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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Amendments will have to be made in the ordinance that created the Bacolod City College (BCC) for the school to be accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
CHED accreditation is a requirement for the BCC’s students to avail themselves of free tuition provided for under Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
The BCC is a community college run by the city government. It was created via City Ordinance No. 175 series of 1997.
It is currently applying for CHED accreditation.
The BCC “administrator” must be identified as “president,” among other amendments, said Councilor Renecito Novero, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on education.
“The BCC must be headed by a president, not an administrator. That’s what CHED required,” said Novero.
But it might take time to introduce this amendment, considering that the BCC’s administrator is under the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Under the CSC, the administrator has a security of tenure, while the president has a term of office of only six years, Novero explained.
Republic Act 10931 provides for free tuition in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and state-run technical-vocational schools./PN
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