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DepEd Endorses Southville Basic Education Limited Face-to-Face Classes



<strong>DepEd Endorses Southville Basic Education Limited Face-to-Face Classes</strong>

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) – Basic Education is honored to receive the approval from the Department of Education (DepEd) for the resumption of its face-to-face classes. Program levels grades 1, 2, 3,  12, and  the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) 2 have been preparing for its anticipated return to campus. 

During the application in 2021, DepEd issued the School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT), initially issued as School Readiness Checklist in 2022,to assess the readiness of schools to participate in the conduct of the pilot implementation of face-to-face learning modality. Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) – Basic Education  … [Read more]

Southville Wins Global Performance Excellence Award as only Philippine-based Institution Honored



Southville Wins Global Performance Excellence Award as only Philippine-based Institution Honored

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) celebrates another global milestone as the only institution from the Philippines to receive the Quest for Excellence Award from the 2021 Global Performance and Excellence Award (GPEA). SISC was especially commended for two of its best practices namely the Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (VOLT) Program for e-learning, and the Southville Innovation and Risk Management Framework.

In its congratulatory letter, GPEA wrote, “We are pleased to announce that Southville International School and Colleges is one of thirteen role model organizations from six countries that are being recognized for achieving significant milestones on their business [Read more]

Southville VOLT Receives Platinum Recognition from Asia Pacific Quality Organization for International Best Practice



Southville VOLT Receives Platinum Recognition from Asia Pacific Quality Organization for International Best Practice

Following the Quest for Excellence given by the Global Performance Excellence Program (GPEA), Southville’s Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (VOLT) program has been awarded platinum by the APQO International Best Practice (AIBP) during its conference in Australia in 2021. The AIBP is under the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) which encourages and recognizes quality professionals and organizations, domiciled in the Asia Pacific region primarily in New Zealand, bringing together professional quality organizations that border on the Pacific Ocean. Southville met the Platinum Award requirements having exemplified VOLT’s relevance, performance standards, and positive business impact in the pandemic.

Southville … [Read more]

Topnotcher Francine Beatrice L. Cruz, in her own words



Topnotcher Francine Beatrice L. Cruz, in her own words

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing has been one of the popular programs chosen by incoming college students yet it is also seeing  major shortages in terms of declining number of skilled nurses staying in practice, strained not only by the retirement drain but by the recent COVID 19 effect on job-related stress, impacting turnover rates.

No healthcare system can function without skilled nurses. As of February 2021, registered nursing was the fifth-most in-demand job in most parts of the world. The demand will continue to rise as healthcare facilities, faced with increased patient demands, will need competent RNs to … [Read more]

Southville ‘TOPS’ Scholarship: Now Accepting Applicants



Southville ‘TOPS’ Scholarship: Now Accepting Applicants

The search for the 2022 Top Outstanding Performing Student (TOPS) is on!

Scholarship grants await graduating grade 12 students from public and private schools for the Academic Year 2022-2023 as Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) and South SEED-LPDH College launch this year’s search for the Top Outstanding Performing Students (TOPS). 

Aspirants are assessed based on their academic performances and general student profiles that must exemplify the school’s core values, the 5 Cs – Competence, Character, Commitment to Achieve, Collaboration, and Creativity. To date, Southville has graduated more than 200 hundred TOPS Awardees who were given scholarships and are now … [Read more]

Southville Launches THREE New College Programs



Southville Launches THREE New College Programs

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) has launched three new degree programs namely BS Management Engineering, BS Computer Engineering, and BS Real Estate Management. The programs were chosen based on their global employability and expected growth rate. SISC looks at the career of its students five years from now, anticipating the upturn in the country’s economy and that of the world. 

BA Management Engineering

BA Management Engineering is a high-end business program that combines technical execution and business implementation. More commonly known as Industrial Engineering, the course focuses on management system design, software development, service analysis, information systems, and operations … [Read more]

Southville College of Nursing is Back to a Better Normal



Southville College of Nursing is Back to a Better Normal

The Southville College of Nursing is excited to welcome its students and faculty back on campus approved and endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). November 29, 2021 marks the start of the final term of the 1st semester with BSN III and IV who will be grouped in scheduled sessions to do their OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) like a nursing skills audit.  The initial trial is only for skills audit/assessment of the first semester, said Dean Carmel Villegas, of the College of Nursing. 

Southville passed as it complied with the strict CHED-DOH and IATF guidelines, safety protocols, … [Read more]

SISC Students’ PR Campaign on Jomalig Island Gains Media Recognition



SISC Students’ PR Campaign on Jomalig Island Gains Media Recognition

Years before Jomalig Island in Quezon Province became a popular tourist destination and was named the Hidden Paradise of the Pacific, a group of AB Communication students from Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) already featured the island in their 2019 public relations campaign entitled “Halina sa Jomalig: a Public Relations Campaign for Jomalig Island”. 

Composed of Karlo Patrick Culala, Hazel Loui De Guzman, Erika Mae Gene­ral, and An Gabriele Gorgonia, the team came up with the idea of promoting the island as one of the must-visit travel spots in the Philippines for their thesis. They studied communication strategies on … [Read more]

Southville College of Business Thrives at Local and International Competitions



Southville College of Business Thrives at Local and International Competitions

Students from Southville College of Business welcomed the first quarter of AY 2021-2022 with recognitions and awards obtained from the ASEAN Students for Future Sustainable Leaders (ASFSL) and the 15th Search for the Best Business Idea (BIDA) under the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). Southville received a certificate of recognition being one of the Top 11 finalists at ASFSL and scored the second and third place spots at BIDA respectively. 

ASFSL contestants were asked to submit a 10-minute minimum video talking about their chosen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and providing a solution to the said problem. After the … [Read more]

Basic Ed Landslide Wins Abroad



Basic Ed Landslide Wins Abroad

Senior Earns Recognition in Global Short Story Contests

A Grade 12 student from Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) was selected as one of the winners at the recently concluded Future Folklore: Climate Fiction Contest conducted by the U.S.-based Stories to Change the World Publishing. Io Carpiso’s short story entitled Bayanihan in Redux is one of the ten Special Selection awardees out of 204 entries. The speculative fiction contest imagines a world where climate change initiatives have been set in motion to respond to the climate crisis. Carpiso’s story was chosen for its creativity and writing strength, and will be … [Read more]