The Commission on Audit (COA) commended Isabela State University (ISU) for exceeding the required 50% share set of instruction expenses under the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 20, series of 2011.

Instruction expenses are divided into four (4) categories: faculty and staff development, curriculum development, student development, and facilities development. Ideally, each of these categories should receive 12.5% of the total 50% required budget allocation, with none receiving less than 7.5%.

During an exit conference on May 23, 2024, it was found that ISU and its 9 campuses allotted P77.32 million for instruction expenses, representing 57.3% of tuition fees. The required allocations of the University for faculty and staff development, curriculum development, student development, and facilities development were also all in line with the provisions set forth in the aforementioned memorandum.

With this, COA commended the University’s management for their monumental achievements, plans, and actions towards continuous improvement and support to the implementation of innovative, relevant, and diverse curricular programs towards fostering excellent academic services.

Atty. Romano P. Cammayo (Vice President, Administration and Finance Services), sent his gratitude to the audit team from COA while ensuring its goals and objectives to continuously comply with set requirements and regulations.

“So on behalf of the President, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to, of course, Ma’am Rosa Salvador, our audit team leader…thank you for your support. Rest assured that on the part of the University, we will seriously comply [with] what is required by law,” he said.