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Brokenshire College
July 2007
Transforming Evangelical Christian institution in Mindanao
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
An awe-inspiring necessity for medical services in Davao City propelled the
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission of the Congregational Churches in
the United States of America, now the United Church Board for World Ministries
(UCBWM), to send missionaries Rev. and Mrs. Robert Black to the Philippines.
In 1908, the first medical clinic was set up at the bank of Bankerohan River
along Magallanes Street in Davao City by Mrs. Mary Matthewson, an American Red
Cross nurse, along with Dr. & Mrs. Charles Sibley, also missionaries of the
UCBWM. The clinic later expanded and became the Davao Mission Hospital.
In 1926, a young and adventurous American medical physician by the name of Dr.
Herbert Brokenshire administered the hospital until the outbreak of the World
War II. The name Davao Mission Hospital was then changed to Brokenshire
Memorial Hospital in honor of Dr. Brokenshire for his 15 years of
indefatigable dedication. In 1954, the Brokenshire School of Nursing was
established as another product of the American missionaries’ incessant
commitment of providing health care to the Davao community. In July 16, 1957,
the school was registered as a separate non-stock, non-profit educational
corporation related with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP).
The Brokenshire School of Nursing continued its growth as more students
enrolled in the Graduate Nursing (GN) course. In 1957, the College produced 23
students as its first batch of graduates. In 1965, the hospital and the school
were stressed with fire and the following year they were transferred to its
present site at Madapo, Davao City with a five hectare area allotted for the
school. In 1978, the Board of Trustees decided to expand its program from the
GN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). It then changed its name to
Brokenshire College. The first batch of graduates under the BSN program was in
1981.
In response to the needs of the members of the UCCP community in Davao City,
the High School program was added in 1984. The first high school graduating
class was in 1987. It was on the same year that the Bachelor of Science in
Early Childhood Education (BSECEd) was opened. In 1985, the Business
Administration course was offered but due to the dissenting opinion in the
change of school director, the school failed to apply for the Authority to
Operate. The Preschool and Elementary programs were opened in 1989. In 1993,
it re-opened its BSBA program together with the Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education (BEEd) and the Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd).
In 1997, the AB Psychology was converted to BS Psychology. The year saw the
beginnings of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) and the
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) courses. The courses were
in answer to the increasing demand for technology courses. The Pag-asa School
of Theology was later merged with the curriculum of the college which offered
Bachelor of Arts (AB) in Theology and Christian Education.
Likewise, in 1998, the Secondary curriculum was enhanced in the fields of
Science, Mathematics and Technology which eventually led to the conversion of
the high school into a Science High School.
While suffering some reverses in terms of student population during the school
year 1997, the Academic Year 2002-2003 became a milestone for the college. An
upsurge of enrolment that year in the BSN program was experienced as other
courses gradually picked up.
PRESENT TIMES
The onset of globalization affected almost all aspects of human existence.
Institutions of learning are not exempted from these phenomena. They cannot
ignore emerging technologies, material, equipment and new ways of organizing
to the delivery of services and marketing. Whether these institutions are
profit or non-profit oriented, they wrestle with today’s environment in its
never ending focus on quality, continuous improvement and customer
satisfaction.
At present, Brokenshire College is ISO 9001:2000 certified. TUV SUD Phil.,
Inc., a certifying body, granted the certification last April of 2006. Having
the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) certification, the
college had passed the international standard requirement for a Quality
Management System (QMS) and offers competitive edge to its students and
graduates to be globally competitive. It’s the first ISO-certified academic
institution in Davao City, Brokenshire College sticks to its quality policy of
providing value-oriented quality Christian education through continuous
improvement and total involvement for customer satisfaction.
The global demand for nurses has been increasing over the years and this
totally changed the course of the journey of Brokenshire College in the field
of health care education. This led to the tremendous upsurge in the enrollment
in the nursing program without negating the setback that was experienced in
the past. The College thus, was able to recover from its losses. AY 1999-2000
witnessed a decrease in enrolment with only 68 students in the Nursing
program. However, a comeback was to be seen in AY 2001-2002 with a 210%
increase in student population and this trend continuous up to the present.
Academic Year 2006-2007 welcomed a total student population of 4,962 with
3,930 enrolled in the Nursing program.
To be able to comply with ISO requirements, level of Accreditation, and to
accommodate the increasing number of enrollees in the College of Nursing,
additional buildings were constructed, state-of-the-art facilities were
acquired, and the number of hospital affiliations were increased. Likewise,
the College of Business Administration, Arts and Sciences, Education,
Information Science and Theology (BASE-IST) are incessantly upgrading its
curriculum to better serve the other academic needs of the college. Recently,
the College started offering the Upward Mobility Program (UMP) which caters to
the working class high school graduates who are employed as household help,
drivers, janitors, and small scale entrepreneurs. UMP provides opportunity for
these workers to obtain an undergraduate degree thru a specialized two-day
(Friday evening class and whole Sunday class) academic program.
