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Thursday, February 12, 2004
DepEd applauds plan to build college in uplands
By Rene H. Martel
EDUCATION officials welcome the proposal to build the Cebu City Community Colleges, calling it an answer to the poor’s dream of getting an education.
If approved, the school will be built in one of Cebu City’s mountain barangays.
Schools Division Superintendent Leonilo Oliva, of the Department of Education (DepEd) 7, said the plan is the “answer to the long-sought dream of parents…to provide their children with low-cost quality college education.”
Opposition Councilor Carmelita Piramide authored the “Ordinance Creating an Omnibus Charter of the Colleges of Cebu City, Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes.”
Oliva said the school is an alternative to the private schools that impose high tuition. It is also beneficial to the mountain barangays near the school.
Piramide’s proposal was referred last year to the committee on education, arts, culture, science and technology.
Comment first
In last week’s council session, the committee recommended that the DepEd and the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) comment on the ordinance first.
It turned out that Piramide had already sought the two government offices’ comments, which the council will tackle today.
Oliva gave his comments last Dec. 16, 2003 while Ched 7 Director Enrique Grecia gave his last month.
Both Oliva and Grecia suggested several amendments to the ordinance.
Oliva said that aside from Osmeña to sit as Board of Trustees chairman, somebody from the academe should serve as co-chairman “to establish blending of rich experiences in the field of management and education.”
Accessible
He also said the location must be “accessible to transportation for convenience and safety of students.”
He proposed improvement of the rough and dilapidated roads wherever the school will be built.
Grecia, on the other hand, proposed that the school should offer both degree and non-degree programs. He suggested that the school be called Cebu City Colleges, without adding the word “community.”
(February 12, 2004 issue)
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