Accreditation is a process for quality education in any educational institution. This study analyzed the accreditation of the Master in Business Administration program of the Institute of Graduate Studies at Kainga-Apayao State College, Tabuk City, Kalinga, Philippines.
Documentation, analysis was conducted to answer the first and second objectives. The analysis was validated with the documents borrowed from the Institute specifically, the result of the accreditation conducted last December 11 to 13, 2012, the summary of findings and the extent of compliance completed by the area in-charged.
Likewise, a structured survey questionnaire was used as the main instrument in gathering data for the third objective of this study. Identified respondents answered the said questionnaire and are validated through personal interviews, email, and cell phones.
The findings of this study revealed that: the result of the survey visit of the evaluators conducted last December 11–13, 2012, disclosed that in all areas, have a total grand mean of 3.07 with a descriptive rating of “Good”. Of which on the study focused on the identified seven areas, a frequency of 3.48 is on Library; 3.31 mean on the area of the Faculty; Administration obtained a mean of 3.24; extension and community involvement, 3.09; curriculum and Instruction, 3.06; Physical Plant and Facilities, 3.03; and finally, Research have a total mean of 2.75. Furthermore, In accordance with the extent of compliance gathered from the documents compiled by the institute, the Institute of Graduate Studies, most likely completed a hundred percent of the recommendations cited during the preliminary survey conducted by the AACUP Team evaluators. Thus, the actions taken were all in relevance with the said suggestions for the betterment of the program of the institute.
Quality education, MBA Accreditation, Survey Visit for College, Program Accreditation, Kalinga-Apayao State College
