CHMSC to become a university
November 28, 2010, 5:02pm
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) Fortune Towne campus will soon become a state university, as the Bacolod City councilors have endorsed the request of CHMSC Executive Director, for the conversion of this state college into a university.
A resolution to this effect was sponsored by Councilors Homer Bais, El Cid Familiaran and Em Legaspi-Ang. Sayson’s request has been endorsed to Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro.
The CHMSC, which formerly was the Paglaum State College, was renamed CHMSC in 1983 by virtue of Batas Pambansa 477. It has met the minimum qualification required for it to become a university based on R.A. 7722, or the Higher Education Act of 1994 and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Order No. 48, Series of 1996.
Said resolution states that the conversion of CHMSC into a state university is beneficial to students especially those residing in Brgy. Estefania as “it will boost the socio-economic activity of people in the said barangay, and Bacolod City as well.” (Edith B. Colmo)
Present times............
Today, CHMSC, one of the three state colleges in the province, boasts of four satellite campuses which provide four-column support to put into reality the mandate of the institution of improving and enhancing the socio-economic life in the province and cities of Negros Occidental and Western Visayas through professional, technical and vocational training and education responsive to the needs of the teaching profession, agro-industrial, manufacturing, transport, and service industries.
CHMSC Main Campus, the administrative seat of the institution, was established in 1954 originally as the Negros Occidental School of Arts and Trades. It is situated on a five-hectare lot in Talisay City, seven kilometers away from Bacolod City and seven kilometers away from Silay City, the site of the “New Airport of International Standards” in Negros Occidental. The campus stands along the main road connecting various municipalities and cities of the whole Negros island. It specializes in Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education Programs, and Industrial Technology which have been granted re-accredited status by the AACCUP in 2005. Its Elementary Teacher Education Program has been a performer in the LET, national level, having earned 8th rank in 1988 and 2nd rank in 2006, Category B of 100 to 200 examinees. New program at present include Civil Engineering, Information Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management.
In the graduate level, the main campus offers Doctor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Management, Master in Public Administration, Master of Arts in Education, and Master of Arts in Teaching English, Mathematics, General Science, and Technology and Livelihood Education.
