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Christ the King College
June 2007
The Pioneer Catholic Educational Institution of Samar and Leyte
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
hrist the King College (CKC) is a pioneer Catholic educational institution in
Samar and Leyte. It was established originally as the Colegio de San Vicente
de Paul in 1905. Thus, for more than a hundred years, this institution has
been providing quality education and continues to do so now under a
Catholic-Franciscan community and environment.
On its centennial celebration, the CKC was granted by the Catholic Educational
Association of the Philippines (CEAP) a plaque of recognition for the CKC
community’s dedication for “100 years to the realization of the evangelizing
mission of Catholic education by giving witness to integrity and dignity;
faithfully integrating the Gospel values in the curriculum; and for being
steadfast in its commitment to the holistic formation of the Filipino youth
entrusted to its care.”
CKC had triumphantly surmounted numerous challenges and catastrophes paving
the way to the molding of its strong foundation and the unceasing promotion of
educational excellence throughout the centenary of its existence.
On August 1, 1905, two Vincentian priests, Fr. Gregorio Tabar and Fr. Leonardo
Sainz, arrived in Calbayog from Cebu for the opening of the school in response
to a petition by some prominent men of Calbayog. They were accompanied by the
Bishop of Calbayog, D. Pablo Singzon, and the rector of the San Carlos
Seminary, D. Pedro Julia. The school was solemnly inaugurated and opened on
September 10, 1905.
In December 1941, the Colegio, like all other schools, was forced to close
during the World War II. It lost its laboratory equipment, library books and
other facilities during the war.
The portals of the Colegio were again reopened on July 8, 1947 under a
temporary government permit.
In 1948, the complete academic Secondary Education was given the government
recognition.
Due to shortage of secular priests, the Diocese of Calbayog, thru the late
bishop Miguel Acebedo, made an appeal to the American OFM Franciscan Province
of Pulaski, Wisconsin, U.S.A., for assistance.
In response to His Excellency’s petition, the American OFM Franciscan Province
sent two missionaries, Fr. David Wyrzykowski, OFM and Fr. Leopold Niedzwiski,
OFM, to establish a Franciscan mission in Samar and to take over the
administration of the Colegio de San Vicente de Paul.
On the feast of the Christ the King on October 30, 1955, the new school
building, now located at the heart of Calbayog City, was solemnly blessed and
dedicated by Msgr. Manuel del Rosario. The school was officially Named Christ
the King College.
From then on, CKC continued to develop and progress as an institution. It
earned government recognitions for all its programs: the Bachelor of Secondary
Education in 1955 followed by the Bachelor of Elementary Education, the
Bachelor of Arts courses, and the Bachelor of Science in Biology and
Mathematics in 1956. In 1975, the Night High School Department was granted
government recognition, followed by the Elementary Department in 1980; the BS
Commerce, BS Psychology and BS Social Work in 1982 and the Pre-School in 1984;
the Bachelor of Laws in 1985, the Graduate School programs in 1987, and the BS
Accountancy in 1991.
The Institute of Health Allied Programs opened the two-year Midwifery and the
two-year Nursing Aide courses which received their government recognitions in
1997 and 2001 respectively. The school offered the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing which was the latest to receive its government recognition only this
year, 2007.
In SY 2000-2001, the Philippine Association of Board Examiners, under the
auspices of the Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) published its report
entitled “A Compilation of Statistics on the Performance of Schools in Various
Licensure Examinations (1994-1998).” Out of total of 1999 government and
private higher learning institutions in the Philippines, CKC ranked number 39.
In Region VIII (Samar and Leyte), CKC is number one, with two higher education
institutions in Leyte ranking 42nd and 46th, respectively. This renewed the
appreciation for CKC as the premier educational institution in the Island of
Samar.
The infrastructure noticeably refurnished and completed which lifted the
morale of the community. A new chapel was also built inside the CKC campus
through the efforts of Sr. Floriana Saltarelli, FMSC, under the management of
Fr. Rodrigo San Jose, OFM.
In SY 2001-2002, CKC opened its internet service to the students. Its own
internet service provider actually serves the whole city of Calbayog. CKC is
now keeping abreast with the world of information technology.
CKC celebrated its 50th golden anniversary (1952-2002 CKC under the
administration of Franciscan Friars) in November 24, 2002.
PRESENT TIMES
Christ the King College (CKC) is blessed to have competent and dedicated
administrators, educators and employees. Under the leadership of an
output-oriented school president (now on his second term), Fr. Prisco A. Cajes,
OFM directs the school zealously towards advancement.
From 2004 up to the present, the Father President spearheaded many
developmental changes in the institution, as a man of action who comes up with
adequate solutions to existing and impending problems. He takes things as a
challenge and a fulfillment to his Franciscan mission— to be of service to the
people and to contribute to the betterment of the community.
