At least 1,000 students are expected to enroll at the government-owned City College of Davao (CCD), which is set to operate in August this year.
Enrollment to CCD is expected to begin next month.
Councilor Pilar Braga, Davao City Council’s Committee on Education chair, said in an interview that the city has now accomplished 95 percent of the requirements of the Commission on Higher education (CHED).
“We’re just streamlining some of the requirements. Many challenges since this is the first time and the first opening so natural lang to, normal lang nga daghan pa mi dapat himoon,” said Braga, who is also the proponent of the resolution for the establishment of CCD.
The CCD is located in Bago Oshiro, Mintal in a 5-hectare property of the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) near the University of the Philippines-Mindanao (UP-Mindanao).
In 2020, the City Council approved through a resolution, which was certified by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as urgent, for the establishment of the CCD to cater to the less privileged.
CCD will offer five courses: Bachelor of Special Needs Education (BSNEd), Bachelor of Technical-Vocational Teacher Education (BTVTEd), Bachelor of Physical Education (BPEd), Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship (BS Entrep), and Bachelor of Arts in English or Filipino.