IFSU affirms vow to excellence as it gears for Ph Quality Award


In its continuous quest for quality and excellence in education, Ifugao State University (IFSU) started its preparation for Philippine Quality Award (PQA) application yesterday, January 23, 2023.

Dubbed “Philippine Quality Award (PQA) Preparatory, Pre-PQA Assessment and Post Learning Activities Module Workshop,” said workshop gathered University senior leaders, unit heads, and concerned personnel. Spearheaded by the Department of Quality Assurance, said activity will take two days in succeeding months until September 2023.

The Philippine Quality Award is an integrated approach for performance management that sets the standard of excellence to help Philippine organizations achieve world-class performance.

Likewise, the PQA is the highest level of national recognition for exemplary organizational performance. It is not an award for product or service quality but for a quality management system that hinges on the improvement of product and/or services delivery and provides a means of satisfying and responding to customers’ needs and requirements.

The criteria for performance excellence and bases for the feedback given to the award applicant organizations after examination by PQA assessors consists of seven categories: (1) Leadership (2) Strategy (3) Customers (4) Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management (5) Workforce (6) Operations (7) Results.

In her message, University President Dr. Eva Marie Codamon-Dugyon emphasized the “Power of We” through the cooperation of the whole administration, faculty and students. She expressed hope of either ending the new year with PQA or starting 2024 with said prestigious award.

Mr. Juan C. Aquino, Jr., Resource Speaker, and Consultant of the AQM Management Consultancy Service, said PQA centers on a culture of quality in mind and heart as the University will gain outside perspective of the organization’s strengths and opportunities for improvement and receiving feedback report which outlines the Team of Assessors’ findings based on the evaluation. This feedback can guide the University’s strategic planning and quality and productivity improvement.

Meanwhile, Dr. Demetrio P. Anduyan, Jr., CHED-CAR Regional Director, stressed that PQA is not an impossible dream nor an unreachable star for IFSU for it homes empowered workforce across all genders.