{"id":335506,"date":"2020-12-22T06:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=335506"},"modified":"2020-12-22T06:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:05:36","slug":"nmc-pss-accord-allows-hs-students-to-earn-college-credits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-pss-accord-allows-hs-students-to-earn-college-credits\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC, PSS accord allows HS students to earn college credits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Northern Marianas College and the CNMI Public School System have agreed to create a program that will allow public high school students to earn college credits at NMC while still attending high school.<\/p>\n

The program, called \u201cCollege Now,\u201d was approved by the Board of Education during their meeting last Dec. 16 and was signed at NMC\u2019s Board of Regents conference room on As Terlaje Hill last Dec. 18, with NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico and Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred Ada signing the agreement in the presence of their respective board members.<\/p>\n

According to NMC Enrollment director Manny Castro, PSS instructors at the high school level will be teaching subjects where students can receive both high school and college credits for\u2014if they choose to. As part of the agreement, the instructors who will be teaching these courses must first be vetted by NMC. The way it\u2019ll work is that PSS instructors who will be teaching subjects where high school students can receive both college and high school credits have to meet all faculty qualifications for NMC and have to be certified by NMC.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, if you\u2019re within the high school language arts class, some students may opt just for the high school credit and others may want both the high school and college credits, but it\u2019s the same instructor teaching the course,\u201d said Castro.<\/p>\n

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Northern Marianas College interim president Frankie Eliptico and the Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred B. Ada are flanked by members of the Board of Education and NMC Board of Regents as they sign the College Now agreement at the BOR conference room on As Terlaje Hill last Dec. 18. (JUSTINE NAUTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Eliptico, \u201cCollege Now\u201d would give PSS high school students an opportunity for an accelerated pathway to their career. PSS students won\u2019t have to wait until they graduate from high school to attend and earn college credits and they can start doing that now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really a big testament to the relationship that NMC has with PSS and this is just one of the initiatives. We have a lot of other programs coming up with PSS,\u201d said Eliptico.<\/p>\n

BOE chair Janice Tenorio sad the College Now program is close to her heart. \u201cIt was a legacy that was here since 20-plus years ago. \u2026The program gave opportunities for individuals to\u2026earn high school credits, as well as college credits. \u2026This student will be killing two birds with one stone,\u201d said,.<\/p>\n

BOE vice chair Herman Atalig, BOE member Andrew Orsini, and BOE Tinian representative Antonio Borja all expressed full support for the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we owe that to [our students] because we don\u2019t have so many resources on our islands\u2026but we have the big resource, which is the human mind, and we need to develop that in our young children,\u201d said Orsini. \u201cI want to thank the members and NMC interim president Frankie Eliptico for giving us this opportunity for all our children in PSS, and I think it\u2019s a wonderful thing that hopefully will benefit both institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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