Six Cordillera Towns Complete MLDP course

Six municipalities from across Cordillera region underwent and completed the Municipal Leadership Development Program (MLDP) on June 20 in Sagada, Mountain Province.

The completers are the Benguet municipalities of  Atok, Bokod, and Mankayan; Hingyon, Ifugao; Lagayan, Abra; and host town Sagada.

Dubbed “Bayang Malusog,” the program aims to bolster the leadership and governance capacities of municipal mayors and key officials to cope with the demands of implementing universal healthcare.

All local chief executives and committee on health councilors, as well as municipal health officers, of the said municipalities attended the event.

In attendance are mayors Franklin Smith (Atok), Thomas Wales (Bokod), and Dario Banario (Mankayan); Florencio Nalula (Hingyon); Edmarc Crisologo (Lagayan); and Felecito Dula (Sagada).

Newly-appointed DOH Cordillera Regional Director Ferdinand Benbenen also graced the occasion.

The six towns were the second batch in the program jointly offered by the Department of Health (DOH) and Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC), in collaboration with The Zuellig Family Foundation.

The first batch of towns to graduate the MLDP course are the Ifugao towns of Aguinaldo and Asipulo; Balbalan, Kalinga; Bontoc, Mt. Province; and Buguias, Benguet.

“We hope the program can generate adaptive responses in addressing emerging and persistent challenges, especially in the implementation of the Universal Health Care,” said CCDC President Sherry Junette Tagle, who was also among the facilitators.

After the two-day course, the municipalities drafted their own strategies in strengthening stakeholder relationships for sustained implementation of the Universal Health Care and design action plans to address the remaining challenges in its implementation.

The MLDP consists of two modules of in-person training, hands-on activities, expert-led sessions, mentorship, and final presentation events spread out over a year.

While the course is offered through the DOH Cordillera’s Local Health Systems Section, the resource persons and facilitators are from CCDC.*

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THE Impact ranks CCDC

LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – On its first participatory year, Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) made it to 1001-1500 ranking bracket in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings released on June 12, 2024.

The ranking was based on CCDC’s participation in five (5) of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) categories. THE Impact Rankings measure the contributions of higher education institutions to the United Nations’ SDGs.

CCDC’s contributions to the achievement of SDG 1 or ‘No Poverty’ was ranked 301-400 while its participation in SDG 3 or ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’ is ranked 1000+.

The school’s efforts geared towards ‘Gender Equality’ or SDG 5 was ranked 601-800, and the activities towards SDG 16 or ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’ is ranked 401-600.

CCDC’s ‘Partnership for Goals,’ which is SDG 17, was ranked 1001-1500.

“As a college being ranked in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, this is an affirmation of our collective efforts as an institution as well as an inspiration that educational institutions play a pivotal role in making meaningful transformations in society,” said school president Sherry Junette Tagle.

In the THE 2024 rankings, 2,152 universities from 125 regions across the globe were evaluated and ranked. Australia-based Western Sydney University was ranked first, retaining the ranking since 2022.

“CCDC harmonizes its educational efforts to help achieve the sustainable development goals believing that we share one earth and no effort is too small to be significant,” said Tagle.*

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CCDC ranked Top 300 Global Innovative Universities

LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – On its second year of ranking, Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) was declared among the top global universities with innovative programs for 2024.

The World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) ranked CCDC as the 146th top university in the shortlisted 300 universities from all over the world at 4th HLU Conference in Franklin University, Switzerland this June 7, 2024.

CCDC is the only school in the Cordillera Region in the Top 150.

CCDC’s program on leadership in advancing universal health care with the Department of Health and Zuellig Family Foundation was ranked 10th in the Leadership Category.

The category checks if the educational institution emphasizes whether the existing leadership relinquishes its privilege and continually adapts and innovates to remain effective and influential in the ever-changing landscape of higher education.

