Category Archives: Uncategorized

PAASCU Office Schedule

PAASCU is now WFME Recognized

The World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) has awarded Recognition Status to PAASCU for ten (10) years. PAASCU was visited by WFME and was composed of foreign medical experts. The assessors include Dr. Julio Cesar Gomez Fernandez, Dr. Peih-ying Lu, Ms. Wambui Wang’ombe, and headed by Ms. Julie Drendall. The assessors went with the PAASCU…

PAS Training Session

PAS Training Session A PAASCU Accreditation System (PAS) training session was conducted online via Zoom on February 22, 2023. In her presentation, Ms. Catherine Salamanca of Rakso CT described how member schools could navigate PAS, create their PAS Account Numbers (PAN), and explore its other features like submitting self-survey reports and scheduling accreditation visits for…

Christmas Message

A blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year to you and your loved ones. Jesus is our joy and hope!

PAASCU 65^th Anniversary General Assembly

PAASCU celebrated its 65th founding anniversary and annual general assembly last November 25, 2022, at Manila Marriott Hotel. The theme of this year’s assembly is Making Roads: Challenges and Opportunities to EQAAs in the New Normal. The occasion began with a Mass of Thanksgiving presided over by the Board of Trustees priests: Fr. John Christian…

PAASCU to be visited by the World Federation of Medical Education

The Recognition Team from the World Federation of Medical Education will come to the country andaudit PAASCU’s accreditation process this November 17-18, 2022, in Baguio City. The team of foreignmedical experts will observe how PAASCU accredits a medical program. The team will go with thePAASCU team that will accredit St. Louis University’s Basic Medical Education…

PAASCU General Assembly 2022

Women in QA Forum

Last October 11-12, 2022, Ms. Alma Credo and Ms. Rose Asoy represented PAASCU in the“Women in Quality Assurance Forum” held in Bangkok, Thailand. European Union Support toHigher Education in the ASEAN Region (EU SHARE) organized the forum to advance women'srepresentation in the QA sector and encourage female QA agency employees to assumeleadership positions. The eight…

BED Training of New Chairs

Basic Education Training of New Chairs Fourteen accreditors attended training for prospective team chairs that the PAASCU Elementary,Secondary, and Basic Education Commissions conducted last August 19, 2022.Mr. Ricardo R. Palo, Executive Director, gave the opening remarks and identified the responsibilitieschairpesons have with its many stakeholders, including the survey team members, the schoolundergoing a site visit,…

HEI Training of New Chairs

The training for new team chairs of the various tertiary education programs, graduate education, and medical education was delivered by PAASCU on July 22, 2022, with the participation of 32 accreditors. The half-day event began with an opening prayer provided by Dr. Joy Zapata, followed by Mr. Ricardo Palo, the Executive Director, who gave a…