Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College and NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School

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Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (Main) Estancia, Iloilo

1.1 School Profile
The Northern Iloilo State University (Formerly NIPSC) is a public state or college in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in the fields of industry, agriculture, fishery, engineering and sciences, and short-term vocational technical continuing courses. It is also mandated to promote research, advanced studies, and progressive leadership in the fields of agriculture including agricultural education and home technology, fishery, forestry, industrial technology including industrial education, arts service trades, engineering and sciences. Its main campus is located in Estancia, Iloilo.

The Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College was first known as the Western Visayas Branch of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology. The school was authorized in the Omnibus Bill that was enacted as Republic Act No. 687 on May 9, 1952. The school was opened on July 2, 1956.

The school was first administrated by the director of Fisheries through the superintendent of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology (PIFI). Pursuant to the Reorganization Plan No. 30-A, the school together with six other Secondary Schools of Fisheries existing at the time were transferred to the Department of Education effective January 12, 1957.

In 1963, with the creation of Bureau of Vocational Education by virtue of Republic Act. No. 3742, agricultural, fishery and trade-technical schools were transferred from B.P.S. to the Bureau of Vocational Education.

Republic Act. No. 4349 enacted on June 19, 1965, provided for the conversion of this school to a college, otherwise known as the Western Visayas College of Fisheries.

The Estancia High School, a component school of NIPSC, was established in 1949. It was a provincial high school being funded by the provincial government of Iloilo.

On June 10, 1983, President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Batas Pambansa Blg. 500 – converting and integrating the Western Visayas College of Fisheries and Estancia High School, both of which are in Estancia, into a Polytechnic State College. Now, the name of the high school is known as NIPSC Laboratory High School.

Campuses of NIPSC
Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (Main) Estancia, Iloilo
NIPSC Laboratory High School in West Campus, Estancia.
NIPSC- Barotac Viejo Campus
NIPSC- Batad Campus
NIPSC- Sara Campus
NIPSC- Lemery Campus
NIPSC- Ajuy Campus
NIPSC- Concepcion Campus

Vision
A globally competitive State University in Asia

Mision
Human resources development through quality and relevant education, environment-friendly, modern technologies and preservation of Filipino values and culture for sustainable and improved quality of live.

NIPSC Laboratory High School now is considered as a semi-private school. It is under School of Education of NIPSC. The school does not get any fund from the government anymore, so the parents should pay.  I was placed there, at NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School for my practice teaching. The total of the students are 302. The school assigned me to teach grade 9, Capricorn and Virgo sections.

NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School in West Campus, Estancia



1.2  Academic Support System
NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School has two sections for each grade, except grade 10 that only has one section. The school has several rooms for teaching activity. Students have to move to different rooms for each subjects. To support the teaching activity, the school provides projector, internet, computer, printer, library, soccer field, volleyball field, stage, etc. The students also can use the facilities of the main campus such as Mini Theater, Basketball field, Gym, Big Library, etc.

1.3  Teaching System
In some subjects like Science, TLE (Technology and Livelihood Education), Mathematics, and Mapeh (Musika, Sining, Edukasyong Pangkatawan, at Kalusugan / Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health) the teachers use English as the medium of instruction. The teachers there really encourage the students to be familiar with English, that is the reason why many students there can understand English well.

According to the school, because there is no best strategy for teaching, they do not have prescribed for such teaching strategy that the teachers should use, but because they implement K-12 program as a mandate from the government, the teaching activity in NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School is learners centred.

The School implements full day school system. The teaching activity is from Monday until Friday. Students have to go to school at 7:30 am and go home at 5:00 pm, but sometimes when they do not have a class after 4 pm, they can go home one hour earlier. There is a break time between 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. They also can go home during the break time if they want.

1.4  Materials and Other Learning Sources
The teachers and the students use book as the main material source. They do not get any books from the government, so the school has a cooperation with a book publisher. The students should pay for that. Another learning source that the teachers use is internet.

1.5  Measurement and Evaluation System
There are four grading periods in NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School. June – August, August – October, October – January, and January – March/ April. There will be some kind of tests to measure and evaluate the students like formative test, summative test, diagnostic test, performance, and periodical exam. The teachers use K-12 grading sheet that is provided by the government to input the students’ score.

1.6  Curriculum
NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School implements K-12 program as a mandate from the government. K-12 is a program that covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. The core subjects for Junior High School are science, mathematics, English, Filipino, Araling Panlipunan (Social Studies), Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao, Musika, Sining, Edukasyong Pangkatawan, at Kalusugan / Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health (MAPEH), and Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE).

1.7  Teaching Plan
The teachers are making lesson plan with their daily topic, at the same time there are DLL (Daily Lesson Logs) that were provided by the government. Sometimes, this DLL have different lessons that are not presented in the books which they use, so in this case the teachers have to make their own lesson plan.

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