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BS Meteorology benchmarks 4 related agencies, institutions
Inorder to enhance the Bicol University BS Meteorology curriculum and further strengthen linkages with other SUCs and meteorology-related agencies, the BU College of Science - Physics Department faculty members and staff conducted a benchmarking activity at the Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Rizal Technological University (RTU), PAGASA Central Office, and Manila Observatory, last August 1 to 6, 2022.
The BU delegation was led by Prof. Karen P. Conda-Botin, Physics Department Chair, along with Prof. Jo-Ann M. Cordovilla, Prof. Marierose D. Jasareno, Prof. Jerome A. Azul, Prof. John Ruel L. Locaba, and Erwin N. Bañares, Science Research Assistant.
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CLSU shares best practices
The CLSU BS Meteorology program uses a number of facilities, including the Radio Broadcasting room where their students conduct practicum on broadcast meteorology and the Department of Information Technology computer laboratory building where BS Meteorology students have their computational meteorology subjects. On the first day of the benchmarking activity, BU delegates were given a tour of these facilities.
To streamline the BS Meteorology curriculum across the SUCs, the present CLSU curriculum was also compared to the current BU BS Meteorology program. As a result, both parties shared their best practices in the areas of instruction and research.
BU to deploy Meteorology students for OJT at PAGASA Central Office
The BU delegates resumed their benchmarking activities at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to establish ties for the on-thejob (OJT) training of the BS Meteorology students, as well as to consider visiting professors and lecturers to share their expertise in the meteorology subjects, research, and extension collaborations.
Although there is already an existing Memorandum of Agreement between BU and PAGASA Central Office, through its South Luzon office, this only allows students to spend their internship at the field offices in the Bicol region. With the benchmarking, the department looked at the prospect of placing the students in the central office for the upcoming third-year batch that would enroll in a practicum in the succeeding midyear.
