The Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) Interim Governing Board convened and approved, on its first meeting, the curricula of the four (4) academic programs that will be initially offered to its first batch of enrollees.
The PPC will offer Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, Bachelor of Multimedia Arts, Bachelor of Special Needs Education, and Bachelor of Public Administration major in Local Governance.
The PPC Interim Governing Board likewise approved the designation of the Board Secretary, Director of the PPC-CCenter for Lifelong Learning (CELL), Program Chairpersons, and the NSTP Coordinator.
Also discussed during the meeting were the faculty, student, and research manuals under which the college shall operate.
Attendees of the said meeting were Vice Governor Mark Ronald DG. Lambino, PPC President Raymundo D. Rovillos, Regional Director Teresita A. Tabaog, DOST Region I, Provincial Administrator Melicio F. Patague II, and Agricultural Center Chief II Marvin G. Quilates, Department of Agriculture, Regional Office 1 representative.
With barely more than a month after the MOU signing with the colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), the PPC, along with three (3) other chosen local colleges and universities, are again set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the Lotte Scholarship Foundation of South Korea on March 8 at the Provincial Training and Development Center 1 (PTDC 1).
The collaboration is envisioned as a significant step towards enhancing educational opportunities and cultural exchange.
The PPC Center for Lifelong Learning (CELL) stands as a landmark project of the Guico administration that gives meaning to the province’s vision to make ‘Pangasinan a premier province of great opportunities, sustained socio-economic growth, and a place where one can experience life at its best.’
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