Pagadian Now Has A Chance

A school in Pagadian has just been born.  It is the Philippine Paramedical and Technical School (PPTS) at Enerio Compound here which was formally inaugurated last July 28.

With the advent of a paramedical school, Pagadian will have the chance to send at least two nursing graduates to the United States and other foreign countries in 7 years, PPTS founder and chairman of the board Art Lacuesta disclosed.

Lacuesta said that it is wise to enroll in a 2-year practical nursing course than get a 4-year BS Nursing to earn money early.  He said that a backbone of teaching nursing students is an equipped Skills laboratory which PPTS can boast of having.  In the case of Pagadian campus, it will be named after the late mother of Governor Auring E. Cerilles.

In reality, Lacuesta bared that our country is far behind to India and China when it comes to method of teaching nursing, theirs is already global.

With this approach, Lacuesta who bears a dual citizenship-Filipino and American prompted him to establish a paramedical and technical school in 2003 at Davao City.  Now it expanded in cities of Cagayan de Oro, General Santos and Pagadian.

PPTS is U.S.-accredited and is the first member in the Philippines to the U.S. National League of Nursing, Lacuesta pointed out.

PPTS Pagadian Campus has Junjie Fuerte as president with Joel Javier as school administrator.  It opens this school year with 25 students as pioneering batch who all submitted to a Nursing Entrance Test (NET).  This is a sort of diagnostic test for students to find out their English proficiency.  PPTS is the first and only school in the province and maybe the entire country to require its students to have a punch cards that accurately record their tardiness and absences as it train them to be time conscious, Lacuesta said.  

Governor Cerilles and First District Congressman Victor Yu graced the opening and inauguration of PPTS. {sidebar id=9}

Also present were former Governor & Congressman Enteng Cerilles, couple Engr. Berting and Dra. Zenaida E. Galicinao with guests: Eriworld Phils. Vice President  Genevieve Cañete, Mrs. Putli Fuerte (PPTS, Las Piñas), Board Member Baldomero Fernandez and professionals who are interested to take up practical nursing at PPTS, Pagadian.

Last update : 25-09-2007 12:19

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