About the Continuing Education Program/Non-Formal Courses

One of the stated objectives in the resolution establishing the University of the Philippines (UPOU) is to provide opportunities for alternative access to quality higher education by offering baccalaureate and post baccalaureate degree programs as well as non-formal courses by distance education. The development and delivery of non-formal courses in UPOU aim to institutionalize a system of continuing education to sustain professional growth and promote life-long learning especially for those who cannot leave their jobs or homes for full-time studies. 

Currently, the UPOU's Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) offers 9 non-formal courses under its Continuing Education Program (CEP). These courses run for 12-16 weeks and are delivered fully online through the UPOU Learning Management System (MyPortal). They are grouped into three clusters:

A. Human and Social Development Cluster:

1. Caring for the Child with Special Needs (CCSN); and
2. Impact Assessment and Poverty Alleviation: Focus on Technology and Capacity Development (IAPA)
   

B. Environmental Cluster:

1. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Policies, Plans and Investments toward Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (CCA& DRM)
2. Organic Agriculture (OA); and,
3. Responding to Climate Risks in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (RCRANRM).

C. Entrepreneurship Cluster:

1. Introduction to Electronic Commerce (eCom);
2. New Enterprise Planning (NEP);
3. Personal Entrepreneurial Development (PED); 
4. Simplified Accounting for Entrepreneurs (SAfE).

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