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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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ILOILO – The new president of the Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) vowed to bring more developments to the school that is gearing towards becoming a university.
Dr. Godelyn Hisole, former dean of the Iloilo Science and Technology-University (ISAT-U) College of Engineering and now the new president of ISCOF, said the college is ripe to become a university, citing the strength of its faculty.
Hisole was formally installed to her new post on Oct. 13. The investiture was at ISCOF’s main campus in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo with Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Commissioner Prospero De Vera as special guest.
Hisole replaced Dr. Ramon Zarceno. She said CHED Region 6 supervisors inspected ISCOF’s five campuses last week.
“We have complied everything nga medyo kulang before…I believe soon maging university na kita,” said Hisole.
ISCOF’s campuses are in barangays Tiwi and Poblacion, Barotac Nuevo; Dingle; San Enrique, and Dumangas.
The bill for the conversion of ISCOF into a university, filed by 4th District congressman Ferjenel Biron, was approved in 2010 yet. But the school was slow in complying with the requirements
Hisole vowed to focus on the three pillars of ISCOF’s development – academic leadership and excellence for sustainable development; enhancement and expansion of resource mobilization, generalization and utilization; and institutional development.
Hisole said these three pillars “point precisely in the direction at which our dream to become a full-pledged university is strongly anchored.”
She stressed the need to provide relevant and strong faculty and staff development programs, ensure high-quality teaching for life-long learning, promote collaborative scientific, technological and inclusive research-projects with international and local organizations, among others.
Hisole also wanted to strengthen linkages with government agencies for funding; establish endowment fund generation from public and private agencies or individuals; and strengthen income generation programs.
Her other goals are as follows:
- strengthen fiscal management with transparency and accountability
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promote clean and green environment
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promote strong public-private partnership
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strengthen job placement of graduates
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revisit the college’s staffing pattern
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revisit the College Operational Systems to promote efficiency, effectiveness and economy./PN
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