Mindanao Polytechnic State College
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| Motto: | "Soaring to greater heights of Universityhood" |
| Established: | 1927 |
| Type: | Semi-Public School Run by Government |
| President: | DR. Ricardo E. Rotares |
| Faculty: | 500 |
| Staff: | 1000 |
| Students: | 15,000 |
| Undergraduates: | 8000 |
| Location: | Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines |
| Campus: | 1 Campus and 2 External Campuses |
| Colors: | Blue |
| Nickname: | M.P.S.C. - |
| Affiliations: | Public School and Semi-Public. Run by the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges and a member of Mindanao Association State Colleges and Universities Foundation, Inc. |
| Website: | [1] |
Mindanao Polytechnic State College, or MPSC, is one of the leading higher education institutions in the Philippines. It offers vertically articulated programs to poor but deserving students. MPSC is strategically located in the fast-growing industrial pace of Northern Mindanao, with its main campus situated in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, and with satellite campuses in Jasaan, Oroquieta and Panaon.
It is the mission of this College to provide quality, relevant, and trained human resources, and to promote research and extension services, supportive of the Industrialization Act of Northern Mindanao, pursuant to Section 2 of PD 1431; the College Charter as amended by RA 7102.
The Corporate Vision of MPSC, reflected in the Corporate Plan for CY 2002-2005 provides that, "MPSC is the Philippine showcase for a Corporate University in the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)". This implies a business-like orientation in the way that the goods and services of the corporate university are delivered to its clientele while maintaining the primacy of social service as its function in the Philippine society. MPSC's role as a state corporate university shall transcend national and cultural boundaries and will be felt immediately in the BIMP-EAGA.
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[edit] The Seal of the College
The portions colored red, yellow and blue represent the flag of the Philippines which is hung vertically.
The book and the torch symbolize the education that every student wants to acquire from this College.
The gear represents “Technology” which is considered as the flagship course of this College.
The twenty-four (24) teeth of the gear symbolize the 24-hour service of our College to the community.
The figure 1927 shown inside the book represents the year when MPSC was founded.
[edit] The Milestones of MPSC
1927 Pre-Commonwealth Act No. 3377 known as the Vocational Act of 1927 established Misamis Oriental Trade School (MOTS) operating at the elementary level. In 1936, the intermediate program was replaced with the four-year secondary trade program.
1952 Republic Act No. 672 converted MOTS into the Mindanano School of Arts and Trades (MSAT) offering two-year trade technical education. In 1970, Republic Act of 3959 authorized the offering of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education and the Evening Opportunity Programs.
1978 Presidential Decree 1431 converted MSAT to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College (DMMMPSC) with the mission "to provide quality relevant and trained human resources and to promote research supportive to the industrialization of Northern Mindanao."
1991 Republic Act No. 7102 renamed DMMMPSC to Mindanao Polytechnic State College (MPSC) with the addition of the third function of the college - extension services - in the original mission.
1995 Proposal for Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) was presented to the faculty and staff, students, PTA officials, and the general public. In 2002, Congressman Constantino J. Jaraula of the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro filed House Bill No. 4582 for the conversion of MUST. The House Sub-Committee on Higher Education approved the bill in 2003.
[edit] GRADUATE COURSES
Doctor of Technology Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Planning and Management
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences majors in Mathematics Education; Applied Mathematics
Master of Science Applied Mathematical Sciences
Master of Science in Information Technology
Master of Science - Doctor of Philosophy Science Education (Straight Program) major in Chemistry; minor in Biology, Physics, or Environmental Science
Master of Science in Technology Communication Management
Master in Environmental Geotechnics and Management
Master in Environmental Science and Technology
Master in Teaching Mathematics
Master in Teaching Physical Sciences major in Physics; minor in Chemistry
Master of Arts Teaching Special Education
Master of Arts Teaching English as a Second Language
Master of Engineering Sciences majors in Power System Economics; Energy Engineering
Master Industrial Technology
Master Technician Teacher Education
Master Educational Planning and Management
Master Public Administration
[edit] UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Technology and Management
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Technology
Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical Technology
Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology majors in Architectural Drafting Technology; Automotive Engineering Technology; Civil Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Design and Fabrication Technology
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physical Sciences Teaching Stream & Industry Stream
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry
Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences majors in Applied Mathematics; Mathematics Teaching
Bachelor of Science in Technology and Communication Management
Bachelor in Elementary Education major in Special Education
Bachelor in Secondary Education major in Technology and Livelihood Education
Bachelor in Technician Teacher Education
[edit] PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Certificate of Teaching
Diploma in Teaching Special Education
Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP)
CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Center for Local Governance
Implementor of Promoting English Proficiency (PEP) Project in Mindanao
JASAAN CAMPUS
BS in Electrical Technology and Management
BS in Industrial Technology
BS in Information Technology
Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Technology and Livelihood Education
Three-Year Technician Program
[edit] PANAON CAMPUS
BS in Aquatic Resource Technology & Management
BS in Physical Science Teaching
BS in Mathematics Teaching
BS in Marine Biology
Bachelor in Elementary Education
Diploma in Information Technology
[edit] OROQUIETA CAMPUS
Bachelor in Elementary Education
Diploma in Information Technology
[edit] HIGH SCHOOL
Secondary Laboratory School (1st to 4th Year), running under the Science and Technology Curriculum
[edit] The Manila Bulletin News
Mindanao Polytechnic State College was one of many schools around the nation that featured in Manila Bulletin News Paper and Online in the Schools, Colleges, and Universities Section.
[edit] Humble Beginnings
The Mindanao Polytechnic State College evolved through three historic acts. It started operating as a trade school with the name Misamis Oriental Trade School instituted through the Vocational Act of 1927 otherwise known as Pre-Commonwealth Act No. 3377. It offered elementary level until 1936 when it underwent academic transformation. That year, the intermediate curriculum was swooped with the four-year secondary trade program.
Long after its intermediate operation as a trade school, Republic Act 672 of 1952 renamed MOTS to Mindanao School of Arts and Trade. Chiefly distinguished as a secondary trade school, MSAT offered a four-year Secondary Trade Curriculum. It appended courses in two-year trade Technical Education and Evening Programs with Short Term Courses of the National Manpower and Youth Council. Furthermore, MSAT was recognized as the sole Degree Program provider of 1970 through its Teacher Education program offering made possible through Republic Act 3959.
A remarkable episode cropped up in 1977 when MSAT’s Superintendent, Dr. Medardo P. Santos, settled as MSAT head. Very resolute in his vision to set up a University System in Region X, Dr. Santos called for the drafting of a bill to convert MSAT into a State College. Blissfully, the conversion was fulfilled on June 10, 1978 as then President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed the bill. Hence, MSAT was ultimately converted to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College.
DMMMPSC then opened nine satellite and extension colleges. The campuses doled out as service areas of the college. Several course offerings were opened from elementary to doctoral level into respond to the needs of educational leaders. With the self-motivated administrators coupled by the vibrant teaching force and staff of both main and satellite campuses, exceptional instruction was given to the studentry which marked a tough upshot in MPSC’s history. Until this time, people still refer to the college as "Don Mariano" despite the several changes it has undergone, more so with its name.
Before DMMMPSC was renamed MPSC, various notable events happened. In 1981, the competencies of the faculty in the college were strengthened. They were offered scholarships, made to attend late afternoon classes and even conducted on-air programs. Faculty exchange programs were likewise introduced, a break for them to upgrade their individual turf. These opportunities proved as edge-provider as the college produced its first batch of Engineering board passers in 1983.
1984 was an extra segment in the maturity of DMMMPSC when the services of foreign volunteers as instructors were requested. Among those who responded were from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan and Korea. These specialists shared their expertise and flair in various fields. An extra periphery of fortune happened in the same year when the college produced its second batch of board passers with a fourth placer in the Electrical Engineering Board Exam.
