Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Sorsogon City

The Sorsogon State College is mandated to deliver sustained quality and

excellent instruction, responsive knowledge generation and community
involvement consistent with the development framework of the national
government. With this, it is but proper that as part of it continuous growth and
development, the College now look forward to be a university. The advent of
ASEAN 2015 and the Outcomes-Based Education even strengthened its pursuit
for such to accommodate every challenge these programs may bring. Thus, the
following basic information are given.

ENROLMENT AND PROGRAMS

There are 8, 503 students enrolled in Sorsogon State College from its four
campuses for SY 2014-2015. In the same school year, 1, 630 were the graduates
under Baccalaureate and 86 for Graduate Studies and 89 for laboratory high
school. These graduates were given the learning opportunities to be real world of
their work before graduation that provide them with the avenues of applying
what they learned inside the classroom. There were about 1117 of them
underwent on-the-job training for professional practice and/or discovery of new
knowledge.
Sorsogon State College offers 29 programs/courses. Twenty-three (23) are
bachelor degree, two (2) are two-year course and four (4) of which are under
School of Graduate Studies. Sorsogon City Campus has eight (8), Bulan Campus
has nine (9), Castilla Campus has five (5) and Magallanes Campus has three (3).
The College offers courses in Graduate Studies, Architecture and Engineering,
Education, Business and Accountancy, Technology, Agriculture, Fisheries and
Information Technology. From these courses, the submission of thesis, projects,
feasibility studies and research papers were required as well as part of the
curriculum. From the efforts of the entire College, it can be noted that they excel
in board examinations especially in Engineering and Education courses and in
national competency assessment for Technology courses.
Along quality and relevance instruction, the College continues to achieve
the highest possible level of accreditation in the different programs/courses it
offers this year. When this is pursued, the College can be competent offering
tertiary education at international standards and level. As an initiative, the
Office of International Affairs has been already proposed to cater international
affairs of the College. This will serve a number of benefits to the College as a
whole.
The Colleges plan for establishing its doctoral program is now in the
offing. It is pursuing the approval of the Board of Trustees this year. With this, the
Sorsogon State College-School of Graduate Studies is the sole public graduate

school in the whole province to serve the professionals in their quest for their
continued professional growth and development.
FACULTY
The Sorsogon State College is being served with 173 regular permanent
faculty members as of December 2014. They are accordingly placed with their
teaching loads along their fields of specialization to ensure successful and
authentic transfer of learning. Most specially, those teaching in the Graduate
School are graduates of doctorals degree.
For the past three years, the College has registered an average of 42
faculty members involved in research out of 173 faculty members. The College
allotted Php 1, 477, 000 GAA Budget 2015. The projected amount from STF
(Student Trust Fund) is Php 4, 826, 320.70, therefore, there are Php 6, 303,
320.70 budget for research undertakings.
LEARNING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES
The Colleges learning resources and support structures will be
strengthened by the upcoming project on E-Library where it intends to modernize
the library access and facility. It amounted to P10M. It is targeted to be
accomplished this year. Moreover, it is part of the Colleges plan and budget to
upgrade the learning and teaching facilities on agri-fisheries and purchase
various laboratory facilities and equipment for engineering and architecture.
LINKAGES AND OUTREACH
Along Linkages and Outreach, the College this time is doing its greater
efforts and means to link with other research institutions in the different parts of
the world to ensure that the research activities are of global standards. The fact
that the College has been an active part of the research global community
evident in its accomplishments on international and national presentations and
publications, the College continues to pursue this area of evaluation to be one of
its strengths. With its partnership with different agencies, public or private,
national or international, this can be an avenue to apply the new knowledge
gained to contribute to the social development of different communities.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The College is currently into different IGP activities; however, it still needs
to expand its efforts along this area. There are initiatives to realize this such as
increasing the budget for production that will provide additional capital for
income generating project of the College. Also, it is assured to be purposeful
since it will likewise serve students in their laboratory activities.