The Top 10 schools in Western Visayas as of 2004 were as follows:
1. West Visayas State Univ. (Iloilo) - 135 examinees; 134 passers (99%)
2. St. Paul College of Iloilo - 64 examinees; 63 passers (98%)
3. West Negros College (Bacolod) - 502 examinees; 379 passers (75%)
4. Univ. of St. LaSalle (Bacolod) - 137 examinees; 103 passers (75%)
5. Central Phil. University (Iloilo) - 161 examinees; 110 passers (68%)
6. Central Phil. Adventist College - 57 examinees; 36 passers (63%)
7. Riverside College (Bacolod) - 245 examinees; 150 passers (61%)
8. Univ. of San Agustin (Iloilo) - 171 examinees; 90 passers (53%)
9. Iloilo Doctor’s College - 171 examinees; 78 passers (46%)
10. St. Gabriel College (Kalibo) - 199 examinees; 86 passers (43%)
The Top 2 Schools, particulary West Visayas State University and St. Pauls College- Iloilo also belong to the top 5 nursing schools in the Philippines. Let us examine the pros and cons of each school. These 2 two nursing schools Still top the nursing board even today.
2007 Nursing Licensure exam shows that for the two schools, St. Pauls college topped the exam
1. St. Paul College of Iloilo - 164 examinees; 163 passers (99%)
2. West Visayas State Univ. (Iloilo) - 145 examinees; 142 passers (97%)
West Visayas State University
Overview:
The West Visayas State University College of Nursing, then the WVSU School of Nursing, came into existence officially in the first semester of School year 1977-1978 when the Board of Trustees decided to offer the Four-Year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, to provide opportunities to bright but financially handicapped students who have the necessary aptitude for a career in nursing.
Upon the favorable recommendation of the Board of Nursing, formal approval to open the School of Nursing was given on April 21, 1977 by the Professional Regulation Commission. The Ministry of Education and Culture likewise issued a temporary permit, No. 520 s. 1977, which authorized the opening of the First and Second Years of the Four-Year BSN course.
On March 6, 1978, the Board of Nursing favorably recommended the continuance of the BSN program. This was concurred by the Professional Regulation Commission on March 21, 1978. The first batch graduated on April 7, 1980.
In answer to the need for nurses to enhance their professional qualifications, the College started to offer in summer of 2006 the Master of Arts in Nursing with specialization in either Nursing Education or Nursing Administration (as approved by Board of Regents Resolution No. 31 series of 2006).
Academic Programs:- Master of Arts in Nursing, Major in Nursing Education
- Master of Arts in Nursing, Major in Nursing Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
To come
St. Pauls College Iloilo
Overview:
Impelled by the love of CHRIST, and on the invitation and support of His Eminence Denis Cardinal Dougherty, Bishop of Jaro, The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres began their apostolic activities in Iloilo by establishing St. Paul’s Hospital in 1911. Their primary aim was to care for the poor and the sick, However, the care of the poor and the sick was not the only apostolic mission of the Sisters of St. Paul; they have also been founded for the purpose of training and educating the young. So it was, with the great desire emboldened by the formative component of their mission, coupled with the pressing need of the hospital for trained competent Catholic nurses, the Sisters under the leadership of Mother Josephine de Jesus opened the School of Nursing in June, 1946. Seventy (70) students were admitted into the first Graduate Nurse Training Program, sixty-eight (68) females and two (2) males, and early sign of the openness and the universality which is a mark of St. Paul. Sr. Marie Louise Limbaga, SPC became Dean from 1946-1947.
The beginnings were difficult, the struggles to grow arduous, but with God’s blessings and through hard work, the school, like the proverbial good seed, progressed and blossomed. Some high points of its developments can be chronicled.
1948 - Recognition of the School of Nursing was granted by the government for the 3-year diploma program leading to the title of Graduate Nurse under the leadership of Sister Marie Madeleine Denoga, SPC.
1950 - A 4-year basic collegiate course in Nursing was opened; this was closed in 1954 due to school’s financial difficulties.
Under the leadership of Sister Carolina Agravante, SPC, the school was upgraded into a College with the opening of the Arts and Science courses, namely Bachelor of Art in Mass Communication, Bachelor of Science in Biology. Nutrition, Psychology and the 2-year Certificate Courses Diploma in Dietetic Technician, and Junior Secretarial. Nursing was offered as a 5-year BSN program. This period also saw the opening of the Social Laboratory Extension Program (SLEP) which served as the avenue for students’ Community Development Outreach Program.
The BSN Program was awarded recognition as Center of Excellence in Nursing Education (COENE) by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for three years: 1996-1999 with some funding for further development in human resources, facilities, library, and other areas.
The BSN Program underwent PAASCU Re-accreditation and the ABMC, the PAASCU Formal Preliminary Survey.
Saint Paul College of Iloilo with the new leadership of Sr. Ma. Felicina Gubuan, SPC was deputized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as COENE, the authority to conduct the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) among the nursing professionals.
On June 21, 2004, Sr. Carolina Agravante, SPC was formally installed as the first University President in a solemn but joyful ceremony held in the Marian Hall. In attendance were the academic circle of the city, alumni, members of the University System and the whole Paulinian Family of St. Paul University Iloilo.
School year 2005-2006 marched on with CHED ushered by the awarding of St. Paul University Iloilo College of Nursing as 2nd outstanding College of Nursing in the Philippines out of 350 schools of Nursing. Also included in the top 10 schools were St. Paul University Dumaguete as 7th and St. Paul University Manila as 10th.
The challenge for SPU Iloilo is to establish a contemporary Catholic university culture as she fulfills her mission of making the Father known and loved.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing-
- MS/MA in Nursing
To come
