New PSU head wants more poor students in school
LINGAYEN– Dr. Victoriano Estira, the new president of the government-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU), is setting her sights on making the school more responsive to the needs of underprivileged students.
Estira, who assumed his post on June 20, wants to increase the university’s student population by 50 percent next school year, with more poor students getting a chance at higher education.
In an interview with The PUNCH, Estira said he wants to go to the grassroots and find out their preference using the “ladderized curriculum”.
“We want to make this university with more than 11,000 student population more meaningful to the province,” Estira, who succeeded Dr. Rodolfo Asanion as university president, said.
Estira is also targeting to make PSU self-reliant through new income generation projects and improved utilization of human resources.
PSU, the only state university in Pangasinan with limited admission due to its limited curricular program, has eight campuses spread across the province, namely Lingayen, Binmaley, San Carlos City, Bayambang, Infanta, Urdaneta City, Asingan and Sta. Maria.
Estira was PSU’s vice president for administration and planning prior to his selection as university president. He had been with the university for 27 years, holding various academic and administrative positions.
The formal turn-over ceremony is tentatively set next month to coincide with the PSU biennial celebration sometime third week of July.—EVA
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