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Leon Guinto Memorial College
January 2007

Quality education at a minimal cost

In the heart of a quaint little town in Quezon province emerged an institution destined to reach great heights.

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

The LEON GUINTO MEMORIAL COLLEGE (LGMC) was born in 1971 out of a merger of Atimonan Academy and Quezon Memorial School (AA-QMS, Inc.). These two prestigious schools in the town of Atimonan, Quezon Province were headed by two educators: AA under former Judge Mariano Eleazar and QMS under former Quezon Province Board Member Domingo Escasa. The school was named after Leon Guinto, the distinguished son of Atimonan, who served as a councilor of Hunta Probinsial from 1922 to 1925. He became a Representative of 2nd District of the then Tayabas (now Quezon) Province from 1925 to 1928, then elected as Governor in 1928 and served until 1938.

The Leon Guinto Memorial College at 442-443 Mabini Street in Atimonan, Quezon.

LGMC started as a school for secondary education. In the early 1990’s, when cost for college education started to increase, the institution, headed by its Board of Directors, president Engr. Nestor Parafina, initiated the organization of the College Department of LGMC to provide the youth of Atimonan and the neighboring towns the opportunity to obtain college degrees without having to contend with the burden of the high cost of education provided by schools in Metro Manila and the provincial capital.

By 1994, the College Department started serving the youth of Atimonan, initially offering Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSED) and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), then later added Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED), Bachelor of Arts (AB), and Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA).

The college started out with 45 students paying R75 only per unit in tuition fee. Classes were held from four o’clock in the afternoon to nine o’clock in the evening, after the school hours of the secondary department were over so as to accommodate the students who were working in the morning.

The first batch of graduates produced passers in the Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET), asserting the position of the institution as a functional arm of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

PRESENT TIMES

The Leon Guinto Memorial College is committed to contributing professionals that are responsive to the needs of the country’s present situation. Along with this comes the dedication to give the less fortunate an opportunity to pursue college degree. This is proven by the low tuition fees still being enjoyed by LGMC students. From R100 per unit in 1994, the administration kept to a minimum, registering an increase of up to R140 only per unit 12 years after first offering college programs. This makes the LGMC the most affordable higher education school in the whole Region IV. The College can be considered an institution for quality learning at minimal cost.

The College also boasts of a steady increase of enrolment. In the beginning, it only had 45 enrollees; now, the population surged to as much as 500 percent. With this boom in enrolment, the administration is now on its way to acquiring an annex building to accommodate the growing number of students.

With each passing year, LGMC continues to produce numerous licensed teachers and professionals in different fields of endeavor. To be able to continue this splendor, the administration never ceases to think of better things that can be added to the college, giving out the best to every clientele of the institution.

Moreover, the administration extends its resources on how to generate job opportunities just to give its graduates a chance to be employed right after the commencement rites. The College is also incessant in hiring competent faculty members, who have the dedication and willingness to carry the mission of giving quality education. They are constantly improving the facilities to help the clients acquire learning in a more modern way, to cope with the ever-changing pace of technology.

Instruction with passion combined with an administration with love and care is the formula of the success of the Leon Guinto Memorial College and its clients. Everything done and prospected by the school at present resembles its valued responsibility to the society in adding competent professionals out of different kinds of people, regardless of their status. The ultimate goal, needless to say, directs to the progress.

FLAGSHIP COURSES

The Leon Guinto Memorial College has an array of college programs for both business and education sectors.

The institution’s Education Department offers Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSED) with majors in English, Filipino, Mathematics and Physical Education, Health, and Music (PEHM); and Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED), with areas of specialization in Special Education (SPED) and early Childhood Education. LGMC boasts of a steady stream of passers in the Licensure Examinations for Teachers since producing its first batch of graduates, making Education its banner course.

The institution also offers degrees in Bachelor of Science in Bussiness Administration (BSBA) with major in Marketing and a recent addition, major in Accounting Management.

LGMC is proud of its B.S. in Accountancy (BSA) program, having produced a passer in the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Board Exam just recently, which marked the beginning of the permanent series of more CPAs to rise from the college.

The college also offers Bachelor of Arts (AB) major in Economics, which is also a good option for students to choose.

The institution follows a holistic curriculum, which involves various activities to develop and enhance the students’ abilities in different aspects of their chosen career. Each program is designed to enable students to function as responsible citizens and professionals. Every course has for itself student organizations accredited by larger student associations in different levels, be they regional or national, that promote the learners by pushing them to actively participate in different programs like seminars, competition and others.

The school administration gives full support to the students as they continue providing them with their study needs like updated books, Internet access as library extension for researches, sufficient computers, and others.

All college programs offered by the institution are duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Source: Manila Bulletin Online