Intensifying efforts to champion accessible and relevant education services in the region, the CHED-CAR UniFAST Unit together with the UniFAST Secretariat Staff visited Kalinga State University on April 25, 2023, to discuss and settle their liquidation and compliance issues regarding their implementation of programs under RA 10931 or
the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act as mandated by UniFAST.
Second among the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) visited during this round of onsite monitoring visits is Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC). On April 20, 2023, the CHED-CAR UniFAST Unit together with the UniFAST Secretariat Staff met with the representatives of MPSPC, headed by their esteemed president, Dr. Edgar G. Cue, to settle liquidation and compliance issues of the said institution as to its implementation of programs under RA 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act as mandated by UniFAST.
Continuing its series of onsite monitoring visits, the CHED-CAR UniFAST Unit together with the UniFAST Secretariat Staff visited Benguet State University (BSU) on April 21, 2023, and settled issues regarding their liquidation reports. The BSU team, despite the holiday, met with the team and cooperated for the smooth conduct of the said visit.
True to its commitment to champion accessible and relevant education services in the Cordillera Administrative Region, the CHED-CAR UniFAST Unit joined the UniFAST Secretariat for an onsite checking of liquidation documents for the Tertiary Education Subsidy Program or TES of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) with no submission and/or with compliance issues. On April 19, 2023, the team visited Ifugao State University (IFSU) and settled issues regarding their liquidation reports.
In another boost to champion accessible and relevant education services in the Region, the CHED-CAR UniFAST team led by Ms. Menzie O. Kuengan, OIC – Chief Education Program Specialist, and Dr. Bernadette C. Pal-ec, UniFAST Focal Person, visited Benguet State University (BSU) for the conduct of orientation for its Tulong Dunong Program (TDP) grantees on April 17, 2023, at BSU Closed Gymnasium, La Trinidad, Benguet. A total of 370 grantees attended the said program and were oriented on the different provisions of their financial assistance.