There are four significant offices under the auspices of the Office of the
President, namely: the Resource and Development Office (RDO) – for funding
purposes; the Research and Human Development Center (RHDC) – for making
scientific researches; the CKC-TESDA Office – for the upgrade of the Technical
courses; and the establishment of the CSVP-CKC Alumni Office – to mobilize CKC
Graduates. They all contribute to the dynamism of the reins of the
administration.
In June 2004, the new CKC Administration (at the very beginning of Fr. Cajes’
term), in cooperation with Fr. Hozo Sato, OFM, (the Director of the Philippine
St. Francis of Assisi Deaf Center), opened the CKC Deaf High School. It is the
first Deaf High School in the province of Samar. On the same year, deaf
students were admitted in College. Of the three pioneering deaf students, two
took up AB English Language and one AB Political Science. Two years after, the
Deaf Kinder and Nursery classes were also opened.
The improvement of the college is a continuing concern that includes the
construction of the Our Lady of Porziuncola Hospital, Inc. (OLPHI).
Renovations of the main edifices of the school were also made. They include
the old Padua building where several offices are situated such as: the College
and High School Library, the Registrar’s and the Bursar’s offices, the Central
Supply, the Management Information System Office and the Office of the
Graduate School. Another renovation, reroofing and repainting works were made
on the R.I. and Technical Building. The construction of the new canteen of the
High School Department was also undertaken while the College of Nursing was
provided with its own laboratory and audio-visual room and the High School and
College (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) Laboratories were restored.
The President, with the CKC Academic Department, also pursues the aspiration
of the school to achieve an accredited status for some of its programs. He
pushes the limits of the students and faculty to excel and to achieve an
improved quality of teaching thus producing better graduates.
The school presently is applying for accreditation and, at the same time,
preparing for the CHED’s Institutional Quality Assurance thru Monitoring and
Evaluation (IQuAME) Program. These moves prepare CKC’s dream of becoming a
university.
FLAGSHIP COURSES
CKC as a premier institution has been offering courses that are supportive of
its vision of contributing to the local, national and global progress.
CKC originally offered Secondary Education, and has been producing competitive
graduates ever since. Its foundation illuminates the competitiveness of its
graduates in pursuing higher education whether in the local, regional,
national or international arena.
To boost the youth’s early foundation, the Pre-School and Elementary Education
are being offered. CKC inculcates Christian values, partakes a Franciscan way
of living, and yearns for the rewards of learning on its pupils.
On the other hand, the school is the pioneer in the Tertiary Education
programs in the island of Samar. The school produced for the region its
competent educators. The Education Department has a good track record in the
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) with one graduate taking the fifth
place in the national test (Lacbo, Batch ‘96). Furthermore, a graduate program
leading to a master’s degree in education is offered to boost professional
excellence and support the demand for highly-qualified educators and school
administrators in the area.
To cater to the commercial industry in the locality, CKC offers Business
Education courses, such as the BS Commerce majors in Management, and Banking
and Finance, and the BS Accountancy. The Business Education Department holds
the second largest number in student population. CKC is the only college
offering BS Accountancy in the area, and the department’s performance in the
board examinations has beaten the national passing rates for several years.
CKC also offers undergraduate programs for those who have interest in the
liberal arts and social sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences currently
offers the Bachelor of Arts courses with majors in: English, Filipino,
History, Math and Political Science; Bachelor of Science courses, namely: BS
in Psychology, Math, Biology and Social Work. Moreover, the department touts
its record of never have failed in producing successful board passers for its
graduates of the BS Social Work, one even landed in the fifth place in the
national test (Rubante, batch ‘97).
The CKC College of Law is manned by competent and devoted faculty members.
They are the best, reputable lawyers and justices who are exemplary in their
dedication to imparting the best of their knowledge and experiences to their
students. Their hard work are rewarded with graduates who passed the bar
examinations.
The College of Nursing and the Institute of Health Allied Programs presently
comprise the largest number of enrollees. The BS Nursing program, which
received its full government recognition this school year (2006-2007), has
produced its first batch of graduates.
To manifest the sincere dedication of CKC towards development and to provide
the best possible resources to its students, the Our Lady of Porziuncola
Hospital, Inc. was built. This will be the CKC-BSN base hospital for this
coming school year (2007-2008). For this reason CKC predicts that the number
of enrollees in the Nursing Department will multiply, now that it has its own
resident tertiary hospital— the first in Samar.
The school offers the TESDA-TVET programs to cater to those who prefer the
technical-vocational programs which include: Caregiving NC II, Health Care
Services NC II, PC Operation NC II and Programming NC IV.
Presently, CKC has four accredited assessment venues already, and the
Caregiving NC II is currently being applied for accreditation to be an
assessment center, which if granted, will make CKC the first assessment center
for the Caregiver program in the whole province of Samar.
Our Lady of Porziuncola Hospital, Inc. (OLPHI)
A Tertiary Base Hospital for the Paramedical Courses of CKC
Among the varied curricular offerings of Christ the King College (CKC), the
commitment in educating future health care providers is a constant challenge.
As a response to the changing times and the lofty vision of the institution to
contribute to local, national and global progress, CKC widened its horizon and
offered paramedical courses. The Institute of Health Allied Programs the
two-year Midwifery Course and the two-year Nursing Aide Course were opened in
the school years 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, respectively. With the growing
demands for Caregivers and Nurses, the institution opened the courses in the
school years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, respectively. All these courses received
their full government recognitions from the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
The College of Nursing, holding the largest number of student population, has
produced its first batch of graduates; with this, and the touting track record
of the Midwifery graduates in the licensure examinations, motivate more the
institution’s commitment in rendering the best possible service to its
students. This proven through its latest endeavor— the construction of a
tertiary base hospital.
CKC, as an educational institution, offering paramedical courses and now
opening the Our Lady of Porziuncola Hospital, Inc. (OLPHI) as a training and
base hospital for its students, shows that CKC is earnestly committed to
giving the best possible quality of education not only to Calbayognons but to
the Samareńos as well. The CKC, in generating medical courses, wants to make
the college the center for educating health care providers locally and
internationally.
CKC to be of service to Samar
Samar is the third largest island of the archipelago, yet compared to the
existing socio-economic state of all the provinces in the country, Calbayog
City and the entire Samar province remain one of the most impoverished areas
in the Philippines. The sad reality is worsened by the lack of priority set on
the matters of health as manifested by the poor health condition and the
absence of specialized health institutions in the province.
Presently, there are three existing hospitals in Calbayog City– the Calbayog
Sanitarium Hospital, St. Camillus Hospital and the Calbayog District Hospital.
Among the three hospitals, the Calbayog District Hospital, being a government
subsidized hospital, has the highest occupancy rate, obviously because it is
the most affordable among the three.
Hence, CKC, under the new autonomous custody of St. Anthony of Padua of the
Order of Friars Minor (OFM) in the Philippines, built the Our Lady of
Porziuncola Hospital, Inc. (OPLHI), as the training and base hospital for CKC
students and, at the same time, the first tertiary hospital in the whole of
Samar.
On this realm, CKC, being tied up with OLPHI, adds its relevance to the
community by establishing a health institution that could address to the
demands by offering an eighty bed capacity that could cater to the secondary
and even tertiary care of the people. Moreover, OLPHI, being the only private
hospital in the center of the city, will directly facilitate case-finding and
case-holding of the common communicable illnesses of the locality.
OLPHI and the LGU of Calbayog– The Spirit of Collaboration
The OLPHI and the city government of Calbayog (thru the efforts of Mayor Mel
Senen Sarmiento), entered in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), consummated last
October 16, 2006, handed over by the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The
MOA states that a “City Ward”, “Emergency Response Unit” (ERU), and a Dialysis
Clinic for the City of Calbayog be formed to serve as avenues for affordable,
accessible and a vigilant health care armamentaria in giving utmost health
services to the sick who especially need emergent care, who are poor and/or
requiring dialysis procedures. The City Blood Bank is also transferred to
OLPHI. Other health resources given by the national government were channeled
to OLPHI in order to upgrade more its facilities, such as: the new ambulance
for the ERU with its clinical gadgets (cardiac monitor and defibrillator),
three dialysis machines and dialysis chairs, as well as new X-ray machines.
Moreover, all roads leading to Calbayog City are being repaired to provide
easy access to the new hospital.
The Calbayog City Ward
OLPHI is providing a separate three-story City Ward Building. The City Ward
having a total of forty beds serves as the in-patient accommodation of our
indigent patients. The said wards will likewise be the training ground for our
Paramedical, as well as BS Social Work and Psychology students who are on
their practicum rotations. OLPHI will also be utilizing these students as
added “work force” for monitoring and caring of our patients. The hospital
will provide a Social Service Section (SSS) that will serve as the office
responsible for facilitating the delivery of a socialized scheme of hospital
services and benefits to poor patients. OLPHI further adopts an In-Kind and
In-Labor Paying Scheme to accommodate indigent patients.
The Emergency Response Unit’s (ERU) main function is to respond to any
emergent calls requiring immediate secondary or tertiary care that
necessitates hospitalization, medical evaluation and/or stabilization.
The Dialysis Clinic in OLPHI also offers a promising recourse for these
patients who from the start, are not only burdened by the cost of dialysis
itself but also the inconvenience and cost of travel just to undergo
treatment.
Furthermore, realizing the dire need for an Eye-Specialty Service, OLPHI
collaborated with five young ophthalmologists in putting up the first Eye
Center for the entire Samar Province. The Eye Center will be manned by six
trained and board certified ophthalmologists.
CKC would never stop in striving for character and excellence; being the
pioneer Catholic Educational Institution in Samar and Leyte and now a pioneer
in establishing a Tertiary Hospital in Samar— the Our Lady of Porziuncola
Hospital, Inc. (OPLHI) which was solemnly blessed on May 31, 2007 and began
its operation right after that.
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
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