MPC Charts FYDP Blueprint to First National TVET University

Marikina Polytechnic College has launched a comprehensive five-year strategic planning initiative to strengthen its institutional capacity and advance its ambition to become the National Technical-Vocational Education and Training (NTVET) University in the Philippines.

MPC President Dr. Rene M. Colocar emphasized this strategic direction during the college’s Strategic Planning Workshop cum Five-Year Development Plan Writeshop held from September 21 to 25, 2026. He urged college officials to adopt a more structured approach to institutional decision-making.

“We must first know how to embrace a more radical way of process in terms of planning because that’s the only way we can achieve the targeted programs and projects. There is really a permanent need for us to plan, which should be 90 percent planning, and the remaining 10 percent should be implementation,” Pres. Colocar said. He also outlined specific administrative focus areas to build institutional readiness, including accreditation standing, facility modernization, faculty upskilling, research publication, and community extension.

Vice President for Corporate Services Dr. Joemel V. Bautista reported the deliverables under FYDP 2022–2027. Results served as the baseline for identifying operational gaps and mapping out priority interventions for 2027. Vice President for Academic, Technical and Skills Development Dr. Glen R. Mangali reinforced the need for rigorous, evidence-based quality assurance to guide the planning process.

“Our target benchmarks must directly reflect the standard of excellence we aim to institutionalize. By grounding our metrics in verified data and aligned quality standards, we ensure that every program deliverable brings us closer to regional and national accreditation,” VP Mangali stated.

Executive Vice President Dr. Sheila I. Villanueva stressed that institutional planning must align with the daily operational realities experienced on campus.

“Every institution has two accounts of its performance. One is found in plans, accomplishment reports, percentages, and supporting documents. The other is experienced by our students and personnel through the quality of instruction, the reliability of services, the usefulness of facilities, and the problems that either improve or persist,” EVP Villanueva said.

Dean of Graduate School Dr. Medardo B. Bombita drew a distinction between passive compliance and active commitment when meeting organizational targets. “Sometimes we do not meet our target because we do not own the target,” Dr. Bombita said.

The proposed 2032 FYDP outlines key strategic objectives such as establishing stackable qualification pathways aligned with Philippine Qualifications Framework Levels 3 through 8, expanding industry partnerships, driving applied research and innovation, professionalizing TVET instruction, strengthening quality assurance systems, establishing regional training hubs, expanding campus digitalization, and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

Offices are expected to determine how their operations, activities, and projects contribute to Sustainable Development Goals, Gender and Development, and climate change adaptation or mitigation. The administration is targeting PRIME-HRM (Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management) accreditation by 2027.

Dean of the College of Engineering Dr. Marie Luvett Goh emphasized that achieving the institution’s long-term goals requires sustained alignment across all academic and administrative sectors.

“Let us now move forward from aspiration to alignment, from alignment to action, and from action to transformation. Atin ito. One MPC, one direction,” Dean Goh stated.

The five-day activity brought together 78 key participants who were tasked with evaluating the implementation of the FYDP 2022–2027, establishing baseline priorities for 2027, and developing the 2028–2032 development plan.

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