Taguig university moves to Bicutan mall
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Taguig (PLT) has moved to the Sunshine Mall at the FTI Complex in Barangay Western Bicutan, officials said yesterday.
“This transfer is the next step in the evolution of the PLT as a learning institution. We will not stop until our students belong to the best university in the country situated in a campus of their own,” Mayor Sigfrido Tiñga said.
The PLT is the first in the city to offer courses through a ladderized education program.
Last Monday, Tiñga and Commission on Higher Education-Education Supervisor Jessie Abril led the inauguration of the PLT’s temporary home at the third and fourth levels of the Sunshine Mall. Parts of the mall have been converted into 31 classrooms, a computer laboratory and an administration office.
According to Vice Mayor and PLT president George Elias, an initial plan has already been drawn for the construction of a PLT campus adjacent to the Justice Hall in Barangay Lower Bicutan. Officials plan to have a fully operational campus by 2009.
The PLT started with only more than 1,000 students. This number has ballooned to over 4,000 in just a year and continues to grow, as more underprivileged students avail themselves of free tuition and pay only P500 for the miscellaneous fees.
The PLT offers courses in industrial and information technology, entrepreneurial and marketing management, business and office administration, tourism and travel management, hotel and restaurant management, computer science and criminology. It also offers post-graduate programs.
Before the transfer to Sunshine Mall, PLT opened its doors to the city’s underprivileged students in October 2006. It held night classes in the available classrooms of
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