From then on, DMMMPSC rocketed nonstop, rising exceedingly with determination to generate eminent alumnae, constantly driven by the maxim of fineness. Hence, after thirteen dynamic years of its flourishing operation, DMMMPSC became Mindanao Polytechnic State College through Republic Act No. 7102 in the year 1991.
On its earliest year with the fresh trademark as MPSC, it turned out a fifth and seventeenth placer in the Electrical Engineering Board Exam coupled with a third placer in the Forestry Board Exam. The succeeding year, MPSC again obtained an eighty five percent passing percentage in the Electrical Engineering Board Exam. The school maintained this distinction in the years that followed until such time that it garnered the distinction of being the topnotch producer of Electrical Engineers in Region X, Visayas and Mindanao and even placed third nationwide. It also received the First Globe Telecom Award in Northern Mindanao and got a hundred percent passing rate for Electronics and Communications Engineering in the year 1996. MPSC maintained the same performance throughn the years and up to the present.
Adding to this academic success, MPSC’s BSIT and BSIE programs passed the first level accreditation in 1997. In another light, MPSC ventured to augment its budget by transforming each unit of the college to an income center and generated an Institute of Entrepreneurship and Productivity (IEP), an income generating arm of the college. This center became very productive as it sought the assistance of the Philippine Australian Governance Facility (PAGF).
Quality Assurance was another club of stamina for MPSC. It established vertically articulated programs in 1999. In the succeeding year, MPSC shifted to the RIPE (Research, Instruction, Production and Extension) paradigm. A research culture was then built in the academe. MPSC also became a full BIDANI member for serving fifteen barangays in its extension program. MPSC added production as its fourth function. Indeed, a great deal had been accomplished by MPSC that it is often regarded as a university.
These substantiate how Mindanao Polytechnic State College lodged such sturdy roots.
[edit] Present times
Year 1995 saw greater interest for the conversion of the Mindanao Polytechnic State College to Mindanao University of Science and Technology through the inflexible efforts of the passionate and ardent hand of the previous President, Dr. Montano F. Salvador. Presently, MPSC remains a state college but runs as a university. It is certified by the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) as Category A under Program Category of SUCs with distinctive competence in the area of Science and Technology, Advance Studies, Engineering Technology and Teacher Education. It also qualified as a Level IV SUC through the joint evaluation of CHED and DBM. Currently headed by the competent headship of the lone Doctor of Energy in Visayas and Mindanao, Dr. Ricardo E. Rotoras, MPSC is one of the fourteen out of one hundred ten SUCs in the country which is classified as level IV.
Aside from the Level IV classification, the college is in reality commendable to be granted a university status for several reasons. Academically, it has afforded quality service to the 7,321 school populace as it relentlessly stands out in the Engineering board exams. Worth citing is the BSECE Licensure Examination Performance of its graduates for the year 1995 and 1997. MPSC was awarded top 1 performing school in the country with 100% passing rate of the BS Architecture graduates in 2005 and 2006. Equivalent merit was awarded to the BSEE graduates in the year 2006. Due to these achievements, MPSC is rightfully a self-proclaimed center of Excellence in Engineering and Technology.
The conversion of MPSC to MUST is fundamentally a response to Northern Mindanao’s need for a wider and more comprehensive higher education provider, the College President stressed. MUST will match the demand for high level manpower in Science and Technology needed by industries and business establishments in the region. Apart from this, MPSC’s conversion is but rightful. Its research and instruction programs have reached full maturity, equivalent to that of universities abroad in terms of quality. The college’s extension and consultancy services have also provided assistance to industries and other organizations in the region through personnel training and research collaboration activities. To quote the Commission on Higher Education-tasked Committee on Evaluation, "MPSC is much better than many institutions that now enjoy University status. It is now functioning like a University in the Philippine setting. Thus, it should be converted to one now." These are fervent grounds for MPSC’s conversion to universitihood.
