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 Describe the implementation of the VMGO and their congruence with educational practices and
activities

The VMGOs were considered in strategic planning workshops and also served as basis in planning and
implementing educational activities, such as delivery of instruction and support services, co-curricular
services, faculty development, performance evaluation, instructional materials preparation,
updating/enriching of syllabi, andresearch andextensionactivities.

 Instancesorevidencestoshowthatprogramsgoalsandobjectivesareachieved.

Isabela State University bars on its hallmark on quality management as it receives
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“Proficiency in Quality Management” during the 24 Philippine Quality Award(PQA)
Assessment Cycle. The recognition came with the approval of the endorsement by
Malacañang earlier this January 13, 2022. With the award, ISU comes to be the first
among the state universities and colleges (SUC) in the Cagayan Valley distinguished as a
PQA awardee.

The University also garnered the 2015 Tanglaw Award for Best Research Institution, the highest and most
prestigious award ever given by the DOST-PCAARRDto an agency that has madeexemplary contributions
for theadvancementofagriculture, aquatic andnaturalresourcesin thePhilippines.

The ISU also maintained its ISO 9001:2015 Certificate after satisfying the requirements
set by the standards of ISO 9001:2015. The fifth ISO surveillance audit held on October
28, 2021 through virtual platform.

Asa Level IV institution, the University’s achievements in Instruction for SY2020-2021 confirms its status
asaleadinguniversityintheregion.TheUniversity’senrollment,accreditedprogramsandrecent performance
in board and licensure examinations convey its commitment in preparing students to participate in regional
andnationaladvancement.EnrollmentfortheSY2020-2021registeredatotalof 34,003fortheFirstSemester
of SY2020-2021.As of December 2020, the total accredited programs for the universitywas97outof 109
programsoffered, or 89%accreditation rate, with 78programsaccredited fromAdvancedEducationand14
fromHigherEducation.

Asaresultofinitiativesaimedatimprovingthequalityandstandardsforacademicprograms,performance in
licensure examinations were at par if not better than the neighboring State Universities and Colleges in the
region, particularly in its four programs: BS Civil Engineering; BS Electrical Engineering; BS Agricultural
Engineering; BSArchitecture; BSAccountancyandBSCriminology.

In research, the University accomplished output-based key result areas in terms of quantities of completed
researches,paperspublishedin refereedjournals, forgedpartnership,numberof patentsand regional/national
awards conferred by prestigious awarding bodies. Strengthened incentive and rewards policy on research
outputs wasamajorfactor intheseachievements.