Six Cordillera Towns Complete MLDP course

Welcomed in the customary ways of Sagada town, the attendees completed the two-day training course on leadership and community enhancement and development.

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 โ€œBayang Malusog,โ€ 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.

Mayor Edmarc Crisologo of Lagayan, Abra shares his insights in one of the sessions of the program meant to improve the efficiency of health systems in rural municipalities like Lagayan.

โ€œWe hope the program can generate adaptive responses in addressing emerging and persistent challenges, especially in the implementation of the Universal Health Care,โ€ 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.*

THE Impact ranks CCDC

LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET โ€“ย 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 CCDCโ€™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 Nationsโ€™ SDGs.

CCDCโ€™s contributions to the achievement of SDG 1 or โ€˜No Povertyโ€™ was ranked 301-400 while its participation in SDG 3 or โ€˜Good Health and Wellbeingโ€™ is ranked 1000+.

The schoolโ€™s efforts geared towards โ€˜Gender Equalityโ€™ or SDG 5 was ranked 601-800, and the activities towards SDG 16 or โ€˜Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionsโ€™ is ranked 401-600.

CCDCโ€™s โ€˜Partnership for Goals,โ€™ which is SDG 17, was ranked 1001-1500.

โ€œAs 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,โ€ 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.

โ€œCCDC 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,โ€ said Tagle.*

CCDC ranked Top 300 Global Innovative Universities

LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET โ€“ 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.

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

โ€œThis 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,โ€ 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 institutionsโ€™ 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. *

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.


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 โ€˜Tongtonganย diย Masakbayan,โ€™ 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 voterโ€™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 โ€“ Benguet.*ย 

Studentsโ€™ 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.

๐‘๐Ž๐“๐‚ ๐‚๐š๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐‚๐ƒ๐‚ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ -๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜ โ€“ ๐–ณ๐—ˆ ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐—‰๐–พ๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ฑ๐–ฎ๐–ณ๐–ข ๐–ข๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—๐—Œโ€™ ๐—Œ๐—„๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐—Œ, ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿข๐Ÿฃ๐—Œ๐— (๐–ก๐–พ๐—‡๐—€๐—Ž๐–พ๐—) ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—†๐—†๐—Ž๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐—’ ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐—‡๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ข๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐—‹, ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆ๐–ฑ๐–ข๐–ฃ๐–ฆ, ๐–ฑ๐–ค๐–ฒ๐–ข๐–ฎ๐–ฌ, ๐–ฏ๐–  ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‰ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ฌ๐– ๐–ฉ ๐–ฉ๐–ค๐–ฎ๐–ฅ๐–ฑ๐–ค๐–ธ ๐–ฆ ๐–ข๐–ฎ๐–ฃ๐–จ๐– ๐–ฌ๐– ๐–ณ (๐–จ๐–ญ๐–ฅ) ๐–ฏ๐– , ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ก๐–บ๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ผ ๐–ซ๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ก๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—Ž ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ฅ๐—‚๐—‹๐–พ ๐–ฏ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡-๐–ซ๐–บ ๐–ณ๐—‹๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–บ๐–ฝ ๐—…๐–บ๐—Œ๐— ๐– ๐—‰๐—‹๐—‚๐—… ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅ, ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข๐Ÿค๐Ÿค. ๐–ฒ๐–บ๐—‚๐–ฝ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐—๐—’ ๐—๐–บ๐—Œ ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐–ฝ ๐–บ๐— ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—…๐—…๐–พ๐—€๐–พ (๐–ข๐–ข๐–ฃ๐–ข) ๐–ซ๐–บ ๐–ณ๐—‹๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–บ๐–ฝ, ๐–ก๐–พ๐—‡๐—€๐—Ž๐–พ๐—; 250 ๐–ฑ๐–ฎ๐–ณ๐–ข ๐–ข๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—€๐–พ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— 46 ๐–ข๐–ถ๐–ณ๐–ฒ ๐—Œ๐—๐—Ž๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ 6 ๐–ญ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ฒ๐—๐—Ž๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‰๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€.

๐–ฒ๐–ฅ๐–ฎ๐Ÿฃ ๐–ฑ๐–ฎ๐–ธ ๐–ณ ๐–ข๐– ๐–ซ๐–ฏ๐–จ ๐–บ๐—Œ ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐–ป๐—ƒ๐–พ๐–ผ๐— ๐–ฌ๐–บ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ค๐—‘๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—, ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—„๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—๐—…๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—€๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ค๐—†๐–พ๐—‹๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐—’ ๐– ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–ฏ๐—‹๐—‚๐—‡๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‰๐—…๐–พ๐—Œ, ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–บ๐–ผ ๐–ค๐—†๐–พ๐—‹๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐—’, ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ง๐—‚๐—€๐—-๐–ฐ๐—Ž๐–บ๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—’ ๐–ข๐–ฏ๐–ฑ. ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐—Ž๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‰๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—† ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ป๐–บ๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ผ ๐—…๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐— ๐—๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‡๐—‚๐—Š๐—Ž๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—Œ๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐—…๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ. ๐–ฌ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–พ๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐—‹, Cpl Jose Benjamin O Bosito (MS) PA, assisted the ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‰๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ as they ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–พd ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—„๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—๐—…๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—€๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—’ ๐—๐–บ๐–ฝ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—Š๐—Ž๐—‚๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ.

๐–ข๐–ข๐–ฃ๐–ข ๐– ๐–ฝ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐—‡๐–บ๐—†๐–พ๐—…๐—’, ๐–ฒ๐—€๐— ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—‚๐—Œ ๐–ฌ ๐–ก๐—Ž๐—๐–บ๐—€ (๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—Œ) ๐–ฏ๐– , ๐–ฒ๐–ผ๐—๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—… ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐–บ๐—‡; ๐–ฌ๐—Œ. ๐–ช๐—‚๐—†๐–ป๐–พ๐—‹๐—…๐—’๐—‡ ๐–ต๐–บ๐—…๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—“,๐–ข๐–ข๐–ฃ๐–ข ๐–ญ๐–ฒ๐–ณ๐–ฏ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ฑ๐–ฎ๐–ณ๐–ข ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐–บ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹; ๐–ฒ๐—€๐— ๐–ฌ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—…๐–พ ๐–ฏ๐—ˆ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—€๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–บ๐—Œ, ๐–ข๐–ข๐–ฃ๐–ข ๐–ฆ๐—Ž๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‡๐—Œ๐–พ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‹; ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐—Œ. ๐–ฆ๐–พ๐—†๐—†๐–บ ๐–ฏ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—’๐–บ, ๐–ข๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—… ๐–จ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹, ๐–ญ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐—‚๐—Œ ๐–ก๐–บ๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ผ ๐–ซ๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€.