Talisay college employs 30 non-teaching workers

CEBU, Philippines - The Board of Trustees of the Talisay City College has approved the hiring of 30 non-teaching personnel.

“They are not job order but not teaching personnel under contract,” TCC president Ritchel Bacaltos told The Freeman. 

The Talisay City College is one of the legacies left behind by former first district congressman Eduardo Gullas, which he converted into Talisay City State College.

The college will be fully subsidized by the national government.

The conversion to state college was signed by no less than President Benigno Aquino III early this year, which would free the city government from spending for the operation and maintenance of the educational facility.

Bacaltos said the local government unit still subsidizes the salaries of teachers and other personnel, including the light and maintenance and other operating expenditures. 

Of the P582 million 2013 budget, the city government appropriated P12 million for the Talisay City College. 

Bacaltos said the non-teaching personnel works in the library, maintenance and other non-teaching related, even on Saturdays and Sundays. 

The non-teaching personnel receive P6,500 a-month, Bacaltos said. 

Last April, the Talisay City College produced a topnotch teacher when its Bachelor of Secondary Education graduate Angielo Pahamutang placed 10th in the national Licensure Examination for Teachers.

The vision of the college is to “be known nationally and internationally as a center of excellence in Teacher Education, Nursing, Industrial Technology, Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management and Technical Vocational Programs.”

In school year 2012 – 2013, the community college had a student population of over 2,000, enrolled in bachelor courses in elementary and secondary education, industrial technology, hotel and restaurant management, and its masteral studies.

The school opened to students in June 2004. (FREEMAN)