The Negros State College of Agriculture in Kabankalan City, that has seven satellite campuses in Negros Occidental, is now known as the Central Philippines State University after its conversion into a state university, Rep. Mercedes Alvarez said.

Alvarez, who authored the bill converting of NSCA into a state university, said this would mean an increase of budgetary support to the CPSU by the national government.

She, however, also said that CPSU and its satellite campuses, located in Ilog, Candoni, Sipalay City, Cauayan, Hinigaran, Victorias City and Moises Padilla, are not competing with other colleges and universities and is catering only to agriculture-related courses.

With its university status, Alvarez, who had served as its faculty member for two years suggested to the administration of CPSU to offer a veterinary medicine course, and discouraged them from venturing into business - related courses.

NSCA was established as the Negros State College of Agriculture in 1946 and was converted to Negros Occidental Agriculture College in 1977.

Then congressman and his Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez sponsored NOAC’s conversion into state college in 2001, and also initiated the establishment of NSCA extension campuses in Ilog, Candoni, Cauayan, Sipalay, Hinobaan, Moises Padilla, Hinigaran, and Victorias.

Rep. Alvarez also said that it was her father, Vice-Gov. Alvarez, who originally filed a bill converting NSCA into a state university, which she had re-filed it in 2010. Two years after, its conversion was approved by Congress and eventually signed by President Benigno Aquino III, she said.

The present budget of NSCA is about P60 million annually

The CPSU, main campus is located on a 4,000-hectare area in Brgy. Camingawan, Kabankalan City, and has about 6000 enrolled students and about 200 faculty members. * GPB

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