Graduating Senior High School Students Vying for BIT IC’s Go Beyond Academic Scholarship Program (GBASP)

On February 24, sixty-five graduating senior high school students from different parts of Bohol arrived at BIT International College Main Campus in Tagbilaran City to take the 2018 Go Beyond Academic Scholarship Qualifying Examinations.

Exactly a week ago, thirteen students came to take the same qualifying examinations at BIT IC Tagbilaran and eight at BIT IC Talibon.

The students were tested on mathematics and English, and were made to write a personal essay on “The Road Less Travelled.” In math, the students were tested on algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, discrete math, and basic calculus.

The Go Beyond Academic Scholars who will qualify for any degree program in BIT IC Tagbilaran will occupy the highest tier among BIT Scholars, and will qualify for a 100% tuition fee discount. They will all be schooled at the Main Campus of BIT IC and will be provided with free textbooks and course materials. Above all, they will be mentored by an elite corps of BIT IC faculty and take honors classes during their first two years.

The 1^st cohort of Go Beyond Scholars will be announced before the end of March.

The creation of the GBASP is in line with BIT IC’s mission of providing affordable college education especially to the marginalized youth of Bohol and the neighboring provinces. It fortifies the commitment of its Board of Trustees, headed by its founders, Bohol Vice-Governor Atty. Dionisio D. Balite and his wife, Mrs. Lilia A. Balite, to equality of opportunity, and nurture the capabilities of young people to become AGENTS OF CHANGE in their communities.

In the recent past years, BIT International College has been offering generous tuition fee discounts to all its students across the board.

Go Beyond!

As a gesture of genuine Boholano hospitality, the BIT International College led by President Emeritus and Bohol Vice-Governor Atty. Dionisio D. Balite, PhD, and wife Dr. Lilia A. Balite, and the members of its Board of Trustees, hosted a welcome dinner for the delegation of the Province of Siquijor to the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVRAA). The Siquijor delegation that attended the welcome dinner was headed by Vice Governor Mei Ling M. Quezon, some provincial board members and Siquijor Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ronald Gutay.

During the dinner, the visitors were entertained by songs and dances from the BIT IC Performing Arts.

One of the BIT IC schools is the Balite Institute of Technology in Siquijor, one of the links that bring the two island provinces of Bohol and Siquijor closer.

It is to be noted that a good number of students in BIT IC especially in the Maritime Department hail from Siquijor.

To better assist our students and staff who wish to avail of library facilities, BIT IC happily announces that beginning March 1, the BIT IC Main Library will be open from 8 am to 7 pm, Monday through Friday. The Main Library will be open and continue to assist the students even from 12 pm to 1 pm, which used to be lunch break, and from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Additionally, the Main Library will be open whole day on Saturdays, from 8 am to 5 pm, to service our Graduate School and Law students.