BSU Up for Institutional Accreditation
10.29.09 -JSTabangcura/LTalkasen   

     With 80% of its degree programs duly accredited by the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Benguet State University is now up for institutional accreditation.

     Out of the forty accredited degree programs, the following have attained Level III, Re-accredited Status: BS in Agriculture (BSA), BS in Agribusiness (BSAB), BS in Applied Statistics (BSAS), Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEE), BS in Home Economics (BSHE), BS in Nursing (BSN), Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSE), and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). A program which has attained Level III accreditation status is said to have a reasonably high standard of instruction, a highly visible community extension program, a highly visible research tradition, a strong faculty development tradition, a highly creditable performance of its students in licensure examinations, a working consortia or linkages with other schools and other agencies and an extensive and functional library and other learning resource facilities.

     According to AACCUP, accreditation is a process by which an institution at the tertiary level evaluates its educational activities, in whole or in part, and seeks an independent judgment to confirm that it substantially achieves its objectives, and is generally equal in quality to comparable institutions.

     For BSU, accreditation helped in increasing the quality of education it serves. Accreditation also lent prestige to its degree programs such as the degree Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics which was the first to be accredited level III in the whole country. Likewise, the degree Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine was the first in the country to be re-accredited level III.

     Recently, the university has undergone another accreditation process for its graduate and undergraduate degrees. These PhD in Rural Development, PhD in Science Education, PhD in Horticulture, MS in Horticulture, MS in Agronomy, MS in Soil Science, MS in Animal Science, MS in Entomology, MS in Plant Pathology, MS in Rural Development, MA in Chemistry, MA Filipino, MA Social Studies, MS Biology and BS in Development Communication.