PLM, PAGCOR sign MOA for off-campus MBA program

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the City of Manila’s premier state university, signed a new memorandum of agreement on June 9 with officers of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation for an MBA graduate course under the Pamantasan’s off-campus program.

This is the fourteenth batch of students who will undertake the off-site course under the PLM-PAGCOR partnership.

The program for PAGCOR — Master in Business Administration (MBA) —  is open to all PAGCOR officials and employees who have earned a bachelor’s degree in any field of specialization with a general weighted average of at least 2.50.

Classes will be held on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the PAGCOR’s Malate office.

PAGCOR chair and CEO Andrea Domingo (1st row, 3rd from left) and PLM president Dr. Ma. Leonora V. De Jesus (1st row, 4th from left) sign the memorandum of agreement on June 9, 2018 for an MBA graduate course under PLM's off-campus program. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

A minimum of 15 students – including transferees who have earned master’s units in other graduate programs from other institutions - who meet the academic requirements set by the Pamantasan and who have complied with the academic standards of the College of Business and Government Management Graduate Programs –will be accepted in each class.

Tuition and other fees will be shouldered by the participant and/or are advanced by PAGCOR.

Participants of the program who have satisfactorily completed all the requirements will be conferred the appropriate and corresponding degree by the Pamantasan after four terms (or one year and 4 months).

At the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the PLM and PAGCOR were signatories PLM President Dr. Ma. Leonora V. De Jesus and PAGCOR Chair and CEO Andrea Domingo.

Witnessing the signing were PAGCOR Directors  Gabriel Claudio and Carmen Pedrosa and PAGCOR AVP (HRDD) Regina Jaleco and PLM-CBGM OIC-Dean Neil Gamus and Professor Romar Resuello,  PLM officers Gil Evasco (Acting-EVP) and VPs Ruffy Abuda (Legal), Randy Nunez (Finance), Marlo dela Cruz (Administration), Kelly Vergel de Dios (Public Affairs) and Benedict Avila (OIC-ICTO).

Last year, the PLM’s President Ramon Magsaysay Institute of Government also opened a Bachelor of Government management undergraduate course for PAGCOR at its Roxas Boulevard corporate offices, that is currently underway.

Press release from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila