I live here in Quezon City and I finished my study here in Quezon City as well. I'm sure my parents don't want me to go through the horror of traffic and take note that was during my time. Now, I think it is much worse and I'm pretty much sure that no parents would want their kids to go through today's dreaded traffic. I'm so glad that my parents were so very protective of me and they sought my safety to have a good education.

Now that I am a parent and knows how hard to travel with that traffic, as much as possible I will not let my kids go through that, but it's up to them. I want them to enjoy their school days, their learning and of course get fond of their memories. Preferably I don't want them to remember school days as traffic struggles. So I might just let try the schools here in Quezon City.


 

Recently I attended a Media Launch of National Book Store's NBS College. I am glad they put up their 1st ever NBS College here in Quezon City. It is just one ride away for us, very accessible!

After over 75 years of supporting Filipino's education and lifelong learning, National Book Store is taking the next step by creating an institution for higher learning at the heart of Quezon City, NBS College is located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the National Book Store Building, on Quezon Avenue corner Scout Borromeo and Panay Avenue.

For School year 2018 - 2019, it will be offering six in demand degree programs: BS Accountancy, BS Accounting Information System, BS Entrepreneurship, BS Computer Science, BS Library and Information Science and BS Tourism Management.

“Guided by the 75 years of entrepreneurial excellence of National Book Store, NBS College equips our students with the skills and values they need to succeed in the rapidly-changing global landscape,” says NBS College President Adrian Ramos.

NBS College’s modern facilities and highly competent faculty help create an environment of collaborative learning. True to its values of nurturance, benevolence, and service, NBS College also offers academic scholarships and a special scholarship grant for its pioneer batch.

Scholarship/Financial Assistance Matrix
Academic Scholarships (from both public and private SHS)

Valedictoria, Salutatorian, 1st Honorable Mention (Rank 1-3) – 100% free tuition and miscellaneous fees and free school uniform and books.

Top 10 Graduating SHS Student (Rank 4-10) – 100% free tuition and miscellaneous fees

Pioneer Batch – Scholarship grant of Php12,500 per year for the Pioneer Batch for SY 2018-2019. Tuition per unit locked-in for 4 years.

NBS GROUP EMPLOYEE RATE

- First 75 accepted applicants who are employees of the NBS Group and/or their dependent get 20% discount on tuition

- All NBS Group Employees and/or their dependents get 5% off on tuition.

- Salary loans for employees of the NGS Group are available, payable through salary deduction in a period of 6 months

- Amount loaned will be paid directly to NBS College.

The people behind NBS College





Adrian Ramos/President
Adrian Ramos is a Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of National Book Store, Inc. He completed the BS Management (Honors Program) from Ateneo De Manila University, and also has a master’s degree in Business Administration.

June Genevieve Sebastian/Vice President for Administration and Academic Services
June Genevieve Sebastian has a double bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. She also has a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management from De LA Salle University. She is the former executive director of Makati Hope Christian School.

Cecilia I. Anido/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Cecilia Anido is a highly experienced and esteemed academic, with a master’s degree in Information Management and a PhD in Education, mayor in Education Management. She has previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs of Far Eastern University, and was also a technical panel member for IT education in the Commission on Higher Education.

Deborah Acosta – Cajustin/Vice President for Finance and Legal
Atty. Acosta – Cajustin graduated with a degreein BS Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and later completed her Bachelor of Laws from San Beda College. Currently, she is a Law Professor in San Beda College and the Finance and Legal Director of National Book Store group.

Lydia Echauz/Vice Chairman of The Board
Dr. Lydia Echauz has held several leadership positions in various academic institutions, such as Dean of De La Salle University’s Graduate School of Business and Associate Director of Ateneo De Manila University’s MBA program. Most notably, she is the former president of Far Eastern University.

Applications for SY 2018-2019 are currently ongoing. Learn more about NGS College on their website, www.ngscollege.edu.ph and connect with them on social media - @ngscollegeph on Facebook and Instagram. For further inquiries, email info@nbscollege.edu.ph or call 216-5716

You may learn more about NBS College by visiting the link: https:goo.gl/bNm5Ge . Connect with National Book Store on social media @nationalbookstore on INstagram and the @nbsalert on Facebook, Twitter, Viber, and Youtube.

Moms do need to look around for schools that will give emphasis on kid’s talents. Of course we want the best for them and to prepare them when they grow up. Education is one of the best treasures that parents can impart to their kids and it worth more than anything else in the world.
A school that welcomes significantly different individual and learning is enjoying as playing. It is a school with open door policy that welcomes every student’s inquiry and where professors are mentors. Their school president, Ms. Vanessa Tanco… well, I can say that as a Mom, kids will definitely enjoy their stay at school.
Since I’m in for a look out for schools where I would let my kids enroll, which is very very soon, I was able to have a chance to interview and ask questions to iAcademy. And here's some of the details during my interview with one of the deans, Dean Mitch Andaya.According to Dean Andaya the courses at iAcademy is different from the usual courses that is being offered to different colleges and it is different in so many ways. They got two kinds of professors in the academy, one academician who teaches more about theories of a certain field of expertise and the other one is practitioner professor who's expertise are used in their field of industry which is good for me because practical learning is much better than theories. Since Dean Andaya is a professor of Software Engineering he was able to explain that iAcademy Software Engineering course is way different from the other universities because it is integrated with so much creativity in it and not just mere programs. It got its artistic function.  
Aside from the interview I got a chance as well to have a tour of the school rooms and facilities. I’ve learned so much about iAcademy during the interview.
Here are the courses that iAcademy offers and I’m sure a lot of kids who loves animation and gaming will definitely enroll to this school and create their own.

• School of Computing

• Software Engineering
• Game Development
• Web Development

• School of Business

• Financial Management
• Marketing & Advertising

• School of Design

• Animation
• Multimedia Arts & Design
• Fashion Design & Technology