By Leilanie
G. Adriano
Staff
Reporter
Batac CITY—In an effort to bring its brand of education closer
to people, the state-run Mariano Marcos State University visited Dumalneg, an
Indigenous Peoples community in the province on May 19, 2019 to administer the
college freshmen admission test (CFAT) to all interested graduates of senior high
school.
MMSU President Dr. Shirley
Agrupis said in an interview that a number of incoming college freshmen had
been wanting to take the CFAT but some fail to do so due to lack of
transportation and allowance when going to Laoag or Batac campuses where CFAT
is being administered.
“We want as much as possible
that Ilocos Norte graduates should benefit from the prime state-funded
university so we are bringing CFAT to our IP communities,” said Dr.
Agrupis.
Based on 2018 CFAT data, she
reported around 6,000 students made their reservations online but during the
actual exam, only more than 3,000 showed up.
“If we cannot bring CFAT to
the localities, we will bring the students to MMSU to make sure they experience
at least taking the MMSU CFAT,” she said.
As the premiere university of
the north, MMSU continues to expand and improve its facilities with almost PHP300
million budget for infrastructure development this year.
With this development, Dr. Agrupis
hopes to welcome around 4,000 freshmen next school year as the university plans
to expand its class size from 25 to 40 students.
On May 12, 2019 CFAT was scheduled
at the MMSU College of Teacher Education in Laoag City.
To register, applicants are
advised to visit cfat.mmsu.edu.ph or email cfat@mmsu.edu.ph
for further inquiries.
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