UCC: Education for a better Caloocan City Caloocan’s

The University of Caloocan City has been offering free tertiary education even before President DuterteIn UCC, free tuition started in school year 2014 after Ordinance No. 0553 sponsored by then Councilor and now 1st District Rep. Along Malapitan was approved by the council.

UCC has three campuses; the other two are the UCC main in Barangay Grace Park East, Biglang-Awa; and the UCC Congressional in Novaliches. Each campus is headed by an admininstrator. “And if each of their siblings have already an education, their family will progress. And if their families progress, the whole city also does. And eventually, the whole country,” added De Jesus.

Meanwhile, Caloocan City is also waiting for another significant development in the education sector. Recently, the House of Representatives unanimously approved House Bill 5739, which establishes a branch of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Caloocan City. “Others might think that the education in UCC is not good quality because it’s free. That’ what I also thought. But when I started studying here, my views changed,” Macasero, No. 5 in the 2019 accountancy board exam, said.

Every year, about 30,000 applicants fall in line as early as midnight to secure a slot in the entrance exams.But UCC’s thorough process of screening its students does not just stop there. After every semester, the university conducts departmental exams to assess if a student is qualified to make it to another year with his or her selected course.Accountancy is one of the hardest courses in the university, De Jesus said. On average, only some 30 students reach fourth year.

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