd year to perform skills-related activities in the course that will enable them to get National Certificates.

The new curriculum in Agriculture aims to equip students with knowledge they can apply in the field, not just as employees in agencies.

"Mas higher level sa degree," Regie Bicamon, a soil expert at the DA Regional Office, expressed her support for producing well-rounded graduates in agriculture- not only in theory but also in application and entrepreneurship.

🖋️: Cherra Mae Manguilimutan

Shellfish Bulletin No. 03
Series of 2024
13 February 2024

Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; San Pedro Bay in Samar and Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar; Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur; Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur; and coastal waters of San Benito in Surigao del Norte are still POSITIVE for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) or toxic red tide that is beyond the regulatory limit.

All types of shellfish and 𝑨𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒑. or alamang gathered from the areas shown above are NOT SAFE for human consumption. Fish, squids, shrimps, and crabs are SAFE for human consumption provided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly, and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking.