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LET 2016: CTU-Argao ranks 4th among top per-forming schools

One with AUAP: Promoting ASEAN thrust

LET 2016: CTU Argao ranks 4th among top performing schoolsCTU head carves hallmark

of excellence

October -December s2016ue)Vol 1. No.4

What’s Inside?

THE PREMIERThe Official Newsletter of Cebu Technological University

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The Premier is the official newsletter of the Cebu Technological University ( CTU ).

Published by the University Publication Office (UPO) , sixth floor, Engineering

building, right wing.Corner M.J. Cuenco Ave. & R. Palma St.,

Cebu City

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One with AUAP: Promoting ASEAN thrust

The Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) General Conference welcomed Cebu Technological University (CTU) President Dr. Rosein A. Ancheta Jr. and other executives in Daegu Health College in South Korea on November 7, 2016.

Dr. Ancheta’s attendance was prompted by internationalization efforts necessary to comply with ASEAN integration and international accreditation requirements.

CTU becomes its newest member and stays with the association from July 2016 through June 30, 2019.

The General Conference enabled Dr. Ancheta to meet about 100 presidents from universities and colleges not only in Asia but from other regions of the world, have a great opportunity to establish linkages with other universities; and sign collaborative agreements with other institutions at a special session on November 8.

Keynote speakers, who talked on The Roles of Universities in Fostering Student Employability and Entrepreneurship, came from the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA), Samsung Company of Korea and CP All Public Company Limited of Thailand.

Speakers from Australia and Mexico and prominent personalities from different regions of Asia and the Pacific were also present.

The Association of Universities of Asia

About the Cover

CTU-Main Campus clinched 3-day hosting of 2016 Regional Festival for Culture and Arts.

Editorial BoardDR. RHODORA G. MAGAN

University Publication Editor-in-chief

DR. DORIS O. GASCON, DA (CAS-Main)

DR. ARIEL L. RAMOS (CTU-Argao)

PROF. ROWENA P. DATO-ON (CTU-Daanbantayan)

PROF. JOHANNA PAULO (CoEd-Main)

PROF. JOSEPHINE ANNE C. TALEON

(CTU-Barili)

PROF. LAILA HOBRERO (CTU-Sanfrancisco)

ENGR. ELENA APARENTE (COE-Main)

PROF. JIHAN S. COMEROS (CTU-Carmen)

PROF. ANTONIETTE BELLE REYES

(CTU-Tuburan)

PROF. JOEBERT MONACILLO(COT-Main)

PROF. ROSALEA FENINA A. MARGALLO

(CTU-Moalboal)

PROF. LESLEY KAREN PENERA (CTU-Danao)

DR. ROSELYN T. BUSTOSUniversity Publication Director

Consultant

Kezia Mae L. LaurenoContributor

Ai May S. NailonLayout Artist

DR. LEDESMA R. LAYONVP- Administration and Finance

DR. VICTOR D. VILLAGANASVP- Academic Affairs

DR. GLORIA G. DELANVP- Research and Development

ADVISERS

DR. EDGAR U. TIBAYVP- Production Extension &

Business Affairs

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The Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) General Conference welcomes Cebu Technological University (CTU) President Dr. Rosein A. Ancheta Jr. and other executives in Daegu Health College in South Korea on November 7, 2016.

purpose is to be the main platform for interaction and collaboration among members and the voice of universities in Asia and the Pacific.

Moreover, it promotes a culture of quality and innovation in higher education, research and service to the community,

and the Pacific (AUAP) was established as an aggrupation of chief executives from higher education institutions in Asia, Pacific and around the world.

It is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with the highest formal consultation rights with UNESCO. Its primary

preserves and enhances the values and cultural diversity of Asia and the Pacific toward better understanding and cooperation for socio – economic development, engages with stakeholders to further the association’s objectives, channels the voice of universities in Asia and the Pacific, and promotes universal peace and international understanding through education.

AUAP organizes regular conferences and workshops for higher education leaders and institutions to recognize and discuss important issues and challenges facing higher education today.

The leaders of AUAP have adopted a unified vision for the organization and that is to promote the welfare and good image of their respective institutions.

Through the cooperation of all these leaders, AUAP has the capability to shape the outlook of higher education Members enjoy a global network of supportive colleagues.

The 3-day 12th General Conference hosted by Daegu Health College celebrated the efforts of previous president Dr. Shawn Chen and incoming president, Dr. Sunghee Nam.

Dr. Nam brought experts from local government industries and higher education institutions from around the world.

The output from various sectors was more on ensuring that the perspectives of those in attendance are well taken.

The conference attendees enjoyed the innovative and yet traditional Korean culture, while they planned for the future collaboration among themselves. (Office of the Univ. President)

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Dr. Herminio P. Navarro, a faculty member of the College of En-gineering and a Prominent Citizen Representative in the Cebu Technological University (CTU) Board of Regents, received the highest national award from the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers(PSME) at the Don Tobias Marcelo Awards Night on Oc-tober 21.

The award was based upon “the regular member’s eminent service rendered to the profession, society, communication and country” (Section 6.1.2 PSME Policy manual).

Engr. Navarro’s achievement may be seen as a way of honoring the university during the 64th PSME National convention on October 19 through 22 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

“PSME highlights the pursuit for scientific advancement and techno-logical development to provide exciting, inspiring and world-chang-ing solutions which transform lives and to prepare our PSME pro-fessionals for the regional integration and global competition by qualifying for the ASEAN and ACPE Registry,” Engr. Navarro said.

He had an excellent record in project management and leadership for 38 years in local, national and overseas industries.

He worked as Plant Maintenance Manager at Diamond Cane In-ternational Inc. for 17 years; Senior Technical Assistant in SES/3 Onshore and Offshore Equipment Maintenance Department at Bru-nei Shell Petroleum Co. for 14 years; and Economic Analysis Staff Engineer at Visayan Electric Co, Inc. for four years.

Engr. Navar-ro held various positions in the PSME-Mandaue Chapter and was chairman of the 3rd Visayas Regional Con-ference and the 2016 Mandaue E n g i n e e r i n g Week.

He is an accred-ited Pollution Control Officer (COA-258) by the Environmental Management Bureau of Region 7 and a member of the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines (PCAP7) and the Safety Organization of the Philippines Inc. (SOPI).

He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Visayas with the degree,Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He topped the Board Exam for CPM in November 1975 as well as the Board Exam for MEs in February 1976.

He is a Doctor in Philosophy in Technology Management (Ph. D T.M) candidate at the Cebu Technological University. (UPO)

Faculty member accepts PSME’s highest nat’l award

CTU head carves hallmark of excellence

Conferred the title, ASEAN Engineer, President Rosein A. Ancheta Jr.carves a hallmark of excellence for himself and for the Cebu Technological University (CTU) stakeholders.

Dr. Ancheta’s application and registration in the ASEAN Engineer Register (AER) has been endorsed by the AER Commission.It was approved by the Governing Council of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO) upon the representation of the Philippine Technological Council (PTC).

He was officially issued the lifetime registration number, the registration certificate and the medallion after complying with all the administrative documents.

The conferment was done during the 34thConference of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (CAFEO 34) on November 21 through 24 at the City State Asturias Hotel in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

The AER primarily spear heads the mobility of en gineers from ASEA mem ber countries.

It also aims to liberalize the professional services within ASEAN to prepare for globalization under the World Trade Organization

(WTO) initiative and topromote cultural and pro-fessional linkages among member countries in the en-gineering profession.

Furthermore, AER is work-ing toward international recognition of Filipino en-gineers and their qualifi-cations at both entry and independent professional practice levels. (Office of the Univ. President)

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Student leader gets AYLC nod

Industrial Engineering student Robinson Igot Jr. is join-ing 80 others in “The Ayala Young Leaders Congress (AYLC)” on February 7 through 10 .

There were 600 delegates from the country’s top uni-versities and colleges who underwent the screening last year.

College of Engineering Dean Nolasco K. Malabago was grateful for Igot’s achievement. “Good luck and always keep the good work that you have started,” he said.

This year’s 19th Ayala Young Leader Congress is designed, as it has always been, to build confidence and hone the leadership skills of the student leaders across the country.

It is committed to nurturing the integrity of leaders pas-sionately devoted to nation building and creating change in the lives of Filipinos. (Kezia Mae L. Laureno)

Senior Civil Engineering stu-dent Rail Patrick E. Estan, second runner-up of 2016 Philippine Institute of Civil En-gineering (PICE) Quiz Bowl in August and first runner-up of Regional Civil Engineering Stu-dents Quiz Show in September, was bound for championship route at the 10th Don Tomas Mapua National Civil Engineer-ing Quiz Show.

“I was very excited to bring home the first-place award. It was indeed a very memorable and challenging experience.Grabe gyud nga kulba aku’ng gibati pagkakita pa lang naku sa aku’ng mga kontra. Pero worth it ra gihapon, kay na-achieve ra naku ang aku’ng gi-pangandoy,” Rail said.

At the final round, CTU tri-umphed over two, who finished in second and third places, from Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila.

All three winners received cer-tificates and cash prizes.

The competition had a similar coverage with the engineering board examination—from the basics of Mathematics and Physics to the more specific fields of transportation engi-neering, water resource and hydraulics, geological engi-neering, structural engineer-ing, construction and project management and environmen-tal engineering.

University of the Philip-pines-Diliman, Ateneo de Ma-nila and La Salle University participated also in the event on November 25, 2016 at Mapua Institute of Technolo-gy Gymnasium in Intramuros, Manila.(Kezia Mae L. Laureno)

Senior CE quizzer ends runner-up post

JICA fulfills promise; CTU trainees learn from top execs in Japan

Japan International Cooperative Agen-cy (JICA),in partnership with Saitama Prefectural Government and Cebu City, Philippines, commits to the agreement valid from May 2016 through February 2017.

Students were finally able to train in Ja-pan through “Saitama-Cebu Compre-hensive HR Monozukuri Project.”

Designed to foster a strong collaboration among institutions, the project aims at

developing individuals who are ex-pected to advocate for the same principle of monozukuri or “efficient production.”

Selection of students who set for Japan on October 24, 2016 was based on outstanding per-formance in other areas of training such as the Intensive course A and B, mangrove planting and job shad-owing done [in the Philippines].

CTU students who passed the pre liminaries and completed the train-ing are Robinson C. Igot Jr, a BSIE student, and Jefferson Carreon, a BSEE student.

They, along with ten others, un-derwent the special training course at Saitama, Japan in order to fully grasp and appreciate the Japanese concept of productivity.

Immersing in the blend of nature and modernity, trainees from USJR, USC, and CTU have quality time in Tokyo, Japan.

JICA fulfills promise; CTU trainees learn from top execs in Japan

Company tours, shrine visits, courtesy call with the Saitama Prefecture and other activities were included in the itinerary.

For two weeks, trainees and some faculty members were introduced to the ethics of the Japanese people in the workplace and in the community.

“The balance of industrial development and nature is a depiction of Japan’s harmonious interaction of discipline and lifestyle,” Igot said.

The opportunity afforded to Igot and Carreon also speaks of CTU’s determination to abide by the mandates set to create change in the technological world.

Igot added: “As a practitioner in the field of engineering, I think that it is a powerful factor to unite with our tools in or-der to become a more effective and progressive engineer when we are out in the corporate jungle.”

He also shared how they were able to learn from CEOs in the companies they visited.The trainees arrived on Sun-day, November 6.

The extension of the program until February 2017 has allowed JICA to expand and cater to a total of 120 En-gineering practitioners as Cebu Technological University(CTU) – Main Campus and University of San Carlos (USC) join University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R).

CTU President Dr. Rosein A. Ancheta Jr., USJ-R Presi-dent Rev. Cristopher Maspara and USC President Rev. Dionisio Miranda signed the agreement on March 28, 2016. (UPO)

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Julian Ouano Cumad of Cebu Technological University-Tuburan Campus ranked second in the 2016 Agriculturist Licensure Examination as per Professional Regulation Commission result released on Friday, October 28.

Cumad attained 85.33% along with two others from University of the Philippines (UP)-Los Baños and Central Mindanao University(CMU).

He is the only passer from Visayas to join the top ten. Dr. Pedrito Pontillas, campus director, commended the efforts of the faculty during his talk on “Quality Supervision through Democratic Leadership” on Thursday, November 10.

He revealed that they initiated the review for Cumad and his classmates to succeed in the examination. Dr. Pontillas always believed in the power of supervision to yield better results.(UPO)

Dr. Pedrito Pontillas, campus director, commended the efforts of the faculty during his talk on “Quality Supervision through Democratic Leadership” on Thursday, November 10.

Tuburan Campus grad is No. 2 in ALE

Bachelor of Elementary EducationDate of Examination: March 20, 2016

Date Released: May 29, 2016National Passing %: 28.38

CTU-Argao Passing %:61.54

LET 2016: CTU Argao ranks 4th among top performing schoolsThe September 2016 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) had Cebu Technological University (CTU)-Argao at number 4 on the list of the country’s top performing schools as per PRCBoard.com. Among Cebu universities, only CTU Argao made it to the top (just one rank behind Philippine Normal University.)

Earlier this year, Argao Campus attained performance ratings of 68% and 61.54% in the same examination for Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) and Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEEd).

Bachelor of Secondary EducationDate of Examination: March 20, 2016

Date Released : May 29, 2016National Passing % – 35.43

CTU-Argao Passing % – 68.00

RANK SCHOOL PERCENTAGE 1 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 97.79% 2 BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 91.89% (FOR CVSCAFT)- TAGBILARAN 3 PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY – MANILA 91.85%

4 CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY – ARGAO 89.41% (FOR CSCST)

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Apart from the intensive review conducted, the Teacher Education Department engaged their students in extension initiatives such that 127 student teachers completed the Pagkat-on sa Pagbasa-Phase 2 Trainers’ Training.

Throughout the year, other seminars that boost students’ expertise include: Professionalism in Conducting Extension Activities, Teaching Reading, Principles of Visual Art, Instructional Materials Making and Teaching Demonstration,and Interpretation of Assessment Results.

CTU-Argao Campus Director Dr. Juanita Pinote continues to strengthen policies on academic excellence as one of the university’s mandates. (UPO)

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ASEAN Engineer and Cebu Technological University(CTU) President Dr. Rosein A. Ancheta Jr. completed and received his certificate on November 12, 2016 in Makati, Philippines.

The Regional Integration in Asia (RIA) course is an intensive program which has been offered by AIM for the past 15 years to enable university executives to test their ideas on cross-border education, using new analytic tools of management learned by AIM graduate students in various courses.

It promotes international cooperation toward developing education systems in the region especially that ASEAN celebrates its 50th founding anniversary.

The course relates to the needs of universities

(curriculum, faculty, students, administration, financing, alumni relations, and other stakeholders) in the globalized world economy.

It seeks to open the minds of top decision-makers in schools and colleges on the complexity of cross-border education, especially to explore new forms of cooperation, and to strategically position organizations in meeting challenges in the 21st century. (Office of the Univ. President)

President Ancheta completes RIA Course

University banks on quality supervision for premier status

Quality supervision is paramount for Cebu Technological University (CTU) to cope with its vision as a premier, multidisciplinary-technological university.

Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) Dr. Victor D. Villaganas organized the Basic Supervisory Course(BSC) training to address the purpose. More than one hundred participants from CTU campuses were divided into two batches: from October 25 through 28 and from November 8 through 11.

Joined in by speakers who are experts in their fields, the event made participants apparently grasp and perceive the common purpose of the CTU administration aiming them to be equipped with necessary tools not only as teaching guide but also quality, supervisory attitude.

Former Cebu Normal University (CNU) Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Porponio B. Lapa and St. Catherine College Dean (and Former CHED Acting Regional Direc-tor) Dr. Candelario M. Aytona conveyed that leadership is an ability to influence other people in the organization in order to achieve certain objectives.

This is true to CTU that aims at producing graduates with progressive leadership and equipping them with appropri-ate knowledge, skill, and attitude.

University President Dr. Rosein A. Ancheta Jr. is continu-ously adopting the international standards of quality teach-ing and supervision particularly on the engineering cours-es and other instructions that have something to do with whatever supervisory trainings and disciplines it would conduct.

“But this must be applied through a democratic way of ap-proach in order to receive a positive feedback from either your subordinates and students as well”, CTU-Tuburan Campus Director Dr. Pedrito C. Pontillas said.

The overwhelming satisfaction was shown by the partic-ipants who individually showed support to adopt the prin-ciples relevant to their tasks.

Topics, among others, were elaborated on by correspond-ing speakers:Quality Supervision Through Effective Lead-ership; Quality Assurance Through Effective Supervision; Legal Aspects in Supervision; Circular Program Development Enhancement; Quality Standards in Instruction; and Supervising Outcomes-Based Education.

Dr. Villaganas pushed for the training as he sees the need for constant cultivation of skills in the university.

Dr. Charisma Lumayag, Prof. Eilish Ritchelle Barcenas , Ms. Mary Anne C. Villaganas and Ms. Marjorie C. Ardoña

Librarians top AACCUP examCebu Technological University (CTU) librarians stood out among 83 examinees at the 3-day Training-Workshop of Accreditors on Outcomes-Based Quality Assurance con-ducted by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) early in No-vember.

Barbara Anne D. Boltiador of CTU Barili , Melany M. Man-langit of CTU Daabantayan and Lorenel D. Gako of CTU Tuburan occupied first, second and third places respec-tively.

Boltiador has been with CTU Barili for 11 years and seven (7) months now. She earned her AB Library & Information Science degree at the

University of San Carlos (USC) in 2003 and is presently pursuing her Master of Library and Information Science degree at Cebu Normal University (CNU).

The other two representatives from CTU were Ms. Iris La-

aided the participants in achieving the purpose.

The CTU administration believes that the Basic Supervi-sory Course could lead to the realization of CTU inter-nationalization programs being directly associated with

how the university has acted upon its vision, mission and outcomes.(Wen Celen)

manilao and Dr. Wilson M. Sayaboc.

Dr. Hedeliza A. Pineda, CTU and AACCUP senior accred-itor, was happy to announce the results during a separate, university-sponsored seminar. Part of her responsibility was to contact the university’s campus directors to send their representatives to the said event.

The training was conducted at Iloilo Science and Techno-logical University in La Paz, Iloilo City. (UPO)

(from left: Barbara Anne D. Boltiador, Melany M. Manlangit, Dr. Wilson M. Sayaboc, Lorenel D. Gako, and Iris Lamanilao)

In hopes that Cebu Technological University (CTU) could earn top ranks in this year’s Regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) Games 2016 , the university welcomed athletes to the Triangular Meet on October 24 through 28.

CTU campuses in the northern, southern and central parts of Cebu vie for top seed in 19 sporting events.

The University Sports Director Nemia F. Zamora gathered campus sports coordinators and coaches on Wednesday, November 23, to safeguard interests of CTU delegation and other participants.

She also spoke of the directive coming from the top management: “The rescheduling of the event is necessary as other major concerns among regional SUCs demand urgent response; hence, CTU Danao and CTU Carmen will accommodate delegates by January.”

At the regionals , North Cell competes in arnis (men and women), athletics (men and women), badminton (men and women), baseball, basketball (men), beach volley-ball (men), chess (men and women), dance sports (Lat-in), dance sports (standard), football (men), lawn tennis (men and women), sepak takraw (men), softball, swim-ming (men and women), taekwondo (men), and volleyball women.

Central Cell, on the other hand, takes basketball (women), taekwondo (women), and table tennis (men and women) while South Cell aims at winning in beach volleyball (wom-en), futsal (women), and volleyball (men).

W i n n i n g teams in baseball, basketball (women), b e a c h volleyball (men and w o m e n ) , f o o t b a l l ( m e n ) , futsal (women), sepak takraw (men), and softball do not employ other players from other campuses unlike other sports where the composition is a mixture of a majority of players from the winning team and some players from losing teams.

North Cell includes campuses in San Francisco, Tuburan, Daanbantayan, Carmen and Danao; South Cell has Argao, Barili, and Moalboal; and Central Cell compris-es Cebu City (Main) and extension campuses in Bitoon and Naga.

Dr. Zamora works with with University Sports Asst. Sports Director Joseph Barawidan and campus sports coordi-nators: Prof. Rosalinda Racaza (Main), Prof. Allan bucad (Danao), Prof. Adellosa Menchavez (Tuburan), Prof. Ezer Monteclar (Moalboal), Prof. Arnel Sanchez (Argao), Prof. Doris Sabiona (Barili), Prof. Israeli Caminos (San Francis-co), Prof. Abegail Bayani (Carmen), and Prof. Marie Paz Cuyos (Daanbantayan).(UPO)

North Cell dominates Trimeet for

Regional SCUAA 2016

CTU hosts 2016 Regional Festival for Culture and ArtsCTU-Main Campus clinched 3-day hosting of 2016 Re-gional Festival for Culture and Arts from November 16 through 18.

The annual event culminated with Cebu Normal Uni-versity (CNU) as the overall champion followed by Cebu Technological University (CTU), Bohol Island State University (BISU) and Siquijor State College (SSC).

The festival showcased various talents in six (6) major categories: literary arts, visual arts, music, dance, per-forming arts, and special category.

CTU won all competitions under visual arts: on-the spot painting and pencil rendering or drawing.

Literary arts comprised extemporaneous speaking,dagliang talumpati, storytelling, pagkukuwento, essay writing, pagsulat ng sanaysay, and quiz bowl.

CNU won in all sub-categories except in essay writing taken by SSC and pagsulat ng sanaysay by CTU.

Gift of music prevailed among Normalites as they won four of six subcategories: instrumental solo (violin), live band competition, vocal solo (Kundiman), and chorale contest.

Vocal duet and pop solo went to CTU and SSC. Short and sweet play and radio drama top spots all went to CNU.

As for dances, SSC took indigenous dance while CNU championed folk and contemporary dances. BISU earned first place in hip-hop dance.

CNU and BISU will represent Region VII at the na-tionals for special category as they won Mr. and Ms. PASUC respectively.

The Philippine Association of State Universities and Coleges (PASUC) continue to cultivate the value of culture as this year’s event has once again exhibited talents from the nation’s stakeholders. (UPO)

The Placement Team [Cebu Technological University, Phil-Nippon Technical College (PNTC) and Friend Nippon] found CTU graduates techni-cally competent, highly train-able, and reflective of high quality work ethics during the monitoring in Japan on October 25 through 28, 2016.

Former CTU Vice President for Research and Development Cecilio S. Baga, monitoring in-charge, acted upon the man-date to strengthen the inter-nationalization policy of CTU President Rosein A. Ancheta Jr.

Dr. Baga visited graduates who have been part of the 3-year technical internship program in Hitachi, Tochigi, and Saitama.

The aim was to assess the work ethics of the graduates, acceptability of their skills and competencies, and their im-pact to the manufacturing in-dustry as observed by the su-pervisors.

Prior to the send-off, CTU graduates took part in the train-ing offered by the Japanese Government through Friend Nippon Cooperative Society [in Japan] to the graduates of technology courses in PNTC.

Qualified applicants went through the CTU Placement Of-fice which sends and monitors them in their workplace.

In Dr. Baga’s interview with one of the trainees,Luke Gar-fred R. Ursal, the latter spoke about the high level of disci-pline of the Japanese workers. Ursal hopes to emulate the behavior once he gets back to the country.

CTU needs to solicit feedback from industries and em-ployers regarding international mobility of its graduates, as basis for improvement and alignment of its programs to the internationalization of labor force.

CTU Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) co-ordinates also with the Department of Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE). It has, by far, increased CTU’s employabil-ity rating of graduates and on-the-job-trainees.

The CTU Placement Office has long been a partner of Phil-Nippon Technical College (PNTC), a private training

Monitoring team says interns meet Japanese standards

Dr. Cecilio S. Baga (right) joins Ponciano H. Mancao Jr., Hitachi Area Supervi-sor (left) and Friend Nippon representative in Japan for the monitoring of CTU graduates.

Luke Garfred R. Ursal (center) completes the survey questionnaire provided by the monitoring team.

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institution based in the Philippines, authorized by the Jap-anese government to link with Friend Nippon, an organi-zation based in Japan which facilitates provision of skilled human resources to the industries in Japan for a period of three (3) years.

One of the challenges they are currently facing is the in-creasing demand of industries in Japan for skilled man-power. The figure could go as high as 300 trainees per month.

Gil Abasolo, Dr. Baga’s former student who had his OJT in Malaysia, was one of those immediately accepted for Japan internship after graduation because of the said training.

Friend Nippon has several offices all over Japan to mon-

itor and facilitate the trainees.

Establishing linkage with PNTC means eliminating the mismatch between the intern’s technical skills and the host company’s requirements.

To date, Friend Nippon has only supplied an average of 30 trainees per month from the country.

As an offshoot of Dr. Baga’s visit, Friend Nippon is hoping for more human resource supply and support from technological universities in the Philippines. (UPO)

COT: LEARNING INNOVATIONS FROM SOUTH KOREA

Dr. Cecilio S. Baga made way for dialogues to take place be-tween eleven COT faculty mem-bers and executives from Hanbat National University (HBNU), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Chungnam National University (CNU), Korea Polytechnic University (KPU) and Electronics and Telecommunica-tions Research Institute (ETRI).\

The composition of delegates re-flected the different fields that the college of Cebu Technological University (CTU) Main offers such

as mechatronics and graph-ics and design.

Primarily, faculty members need to find new models and learn from experts especially that the aforesaid institutions have adapted best practic-es that made them excellent among others in the region.

As a premier university, CTU is eyeing on partnerships with these leading institutions for they can work together on areas of common interest.

It is expected that collabora-tion would include research, staff and student exchange as well as development of aca-demic programs once agree-ment papers, especially that with HNBU, would be final-ized.

Moreover, HNBU offers CTU a chance to participate in next year’s Design Camp. Only Koreans, Americans, Chinese and Filipinos will be compet-ing in the event.

Upgrading the College of Tech-nology(COT) to cope with ASE-AN trends means one thing for its faculty--- visiting top universi-ties and institutions in South Korea, one of Asia’s centers for research and development.

There could be no better way of appreciating how innovations happen than seeing the out-comes for oneself.

Leading the group, Former Cebu Technological University(CTU) Vice President for Research

CTU Former Vice President for Research Cecilio S. Baga shows appreciation to KAIST International Director Representative Ms. Grace Choi for the warm accommodation.

The university is known for its technolo-gy commercialization though 18 special project teams and 25 research institutes.It also has Korea’s Best Start-Up Infra Education through its Graduate School of Entrepreneurial Management.

Korea-Philippine Cultural and Education-al Exchange Center Corporation (KO-PEC) President Dr. Choi Hoon Young facilitated the whole trip. He has been actively engaged with CTU by way of offering skills training to its stakeholders for years now.

CTU faculty has always been made to regularly avail of the activity abroad as part of Faculty and Staff Development Program. (Kezia Mae L. Laureno)

Fishing Simulator in Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Automotive Technology Laboratory in Korea Poly-technic University(KPU)

Solar-powered chest (transporting chilled vaccine to depressed African towns) in Chungnam University

CTU delegates visit Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

COT faculty listens to the representative of the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hanbat National University.