By NiƱo S. Manaog
University Extension Associate
Capiz State University
The Capiz State University has very satisfactorily performed as a government agency in the first six months of 2010. This is according to the result issued by the Department of Budget and Management who conducted for CapSU its agency performance review in the said period.
According to the review result released October 12, 2010, CapSU obtained an overall weighted rating f 5.50 over 7.25 perfect score, with an adjectival rating of Very Satisfactory. CapSU’s accomplishments scored high at 5.50, or Very Satisfactory, which is an aggregate score of its physical accomplishment, financial accomplishment and income accomplishment.
Both physical and financial accomplishments rated Very Satisfactory, while the income performance ranked Fair at 0.30.
Under Instruction, one of the components of CapSU’s physical performance, the weighted enrolled units recorded 5.75; faculty profile, 3.0; and merit scholarships, 3.50. Under the Qualitative area of physical accomplishments, CapSU’s accreditation status contributed 4.0 and its PRC performance posted 2.0.
According to the same report, both research and extension areas retained their last year’s figures and ratings. Under Research, four research outputs were cited by other researches, 24 were referred in other publications and some 28 researchers across the CapSU system were identified. All these components posted a weighted score of 7.0, the perfect score for the area. In Extension, the 16 recognized extension programs launched and conducted by CapSU’s Extension Institute posted the weighted perfect score of 3.50.
According to Geronimo Gregorio, CapSU’s vice-president for research and extension, the ratings gained by research and extension compliment the performance of the employees working hard to carry out CapSU’s mission vision on research and extension.
Gregorio takes pride in the said achievement, saying, “We have accomplished what is expected of us—we produced the necessary output.” For Gregorio, the ratings in research and extension areas prove that “[we] have exceeded expectations.”