OutcomesBased

Education and
the BSIS
Program
Ryann Z. Elumba
Jose Rizal Memorial State University

A time for change

In a chronically leaking
boat, energy devoted to
changing vessels is more
productive than energy
devoted to patching
leaks.

Switching to OBE in the Philippines is because of the

need to improve the quality of Education
Industry-Centric
Accreditation
System

International
Accreditation of
Degrees

OBE-Based
Accreditation
System

Mutual
Recognition of
Degrees

Internationalizatio
n of Degrees

ASEAN Economic
Community 2015

ASEAN Integration The Wind Of Chang

ASEAN is home to about 600 million people
7 October 2003, the 10 heads ASEAN countries

signed the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II a

21 November 2007, the signing and adoption of
the blueprint to implement ASEAN Economic
Community by 2015

The AEC blueprint provides the implementing

mechanism to transform ASEAN into a single
market and production base

Impact to Education and Profession

ASEAN has 6,500 higher education institutions having

about 12 million students

ASEAN is envisioning a Common Space of Higher
Education in Southeast Asia
The five (5) AEC core elements also include the free
flow of services and free flow of skilled labor
The AEC blueprint specifies the implementation of
mutual recognition agreements (MRA) for various
services and other professional services by 2015.

ASEAN Integration will bring

1. greater mobility of students and faculty;
2. greater

regional cooperation on
education and research;
3. demand on competitiveness and quality
of graduates and programs

Where Ph Higher Education Vis--vis ASEAN?

You may now ask:

How may we raise the
competitiveness of our
graduates in the light of the
ASEAN integration?

The PHL Qualifications Framework

LEVEL

BASIC
EDUCATION

TECHNICAL EDUCATION
AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT

HIGHER EDUCATION

L8
L8

DOCTORAL AND POST

DOCTORAL

L7
L7

POST BACALAUREATE

L6
L6

BACALAUREATE

L5
L5

DIPLOMA

L4
L4

NC IV

L3
L3

NC III

L2
L2

GRADE 12

NC II

L1
L1

GRADE 10

NC I

CMO No. 46-2012

Policy-Standard to Enhance Quality

Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher

Education through an Outcomes-Based and
Typology-Based QA
discussed the role of the state in providing
quality education to its citizens.
HANDBOOK ON TYPOLOGY, OUTCOMESBASED EDUCATION, AND INSTITUTIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT PDF CHED
Handbook on Typology, OBE, and ISA

CHED defines Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) as an

approach that focuses and organizes the educational system
around what is essential for all learners to know, value, and
be able to do to achieve a desired level of competence.

Outcomes-Based Education is focused on the

development of the Graduate
Outcome-based education means clearly focusing and organizing
everything in an educational system around what is essential for all
students to be able to do successfully at the end of their learning
experiences.
William Bill Spady Self- Proclaimed father of OBE, Sociologist,
Harvard University

In a nutshell, what is OBE?

Learning Outcomes

Educational System

What kind of graduate you target to produce

Expressed in what the graduate is capable of

How do you plan to achieve it?

Design of the Educational System to achieve the
outcomes
Curriculum and Courses
Infrastructure and Info-structures
Faculty and Staf
Support Systems
Policies

Implementation

Evaluation of Results

Did you achieve your outcomes?

Assessment
Evaluation

We begin with the end in view

What kind of JRMSU graduates do we want to produce?

What kind of graduate could be most productive in the context of the new environment?

What kind of competencies would this graduate need?

What is the role of the HEI in local/ regional/ national development?

JRMSUs Philosophy
Jose Rizal Memorial State
University adheres to the
principle of dynamism and
cultural diversity in building a
just and humane society.

JRMSUs Vision
Jose Rizal Memorial State
University envisions to become a
center of excellence among
institutions of higher learning in
the local, national and global
arena.

JRMSUs Mission
Jose Rizal Memorial State University
pledges itself to deliver efective and
efficient services along instruction,
research, extension and production. It
commits itself to provide quality
professional, technical and technological
training with the aim of producing skilled,
self-renewed and globally competitive
individuals.

Five (5) CHED Common

Outcomes
Articulate and Discuss the latest developments in

the specific field of practice

Efectively Communicate orally and in writing using
both English and Filipino
Work efectively and independently in
multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams
Act in recognition of professional, social, and ethical
responsibility
Preserve and promote Filipino historical and
cultural heritage

Typology and General Graduate

Expectations
Professional Institute

International Accords
Agreements between countries that aims to institute common

and minimum quality

standards for certain professional disciplines
Industry Based Standards
Signatories are committed to improve their industry-based quality

accreditation bodies and systems based on agreed minimum quality

standards
Mutual recognition of graduates across signatory countries
Education Standards subscribes to OBE Philosophy

Basis for Accreditation Bodies and Systems

that are primarily led by Industry Associations
Standards and accreditation system subscribes to OBE Philosophy

The Curriculum and the Declaration of being

a Research University

Thank you!
Ryann Z. Elumba
Jose Rizal Memorial State University