CATSU GETS CHED V RQAT NOD TO OFFER 3 NEW PROGRAMS THIS AY 2025-2026
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (ED)Following the three-day evaluation by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Bicol - Regional Quality Assessment Team (RQAT), the Catanduanes State University (CatSU) received recommendations to offer three new programs starting in 2025-2026 school year. The Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Food Technology will be launched once the compliance documents are submitted to obtain the CHED permit to operate, which Officer-in-Charge Dr. Roberto B. Barba Jr. assured evaluators that these will be fulfilled. From March 18-20, 2025, evaluators also provided positive feedback and recommendations to other existing programs at both the Virac and Panganiban campuses. RQAT members, along with CHED education supervisors led by Officer-in-Charge Chief Education Program Specialist Engr. Janet N. Naag, and Officer-in-Charge Supervising Education Program Specialist Dr. Jean Salalima-Go, commended the university’s facilities, such as the newly established Speech Laboratory, and suggested improvements in areas like staff development, library resources, and additional computers. Dr. Barba likewise expressed his appreciation to the evaluators and committed to meeting the necessary requirements for the issuance and re-issuance of Certificates of Program Compliance (CoPC) for the university’s programs. Programs evaluated for CoPC at the Virac campus included the Bachelor of Library and Information Systems, BS Entertainment and Multimedia Computing (Digital Animation and Game Development), BS Internal Auditing, Bachelor of Arts in English Language, BS Mathematics, AB Political Science, Bachelor of Industrial Technology (per major), BS Agriculture (per major), and Bachelor of Secondary Education (per major). At the Panganiban campus, the BS Agriculture program was evaluated for the re-issuance of CoPC per major. Other programs that underwent monitoring were the Bachelor of Public Administration, BS Biology, BS Economics, BS Information Systems, BS Information Technology, BS Computer Science, BS Accounting Information System, and BS Accountancy. This evaluation is in line with Republic Act 7722, or the "Higher Education Act of 1994," and CHED Memorandum Order No. 9, Series of 2023, which outlines the revised policies and guidelines for the issuance of CoPC to State Universities and Colleges and Local Universities and Colleges.
