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OUR CURRENT SITUATION

• Increase partnership with agencies for research and extension

• Coordinate with other agencies in the province for research collaboration and fund-sharing

• Include or consider the various one-town-one-product (OTOP) of the Local government units

• Include “Katarungang Pambarangay” in extension programs and make barangay Nayon as
Model Barangay Justice System

• Partner with the LGUs to address poverty; Hire experts on local governance to teach in graduate
programs.

• Include seedling production, luyang dilaw as one of the IGPs

• Consult with business experts for IGP concerns

• Recruit the best and the brightest and focus on how to entice them

Perception of Stakeholders on the Employability of Graduates

The need for strong ties between the university and the business or industry stakeholders
is seen as one of the important strategies in the academe nowadays as emphasized by the
information presented from the initial results of the on-going project “Integrating Talent
Development into Innovation Ecosystems in Higher Education” or INNOTAL by Dr. Serafin L.
Ngohayon particularly on the perception of stakeholders on the employability of graduates. The
stakeholders involved in the data-gathering were administrators, faculty, and students.

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS
With the foregoing information, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are
identified:

1. Higher Education Services

1. Responsive programs as shown by the increasing enrolment and
graduates; top performing school in Criminology
Strengths
2. Quality programs as shown by their accreditation by both AACCUP and
CHED

1. Students’ low performance in licensure examination
Weaknesses 2. Graduates’ low employability
3. No COE/COD programs

1. Government’s policies on reduction of poverty, inclusive growth, access
Opportunities by deserving but poor students to quality education

1. Indigenous environment
Threats 2. Internationalization and globalization trends in higher education

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