Benguet State University is nestled in the heart of La Trinidad, Benguet, the strawberry capital of the Philippines.
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. (http://www.bsu.edu.ph/content/history-0)
Aside from housing the Graduate
School, College of
Agriculture, College of
Teacher Education, College of
Forestry, College of
Home Economics & Technology, College of
Engineering & Applied Technology, College of
Arts & Sciences, College of
Nursing, College of
Veterinary Medicines and the Institute of Public Administration and Institute
of Human Kinetics, it also prides itself of being home to one of the few Open
Universities in the Philippines. BSU OU
offers Master in Development Communication, Master in Community Development,
Master in Community Health Development, Master in Urban Management, Master in
Non- Formal Education, Diploma in training Management, Diploma in Urban Management,
Certificate in Community Health Development, Certificate in Organic Agriculture
and Ladderized Degree on Masters in Organic Agriculture.
What enticed me to enroll at BSU aside from the
fact that it has the degree that I see as interesting was is its cool climate and proximity to the strawberry farm which is a novelty for a
low- lander like me.
One of the things that I experienced at
BSU was that during the time that I was processing my enrollment, I was waiting
in line to have my picture taken for the ID, only to find out that there was
only a limited number of students that may be accommodated per day and that I
had to come back on another day for the picturing taking for the ID. Lesson
learned: Read the notices, and when in doubt, it’s not bad
to ask. ;-)
Even if
BSU caters to a lot of students, I appreciate the fact that transaction such as
paying at the Cashier’s office, medical check-up at the Clinic and transactions
at the Registrar’s office didn’t take too much of my time, I didn’t have to
wait so long to get my business done and that there were student assistants who
aided in making sure that cues were followed and lines were kept in order.
And since BSU is laid out on a very large
campus, my classmates/colleagues had a very relaxing time walking around the
campus to explore the place and of course to take pictures as well
Classroom at BSU may not be as modern as
compared to other universities in the country but nonetheless this is
compensated by able teachers and experienced facilitators .
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