Meanwhile, CCDC’s program on engaging alumni for international virtual internship with Education Centre of Australia (ECA) was ranked 13th in the Funding Category which focuses on the innovative approach of a university to raise funds by exploring diversified funding streams and adopting new methods.

Lastly, the school’s program which ushered entrepreneurship success in the local poultry industry was ranked 18th in the Entrepreneurship Spirit Category which verifies if the university’s program encompasses a range of elements and initiatives that collectively foster an environment conducive to entrepreneurship and innovation.

“This global recognition from WURI is a testament to CCDC’s commitment to provide a wide array of innovative learning opportunities for students, beyond classroom instruction, while making a strong and relevant impact to the community,” said school president Sherry Junette Tagle.

Last year, CCDC was listed 122nd in the overall ranking system.

WURI assesses higher education institutions’ real contributions to industry and society, highlighting innovative education, research, and engagement to society. Using 13 categories, it encompasses innovation targets and methods, offering a comprehensive measure of institutions’ creative contributions to societal advancement.

The ranking aims to spotlight higher education institutions that excel in these innovative approaches, thereby inspiring advancements across the academic and societal landscape. *

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Education for the SDGs

The institution is committed to support the Sustainable Development Goals through its research agenda anchored with the SDGs.

Students’ and Employees’ researches are be aligned with the research agenda . Moreover, the dissemination of the SDGs to all students are incorporated in the NSTP subject and Soc Sci for all courses.

Below are the NSTP Syllabus and Social Science Syllabus showing the topics on SDG as part of the curriculum.

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Education for SDGs in the wider community

Adopting a Barangay as an avenue to bring education closer to the communities has been the practice of CCDC. Banayakeo, Atok Benguet as the adopted community of the institution has been a recipient of various activities conducted by the school to address their needs.

Below is the MOA with the community.

Related Researches

Cordillera Career Development College supports the generation of researches which provide outreach, general education, upskilling and capacity-building to policy and lawmakers on relevant topics including economics, law, technology, migration and displacement, and climate change.

Many of the researches conducted by students provide specific expert advice to local, regional or national government through policy guidance, participation in committees, and provision of evidence.

These researches can be freely accessed at the school library where copies of the research are available.

Among the list of these reletad researches conducted from 2019 to 2023 can be found in the files below:

CCDC hosts 1st international online tourism conference

In partnership with the La Trinidad Tourism Office, Cordillera Career Development College hosted a the first virtual conference on tourism and hospitality on January 25, 2022.

The online event brought together tourism stakeholders in the locality in an effort to promote and harmonize efforts to strengthen rural tourism through active cooperation among the local government units, Department of Tourism, tourism and hospitality students, owners of local tourist attractions, and and other stakeholders.

The free event dubbed “Rebuilding Rural Tourism in the Philippines: The Case of Benguet” was held also in partnership with Taylor’s University in Malaysia.

The speakers came from Taylor’s University, La Trinidad Tourism Office, CCDC, Provincial Tourism Office, DOT Regional Office, and the University of the Cordilleras.

Integrated Buguias Community Module

Cordillera Career Development College made a successful online presentation of the Integrated Buguias Community Module, a DILG Technical Assistance Project for Local Resource Institutes on the Utilization of CSIS Results for 2021.

The presentation was attended by the Department of Interior and Local Governance Regional Office, DILG Provincial Office, Buguias LGU, and local stakeholders.

CCDC spearheads forum for 2022 local elections

TONGTONGAN DI MASAKBAYAN 2022

Candidates for the top three elected positions in the province of Benguet bared their plans and platforms towards various issues surrounding the province in an election forum leading to the May 2022 polls.

Dubbed ‘Tongtongan di Masakbayan,’ the three-part forum series was hosted by Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) at its 3,000-seater gymnasium in La Trinidad, Benguet.

