The General Education Center (GEC) and Bukidnon State University (BukSU) engaged in an online benchmarking session last 13 August 2024 to discuss the UP GE Framework and how the GEC ensures its proper implementation in UP Diliman.
Delegates from the BukSU General Education Courses Department, led by the Department Head Jan Daniel Ching, were welcomed by the GEC Director Dr. Anna Sibayan-Sarmiento who also served as a resource speaker for the benchmarking session.
The session became an opportunity to introduce the GEC’s background, objectives, and services in line with its mission to uphold the GE Program and “support the core academic mission of UP Diliman.” Organization best practices were also explored for this matter.
Much of the benchmarking visit then focused on the GEC’s task to coordinate with various academic units and stakeholders, assist in the evaluation and improvement of the GE Program, and support the integration of the UP GE Framework into the pedagogical strategies, instructional materials, and syllabi that will be used in various GE courses.
Links and similarities between UP Diliman and BukSU GE courses were also explored during the benchmarking session.
