Vol. 100, Special Issue 2017
Upper Left: PU degradation as shown by the clearance zone around the colony of isolate FI1803 in comparison with an uninoculated plate. Lower left and upper right: Fruiting body of FI1503 showing catenulate conidia attached to a bottle-shape phialides. Lower right: Spores of FI1503 suspended in lactophenol with cotton blue, showing oval to lemon shaped
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Assessment of Microbiology Education in the Philippines
Asuncion K. Raymundo, Franco G. Teves, Edmerson B. Geronimo, and Windell L. Rivera
In 2014, only 8.7% or 202 out of 2313 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines were reported to offer a BS Biology degree. An analysis of the microbiology programs of 37 HEIs-respondents in 2016 using questionnaire, augmented by data from websites, and personal interviews revealed that only eight HEIs offer a BS Biology program with a major in microbiology. Only one HEI offers BS Microbiology in the whole country. Together with five others, it produces graduates that are automatically qualified to take the certification examination conducted by the Philippine Academy for Microbiology (PAM). In one HEI, its graduates were deemed unqualified to take the PAM examination as the...
In 2014, only 8.7% or 202 out of 2313 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines were reported to offer a BS Biology degree. An analysis of the microbiology programs of 37 HEIs-respondents in 2016 using questionnaire, augmented by data from websites, and personal interviews revealed that only eight HEIs offer a BS Biology program with a major in microbiology. Only one HEI offers BS Microbiology in the whole country. Together with five others, it produces graduates that are automa...