The first part started with vice gubernatorial aspirants on April 25 while the second was for gubernatorial aspirants on April 27. Congressional aspirants ended the series on April 29.

The forum intended to examine the plans and intentions of the candidates to help guide voters in their choices this May polls, said CCDC President Sherry Junette Malaya-Tagle.

Questions were solicited from sectoral groups as well as from line agencies and non-government agencies, Tagle said.

The first segment of the forum consists of eight rounds where candidates took turns in answering questions related to certain issues or aspects of the society. In the second segment, the candidates showed their stand on local and national issues by simply raising a thumbs up and thumbs down sign.

The Commission on Elections Benguet Provincial Office also held a voter’s education campaign and a demonstration of how to use the Electronic Voting Machine.

The election forum is hosted by the CCDC College of Law and La Trinidad-based Infinitum Multimedia. It is duly-accredited by the COMELEC and held in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency and the Benguet Press Corps.

The first of the series was moderated by CCDC law professor Atty. Miller Quintin Jr. The gubernatorial forum was moderated by former La Trinidad Sangguniang Kabataan president Atty. Brenden Kim Quintos and Department of Development Communication chair Nora Sagayo of Benguet State University.

The final forum series was moderated by CCDC College of Accountancy dean Domingo Bay-an, who is also a former town mayor, and Rocky Jake Ngalob of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Benguet.* 

Students’ Academic Freedom Embodied in Their Rights and Responsibilities

CCDC espouses a policy supporting academic freedom of students as embodied in the Handbook for Students, a copy of the pertinent provision is available below.

𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐂 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟒𝟬𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭

𝗟𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱, 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘁 – 𝖳𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖮𝖳𝖢 𝖢𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗍𝗌’ 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝟣𝟦𝟢𝟣𝗌𝗍 (𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗍) 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖣𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝟣𝟦𝖱𝖢𝖣𝖦, 𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖢𝖮𝖬, 𝖯𝖠 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝖬𝖠𝖩 𝖩𝖤𝖮𝖥𝖱𝖤𝖸 𝖦 𝖢𝖮𝖣𝖨𝖠𝖬𝖠𝖳 (𝖨𝖭𝖥) 𝖯𝖠, 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝖫𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝖡𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗎 𝗈𝖿 𝖥𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇-𝖫𝖺 𝖳𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖠𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗅 𝟤𝟥, 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤. 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖺 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗋 𝖣𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖢𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖾 (𝖢𝖢𝖣𝖢) 𝖫𝖺 𝖳𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖽, 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗍; 250 𝖱𝖮𝖳𝖢 𝖢𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 46 𝖢𝖶𝖳𝖲 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 6 𝖭𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖲𝖥𝖮𝟣 𝖱𝖮𝖸 𝖳 𝖢𝖠𝖫𝖯𝖨 𝖺𝗌 𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖬𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖤𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍, 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗅𝖾𝖽𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝖤𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝖠𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗌, 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗂𝖺𝖼 𝖤𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖧𝗂𝗀𝗁-𝖰𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖢𝖯𝖱. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗂𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌. 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋, Cpl Jose Benjamin O Bosito (MS) PA, assisted the 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 as they 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾d 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗅𝖾𝖽𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽.

𝖢𝖢𝖣𝖢 𝖠𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒, 𝖲𝗀𝗍 𝖣𝖾𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝖬 𝖡𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗀 (𝖱𝖾𝗌) 𝖯𝖠, 𝖲𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗇; 𝖬𝗌. 𝖪𝗂𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗒𝗇 𝖵𝖺𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗓,𝖢𝖢𝖣𝖢 𝖭𝖲𝖳𝖯 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝖮𝖳𝖢 𝖢𝗈𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋; 𝖲𝗀𝗍 𝖬𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾 𝖯𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗌, 𝖢𝖢𝖣𝖢 𝖦𝗎𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗋; 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗌. 𝖦𝖾𝗆𝗆𝖺 𝖯𝖺𝖼𝗒𝖺, 𝖢𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖨𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖭𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝖫𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀.