LINKAGES

Overview

The Linkages and International Office (LIO) is primarily responsible for pursuing strategic and innovation partnerships and collaboration both at the national and international level. It promotes PNU’s internationalization plans and initiatives as well as global competitiveness through strategic linkages and joint partnerships with national and international academic institutions and professional networks that advance the field of teacher education and allied disciplines. It manages PNU’s faculty and student exchange, international students and institutional consortia. It is responsible for advancing PNU’s presence in relevant national and international academic communities and coordinates the University’s participation in global ranking/rating systems.

International Linkages

With the rapid advancement in ICT, liberalization of the global economy and the increased mobility of people across the national borders heightened the participation of HEIs’ in bilateral and multi-lateral academic and cultural cooperation programs among nations. The internationalization thrust of the Philippine Normal University to become an internationally recognized leader in teacher education is the driving force behind the expansion of its international networks and partnerships. International linkages are established and strengthen to promote PNU’s international relation, global positioning and international competitiveness.

List of International Linkages

JAPAN

  • Kansai University International Studies, Miki, Hyogo, Japan
  • Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan (TGU)
  • Ikeda High School (Osaka Kyoiku University), Japan

KOREA

  • Daegu National University of Education, South Korea (DNUE)
  • Gwangju National University for Education, South Korea (GNUE)
  • Kyung-Nam College of Information and Technology, South Korea
  • Asia-Pacific Center for International Understanding (APCEIU)
  • Korean Foundation

DENMARK

  • Asian European Meeting (ASEM) Lifelong Learning Hub Research Network

CHINA

  • Asia Pacific Center for Excellence in Education and Sciences-Technology, China
  • East China Normal University, China
  • Nanyang Normal University, China

INDONESIA

  • U’budiyah Foundation, Aceh, Indonesia
  • Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia

THAILAND

  • Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Bangkok Thailand
  • Asian Muslim Action Network, Thailand (AMAN)
  • Association of Southeast Asia Institution of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
  • UNESCO-Asia Pacific Education for Innovation and Development (APEID)
  • Southeast Asian Ministers of Education – Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH)

BANGLADESH

  • Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

MALAYSIA

  • Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

NEW YORK

  • Mount Saint Mary College, New York

CALIFORNIA, USA

  • Merced Community College District, California
  • Los Angeles Community College District, California
  • Ohlone College, California

GEORGIA, USA

  • Valdosta State University, Georgia

National Linkages

As the National Center for Teacher Education (NCTE), PNU strives to maintain its reach to the entire country as part of its advocacy of excellence and service. In its continuing quest to promote the distinct PNU brand of being the source of responsive innovation in teacher education, the PNU seeks to expand and maintain existing national networks of organizations and academic institutions. The different colleges and centers must initiate strategic partnerships and collaborative projects and programs and participate in national conference and forum organized by its networks of partners and linkages.

List of Local/National Linkages

  1. Knowledge Channel Foundation (KCFI)
  2. Bureau of Alternative Learning System, Division of City Schools – Manila
  3. Bureau of Elementary Education, Department of Education (DepEd)
  4. Gawad Kalinga (GK)
  5. Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
  6. Philippine Council for Peace and Global Education (PCPGE)
  7. Peace Education Network (PEN)
  8. United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP)
  9. UNESCO Asia Pacific International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE) – Philippines
  10. Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP)
  11. World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) – Philippines
  12. Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC)
  13. Association Social Science Educators, Researchers and Trainors, Inc. (ASSERT)
  14. Philippine Association of Extension Program Implementors, Inc. (PAEPI)
  15. Foundation for Upgrading the Standard of Education, Inc. (FUSE)
  16. Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE)
  17. Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
  18. United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)
  19. Families and Children for Empowerment for Community Development (FCED)
  20. Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC)
  21. Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)
  22. Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP)
  23. Pathways to Higher Education
  24. South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium (SM-IIC)
  25. National Educational Testing and Research Center (NETRC)
  26. De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU)
  27. Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
  28. House of Representatives of the Philippines
  29. Provincial Government of Quezon
  30. ACT Teachers Partylist
  31. Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development (FIT-Ed)
  32. Gabriela Women’s Partylist
  33. Senate of the Philippines
  34. Asian Development Bank Spouses’ Association (ADBSA)
  35. Bicol University (BU)
  36. Bukidnon State University
  37. Cebu Normal University (CNU)
  38. Leyte Normal University (LNU)
  39. Mariano Marcos State University
  40. Palawan State University
  41. Pangasinan State university
  42. West Visayas State University (WVSU)
  43. Western Mindanao State University
  44. Office of the Vice President of the Philippines
  45. Cavite State University
  46. Rizal Technological University
  47. Department of Health
  48. St. Clare’s Medical Center
  49. Philippine Normal University Alumni Association (PNUAA)
  50. Department of Education, Division of Manila
  51. Philippine National Red Cross
  52. Caritas Manila
  53. Bicol University
  54. Bukidnon State University
  55. Cebu Normal University
  56. Leyte Normal University
  57. Mariano Marcos State University
  58. Palawan State University
  59. Pangasinan State University
  60. West Visayas State University
  61. Western Mindanao State University

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