The striking status of MPSC continues to capture the attention of Northern Mindanao populace. It is named as a CHED Zonal Research Center in Region X and CARAGA areas. It assists the commission in the effective and efficient management of research activities for other Higher Education Institutions (HEI). MPSC is also the Center of Development in Mathematics. As an HEI, it has established the highest level of standard along the areas of instruction, research and extension. It is a sending and delivery institution in Mathematics.
Equally important is the college’s feature as a Regional Node for Computerization program. Likewise, it is a recipient of funding from the Swedish International Development Assistance (SIDA) for IT equipment. Other subsequent category of MPSC is being a CISCO Training Provider and a Continuing Professional Education source.
The physical amenities of the college are also parallel to that of a university. It has an on-going four-storey structure, one of the major infrastructure projects of its current president. It has also the Learning Resource Center which houses the main college library, graduate school office, classrooms, lecture rooms and the E-library. It has also state-of-the-art show window laboratories. One of these is the Simulation and Modeling laboratory which addresses students concerns on software development and application. Another is the Automation and Control laboratory. Undeniably, the students of the college are so propitious to have the familiarity of operating the million-peso worth Mechatronics package, Electro-Pneumatics with PLC, Electro-Hydraulics Trainer, Process Trainer and Web Trainer.
MPSC is also endowed with the highly advanced equipment contained in the Multi-Media Center. It is designed for instructional technology classes, fabrication of instructional materials and serves as a training hub for all teachers and professionals in the region. It is also recognized by the Department of Science and Technology through its Extension Services. It houses the DOST Provincial Science and Technology Center in Misamis Oriental. In the campus is the Oro Science and Technology Centrum that develops a Science and Technology Culture of the broad-spectrum community. Moreover, the college continues to seek linkages with other agencies to maximize its resources.
Recently, MPSC became a beneficiary of one of the most esteemed honors in the country, the 2006 Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines. Prior to this year, MPSC was afforded parallel merit as it was given the recognition of "2005 Ten Accomplished Youth Organization" through the college’s Mathematics Society.
That is the preview of the entire vista of the history, organization and success of the booming Mindanao Polytechnic State College.
[edit] How MPSC leaves tracks in the orchard of the academic world
Essentially shaped to train Northern Mindanao’s professional corps, Mindanao Polytechnic State College continues to climax for University status.
Through the capable management of Dr. Ricardo E. Rotoras, the dreamed Mindanao University of Science and Technology is within reach. Nevertheless, the college president stalwartly deems that becoming a university is not the end-all and be-all of the college’s thrusts. He places more weight on the dictum, zeal for excellence thereby cheering the entire academia to relentlessly toil for the greater good of the majority principally for the studentry.
With the variety of distinctions and awards (Level IV SUC, TOSP, TAYO, and Topnotch Licensure Performance), that the college has reaped, it persistently spaces key importance on its students. Rated by CHED as Center of Excellence in Mathematics for 2004, the college has increased its number of Doctor of Philosophy degree holders. The faculty is also encouraged to present research output in the national and international fora. All these efforts are made for the entire college studentry. The college believes that intellectually superior students are by products of valuable training.
Another thing is the Mathematical Sciences Program of MPSC which is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The program’s core is Mathematical Modeling, one that makes use of the powerful tools of mathematics to explain scientific, engineering and social phenomena in terms of a predictive model. It is a program that is beneficial to Mathematicians, Engineers, Social and Physical Scientists. This indicates how the college delivers quality instruction through its competent faculty members.
The college’s award-wining Mathematics Society has also reached out to public school students in the city. It has afforded voluntary services like the Summer refresher Course and Tutorial programs, with the objective of being catalysts for students to be keen on Mathematics.
Exemplary importance is also placed for the college accreditation plane. To systematically range the programs and services of MPSC, the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Services office was given nativity. This office further ensures that the college operates above the standards of AACCUP. These efforts of the college are thus sustained by the ideal performance of its students and graduates who have reaped a series of awards both in the local and national echelon.
To MPSC, kudos! Carry on the first-rate feat!
