NegOr to award GPAK 2012 winners
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- The provincial government here is set to award this year’s winners of the Gulayan sa Palaisdaan Alay sa Kabataan (GPAK) provincial evaluation on July 17 at Plaza Ma. Luisa Suites Inn, this city.
The awarding ceremony marks the tenth year that GPAK, a Galing Pook awardee, is implemented in Negros Oriental to improve food production in the province by allotting unused lots within school grounds for vegetable production and tilapia ponds.
Winners under the Gulayan category for the first district are Tinaogan Elementary School in Bindoy for 1st prize, Gaboc Elementary School in Canlaon City for 2nd prize, DVLM Elementary School in Vallehermoso for 3rd prize, Lower Lumapao Elementary School in Canlaon City for 4th prize and San Jose Elementary School in La Libertad for 5th prize with a special citation for San Jose Elementary School in Manjuyod.
Second district winners under the same category are Sta. Agueda Elementary School in Pamplona for 1st prize, Junob National High School in Dumaguete for 2nd, Malalangsi Elementary School in Pamplona for 3rd, Dumaguete City High School for 4th and Jose Rotea Memorial Elementary School in Tanjay City for 5th prize with a special citation for Canggohob Elementary School in Mabinay.
Third district winners are AMRES in Sta. Catalina for 1st prize, Bayawan National High School for 2nd, Banga Elementary School in Bayawan City for 3rd, Omod Elementary School in Bayawan for 4th and Lico-lico Elementary School in Siaton for 5th prize with a special citation for Mabuhay Elementary School in Sta. Catalina.
For the Palaisdaan category, the winners are Gomentoc Elementary School in Ayungon for 1st prize, Cantumbol Elementary School in Mabinay for 2nd, Lower Lumapao Elementary School in Canlaon City for 3rd, Pal-ew Elementary School in Tanjay City for 4th and Jose Rotea Elementary School in Tanjay City for 5th prize.
Cash prizes that will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the two categories total to P775,000, said Nittz Bangay, information officer of the Provincial Agriculturist Office.
GPAK was initiated in the province in 2002 by then governor and now Second District Rep. George Arnaiz.
It earned a Galing Pook award due to its positive impact on the nutritional status of school children in the province by helping reduce the malnutrition rate.
It also spurred parents to start their own backyard gardening and tilapia ponds in their homes. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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SPUD high school newest PAASCU-accredited institution in Dumaguete
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- More academic institutions in Dumaguete City, which is known as "University Town," are earning accreditations from the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP).
St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD) has announced that its high school department was granted the Level II re-accredited status from the FAAP.
This after FAAP accreditors found the high school department to have satisfactorily fulfilled the requirements and standards set by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).
PAASCU is a private, accrediting body officially recognized by the Department of Education as an accrediting agency. It is composed of various private educational institutions that stamp other private schools with a quality standard attained in line with their academic programs.
SPUD Director for External Affairs Raffy Duhaylungsod said the university’s grade school department, which is a PAASCU Level I accredited program, is currently preparing for another round of PAASCU accreditation in December this year.
“Various courses in the college level are also Level III accredited by the PAASCU now,” said Duhaylungsod.
In April this year, Silliman University announced that 14 of its academic programs received a Level 4 status, the highest accreditation distinction, from two independent private accrediting groups.
Level 4 accreditation was given to SU's seven graduate degrees from the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities-Accrediting Agency Inc., while PAASCU granted the same accreditation to seven undergraduate programs. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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Negrense a finalist for Top 10 Outstanding Students of the Philippines
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- A student from a university in Dumaguete City is one of the finalists for the Top Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP).
Joshua Eleazar Domen, a 2012 graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD), is among the 30 official finalists nationwide who will convene in Manila for a round of panel interviews.
The interview will determine this year’s national TOSP awardees, said SPUD Director for External Affairs Arbon Duhaylungsod.
Duhaylungsod said Domen sat as the president of the university’s Supreme Student Government and was one of the country’s official delegates to the Conference on Volunteerism in Malaysia being an active volunteer for different community outreach services in the province.
He also participated in Japan’s Youth Exchange Program and Singapore’s Youth Leadership Program. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)