In response to President Gloria Arroyo’s advocacy thru the Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for the development of the Filipino
youth, Brokenshire College is now offering a Ladderized Program in Hotel and
Restaurant Management. The College also offers Medical Transcription (MT)
program which is registered by the TESDA and with a four-month modular class
approach. The program is also competence-based and students learn at their own
pace.
The College is investing and keeping abreast with the latest technology with
its computer-based Christian Education. It utilizes the latest technology in
the teaching-learning process in all courses offered. It is globally
acknowledged that learning no longer takes place only within the confines of
the four walls of the classroom and that the teachers are no longer the sole
sources of learning and information. The e-learning Method of Instruction is
thus born. The campus is open 24 hours for online study and the students can
have access anywhere even at home, in a friend’s house, or even inside the
comfort of an internet café through CD-ROM. Through the e-board (electronic
board), students simply answer questions electronically and in a minute or so,
results can be ready for the use of the teachers and the students.
Now, the College envisions its eventual transformation into a university. The
College sees itself as the leading learning and transforming Evangelical
Christian Institution in Mindanao ten years from now. By then, its graduates
are making a difference in the world with the values and the principles
instilled by the college thru its host of competitive and robust
administrators, faculty and staff whose capabilities are built through a
consistent program for development.
FLAGSHIP COURSES
Brokenshire College is a pioneer in the field of nursing education in Davao
City. It is internationally known for having produced competent nurses. its
alumni have carved their names here and abroad. The College was granted
Accreditation Level III for the Nursing Program under a team of accreditors
from the Association of Christian Schools Colleges and Universities
Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI). Brokenshire College is one of the nine
schools accredited level III in the country. With competent faculty and
clinical instructors, the college consistently maintains a passing rate above
the national passing percentage. 1995 is considered the most fruitful year for
the College as fourteen of its graduates made thei way to the top twenty of
the Nurse Licensure Examination. The December 2005 NLE also showed its
graduates bagging the 1st,6th and 7th places while the December 2006 result
had its graduates occupying the 4th, 7th and 8th positions in the top ten.
A study entitled “High-Performing Teacher Education Institutions” that was
conducted by Dr. Adriano A. Arcelo, President of AIG and Associate Researcher
and Development Corporation and former President of the Fund for Assistance to
Private Education (FAPE), showed that Brokenshire College was among the top
performing schools and actually ranked 13th with a 76% passing rate among the
20 schools in the country with a cluster of 10 to 99 examinees for the
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) administered by the Professional
Regulations Commission (PRC) from 1996-1998. All courses, other than the
Nursing program, are accredited Level II.
The College is unrelenting in its quest to be known not only as an excellent
institution of the nursing profession but also in business, education, and
information technology. (Rufa V. Luzoraga, MBA, Marketing/Public Relations
Officer)
BC gets ISO 9001:2000 Certification
With the escalating number of academic institutions in the country and abroad,
it is essential that organizations look into the quality of service they
provide to see to it that its thrust for excellence is achieved and upheld.
This was the ultimate goal of Brokenshire College as it started its journey
toward ISO 9001:2000 certification. The concept is a pro-active step and part
of its preparation for advanced level accreditation to ensure that Brokenshire
College continuously improves its services to assure its clients of customer
satisfaction.
ISO 9001:2000 is an international standard that gives organizations
requirements for “Quality Management System” (QMS) and is the only standard in
the ISO 9000 family that can be used for the purpose of conformity assessment.
The International Organization for Standardization, more commonly known as
ISO, is the body that develops and publishes the standards (source: ISO
9001-2000 brochure).
Under the tutelage of its ISO consultant Engr. Helen Evalle, the academe
reviewed its systems and policies and assessed the performance, needs, and
potentials of the college. A series of internal audits were conducted until
finally, auditors from the TUV Phils., Inc., an accrediting body, visited
Brokenshire College last April 20-21, 2006. During the closing meeting the
visiting TUV auditors announced satisfaction on the institution’s systems,
facilities and amenities in accordance with ISO requirements and thus all
three auditors were in consonance in recommending certification. BC was again
audited last April 2007 and the result was positive.
“Being ISO certified, the college offers competitive edge to its students. As
the first nursing academic institution in Davao City with ISO 9001:2000
certification, Brokenshire College sticks to its quality policy of providing
value-oriented quality Christian education through continuous improvement and
total involvement for customer satisfaction. The administrators, faculty and
staff thank the Board of Trustees for believing that the college can cope with
the challenges of the times and for supporting endeavors toward leadership and
excellence,” says Rev. Leopoldo R. Naïve, president of the college.
Brokenshire College is working toward the fulfillment of its mission as a
learning organization engaged in the pursuit and diffusion of knowledge
through the highest standard of instruction, research and extension. It tries
to live a life of faith, learning and action that develop people to become
intellectually competent, sensitive, spiritually mature, aware and responsive
to the needs and aspirations of the community as it tries to manage and
develop wisely all resources to ensure sustainable growth of the institution
as responsible stewards of God and contributes to the realization of a just,
free and responsible Christian social order.
The success of Brokenshire College in its ISO 9001:2000 certification was made
possible by the total involvement of all members of the institution. Truly,
when there is unity everything is at hand. (Ruth Marie Infiesto)
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
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