Answer the following questions:

• What is the video all about?

• Before coming to MSU, what information did you get about the
university?
• What have you observed or experienced which validated or
invalidated your prior knowledge about MSU?
• How you feel about your stay in MSU?
• Were you able to establish friendship…
About MSU
• MSU was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387
• It was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao A. Alonto, as one
of the government’s responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”.
• The original mission of the university was anchored on instruction,
research and extension.
• The 1954 Congressional Committee conceptualized it as a social
laboratory for national integration.
Charter Mandate of MSU
• Educate the youth of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan (MINSUPALA) by
offering degree programs in various fields of learning;

• Support businesses and industries in the region by providing their

manpower requirements; and

• Integrate the Muslims and the other cultural minorities into the
mainstream of national life.
Nature and Features of MSU
• MSU is an affirmative action policy instrument for the multiculturalist
integration of the Muslims and other cultural minorities into the
mainstream of national life;

• MSU is a policy instrument to capacitate the Muslims and other

minority cultural communities to catch up with the more advanced
regions in the country;
Nature and Features of MSU
• MSU has a peace building mandate, with most of its campuses located in
conflict- affected areas in Mindanao. MSU campuses are expected to
compete with MILF, MNLF and ASG camps in attracting young Muslims.
Moreover, being in key areas of conflict, some of MSU campuses
(especially MSU-Marawi) require adequate number of security personnel;
and

• Most MSU campuses are residential universities entailing huge

maintenance and operating expenses. Aside from their big number of
academic and administrative buildings, many MSU campuses have
student dormitories, faculty and staff cottages, and huge land areas.
MSU Campuses
• MSU-Main in Marawi City
• MSU-IIT in Iligan City
• MSU-TCTO in Tawi-Tawi
• MSU-Naawan in Misamis Oriental
• MSU-Maguindanao
• MSU-General Santos
• MSU-Sulu in Jolo
• MSU Buug in Zamboanga Sibugay.
Three (3) former CHED- Supervised Institutions (CSIS) of higher learning
are now considered integrated campuses into the MSU System, namely:
Lanao National College of Arts and Trade (LNCAT), Lanao Norte
Agricultural College (LNAC) and Maigo School of Arts and Trade
(MSAT)
 Background of FPE

• Mindanao State University (MSU) was established in Marawi City way back in
1961.
• The University has a noble mandate of fostering cultural integration for greater
understanding of the tri-people in Mindanao.
• Global trends in recent years indicate that there is the unexpected rise of
violent extremism that led to the Marawi siege making MSU become more
decisive in preventing the youth from the influence of this ideology.
• Board Meeting in December 20, 2017 approved the offering of the 3-unit
course Fundamentals of Peace Education (FPE101) in all undergraduate
programs of the MSU System through BOR Resolution No. 356.
Fundamentals of Peace Education
 Course Outcomes
• Discuss the different perspectives, theories, frameworks, paradigms and models on peace
and peace education;

• Appreciate the value of life and human dignity, and the respect for diversity, pluralism and
multi-culturalism;

• Cultivate the importance of environmental protection and preservation;

• Demonstrate the skills and strategies in conflict resolution thru amicable settlement,
dialogues, negotiations, mediations, arbitrations and other modalities; and

• Appreciate the value of peace as a way of life and advocate peace and peace building in
attaining a culture of peace
MSU as a social laboratory of integration.
MSU as a Peace University