Implementing Outcomes-Based in Electronics Engineering of Batangas State University: Motivations, processes, challenges

Abstract

The implementation of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) to engineering programs in the Philippines had been reflected as one important reforms in the country's higher education. The Philippines initiated to be a member nation of Washington Accord (WA) through the Philippine Technological Council (PTC). Batangas State University became the first government-subsidized university to respond with the Electronics Engineering (ECE) program placed at the forefront of OBE implementation in this institution. Radical modifications transpired in the different academic and institutional processes. This paper targets to discuss the motivations, processes, challenges that this humble university experienced and is still facing in its OBE journey.