Introduction to my College of Cooperatives

At this moment, I'm actually a student at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines enrolled at one of the most unique course in this country i believe many of other people out there still don't  know. It is named Bachelor in Cooperatives. This course is intended to improve the cooperativism and its movement to our country. Cooperatives, just to make you familiar, is a type of business organization which the owners are the members. Unlike corporation, members have the full capacity and power to actually manage the goals and objectives of the organization which is to meet the needs of the members.

The existence of this type of the organization were supported by the government through the creation and implementation of a code to cooperatives called Cooperatives Code of the Philippines  and were revised last 2008 and known now as "Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008"

For other details I will use an article posted in this website: http://www.pup.edu.ph/cc/ and I quoted "As spelled out in its 1989 vision-mission statement and carried through in the recrafting of the  statements in the years that followed, the College has maintained its core commitment to provide relevant and continuing education that strengthens the development of cooperative organizations, promotes cooperativism among the masses, and institutionalizes social discipline and self reliance. Central to the success of its academic programs is the passionate commitment of its faculty on fleshing out the research and extension services they collectively undertake. 

Our College is an economic empowerment support structure. It is the Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ response to the clamor to professionalize the operations and management of cooperatives in the Philippines following the historic EDSA Revolt of 1986 and the enactment of the cooperatives’ role in the Philippine Constitution. In 1989, the then visionary president of the University Dr. Nemesio E. Prudente, blazed a trail in the creation of the Institute of Cooperatives as an academic unit. 

The Institute metamorphosed into the College of Cooperatives in 2006. As a college, it faces the challenge of its dream—to be a Center of Excellence in Cooperative Education. This is a long-shot job. This is not an impossible dream, given the mindset that permeates the organization, the achievements of our alumni in diverse fields and positions of leadership, our partnership with the cooperative, government and non-government sectors, and our faculty’s vision to create a world that is very much alive through a cooperative enterprise" unquoted

And so, for those who are looking for a course, why not try my course and enjoy the privilege of becoming a cooperator!