Holding awards to CCSF, Mayor Edwin Santiago and Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin share stage with city administrator Atty. Atlee Viray, CCSFP president Atty. Gloria Victoria Bañas, and CHED-3 OIC Maria Teresita M. Semana. Contributed photo
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Commission on Higher Education Regional Office-III bestowed the City College of San Fernando with two awards in the 2021 “Gawad PADYAK Parangal sa mga Unibersidad at Kolehiyo sa Rehiyon III.”
CCSFP was hailed Top 2 in “Best Response in Mitigating the Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic” after leading an example as one of the colleges that showed institutional continuity, agility, resiliency, and collaboration during the pandemic hit-academic period.
The city college’s indispensable contributions to CHED-3’s programs and projects also made earned for it 3rd “Best Professional Organization for Association of Local Colleges and Universities in Region 3”.
CHED-3 OIC-regional director Maria Teresita M. Semana personally handed the awards during the flag ceremony of the local government on Monday led by Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago and CCSFP president Atty. Gloria Victoria Bañas.
“The valuable inputs of the association of local colleges and universities particularly of Region 3 as represented by Atty. Gloria Bañas have been very helpful for the improvement of the Central Luzon Regional Higher Education Plan or CLERP. Allow me to congratulate the honorable city mayor, vice mayor, and all the officials of CSFP for supporting our local college particularly Atty. Banas, as president of the college and the ALCU 3, for her active participation in all CHED-3 endeavors,” Semana said.
For his part, Santiago expressed commitment to keep education his priority.
“Lagi pong ninanais ng Siyudad ang tuloy-tuloy na pag-aaral ng mga estudyante. Patuloy pong magtutulong-tulong ang lahat ng ahensya ng lokal na pamahalaan para mabigyan nang dekalidad na edukasyon ang bawat batang Fernandino at manguna lalo na ang mga ASLAG ning balen, the hope of the city,” Santiago said. Bañas, for her part, thanked all the stakeholders who contributed to the continued success of CCSFP’s education.
“This award is a tribute to the hard work that has been contributed by everyone. First, to CCSFP faculty member, non-teaching staff, and all personnel who contributed much more than what’s been asked from them. Next, to our city mayor who has always been supportive to us. His commitment is very real. He listens and he delivers as long as education is concerned. And to our councilors, our city human resource management office, down to our barangay officials,” Bañas said.
CCSFP continues to work hard and aim high as it plans for future development of its institution including the reconfiguration of spaces in school such as the classroom, laboratories, library, and student centers to comply with minimum health standards; upgrade of IT infrastructure in order to enable effective and efficient delivery of learning modalities; pursuance of its accreditation in year 2021; and preparation for the possibility of gradual re-opening of HEIs for limited face to face classes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
