GENERAL INFORMATION

School: General Information and Academic Administration 

1.1 School Profile 

  BSU main campus is situated in the municipality of La Trinidad about 256 kms. North of Manila and 5 kms. from Baguio City. The BSU-Buguias Campus is located in the municipality of Buguias where the vegetable terraces abound while the BSU-Bokod Campus is located in the municipality of Bokod near the foot of Mt. Pulag, the second highest mountain in the Philippines.The University offers seven doctorate programs, 32 masteral programs, 19 undergraduate programs and several diploma and special short courses. 

         It started as the La Trinidad Farm School with 30 grade V pupils in 1916. The Farm School expanded its services and heightened its prominence in La Trinidad. According to earlier reports, the Farm School was “planned to develop into a large normal school where the best Igorot pupils will be trained to be teachers among their own people with emphasis on agriculture.”

         In 1920, the farm school was elevated as the Trinidad Agricultural School with 188 students enrolled in first year high school. Re-opening after the war in 1946, the school became the La Trinidad Agricultural High School. Four years later, a provincial normal curriculum was abolished in 1953 and a two-year post-high school certificate in agricultural education was offered.

         The school was renamed La Trinidad National Agricultural School (LTNAS). After four months, it was nationalized and named the Mountain National Agricultural School. (MNAS). It was soon converted into the Mountain National College (MNAC); Mountain Agricultural College (MAC); and eventually, the Mountain State Agricultural College (MSAC) in 1969 through RA 5923.

         On January 12, 1986, the college was converted to a state university by virtue of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 2010 signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

         At present BSU is awarded SUC Level IV, the highest category in the SUC leveling classification of State Universities and Colleges by the Commission on Higher Education

Vision

      A PREMIER UNIVERSITY delivering world-class education that promotes sustainable development amidst climate change.

Mission       To provide quality education to enhance food security, sustainable communities, industry innovation, climate resilience, gender equality, institutional development and partnership.

Goals & Objectives
Goal I: To develop proactive programs to ensure relevant quality education
     Objectives:
     1. To benchmark curricular and co-curricular programs with national and
         international standards
     2. To develop alternative learning experiences to enhance skills that match industry needs
     3. To develop innovative and relevant curricular and co-curricular programs
     4. To enhance proactive student welfare and development programs
Goal II: To develop proactive programs for quality service
     Objectives:
     1. To enhance relevant human resource development programs
     2. To develop effective and efficient innovative platforms for cascading information
     3. To enhance and develop employee welfare programs
Goal III: To enhance responsive systems and procedures for transparent institutional development
     Objectives:
     1. To enhance and develop innovative financial management system
     2. To ensure transparency in all transactions in the university
     3. To ensure inclusive and consultative decision making
Goal IV: To develop relevant and gender sensitive research and extension programs for
             institutional development, sustainable communities, climate resilience, industry
             innovation, and partnership
     Objectives:
     1. To develop relevant multimedia tools in disseminating technology, knowledge and
         information generated from RDE program
     2. To develop relevant RDE activities that will address current problems and
         support cultural advocacy
     3. To partner with strategic local, regional, national and international entities
Goal V: To strengthen and expand public-private partnerships
     Objectives:
     1. Sustain and pursue functional University-relation with the alumni and other organizations
         both in the government and nongovernment entities.
     2. To strengthen the linkage among academe, industries, LGUs and community

Core Values (SLIDES)
Student-centered
Leadership
Integrity
Diversity
Efficiency
Service

1.2 Academic Support System 

Benguet State University -secondary laboratory school are divided into some class that are grade 7 to grade 10, which 2 class in grade 7, 3 class in grade 8, 3 class in grade 9, and 3 class in grade 10.  In this school are provide some facilities like projection room, which look like a small cinema, principal office, faculty room, student extracurricular's room, library, physics room and tools, chemistry room and tools, and some instructional media like tv, projector, laptop, printer, copier, musical instrument and other facilities that help teacher to teach well. in secondary laboratory school they have separate building, some of grade 7 and grade 8 are located in 1 location with faculty room and some else are located in another building. 

1.3 Teaching System 

the school will be held only for 5 days, start from Monday to Friday, meanwhile Sunday and Saturday are free day. the school will begin at 07.30 but they will not study directly. They will do a flag ceremony for everyday until 07.45 am and after that the class will begin until 05.00 pm. This school apply full day school system. In one day will contained 9 subject and every subject only have 1 hour to delivered. 

in grade 7 they will studying about science exactly physics, and grade 8 will also learn about science especially chemistry and while in grade 9 they will learn about math and biology, it's based on science lesson. 

1.4 Material and Learning and Other Learning Sources

This school use material accordance to curriculum K-12. In physics and chemistry subject, the student and teacher will use module, this module included material, instruction to do an exercise, which will be a guidance for student to do their job,  sometime the teacher will use video, picture, and some tools that related to the subject, like test tube, slinky, and others. Also use some book that provided by school. 

1.5 Measurement and Evaluation System 

to measure are the student understand or not about the material, the teacher will give some quiz or assessment, the end of the semester and the end of the year school will evaluate the student progress and there is an award also for student and teacher held by the university. 

1.6 Curriculum 

The curriculum in Philippines they don't have core standard for the subject, they only follow the guidance from the curriculum. in  their teaching plan provide detailed learning resource, learning activity, assessment and assignment. this school are focus to the student or student centered.  

1.7 Teaching Plan 

because my major is physics so I teach physics but my mentor ask me to teach chemistry also. so I have  a physics lesson plan and chemistry lesson plan. in physics subject  I teach grade 7 which wave material and in grade 8 I teach chemistry which periodic table material