Mandates and Functions
As a state-funded higher education institution which aims to contribute in
developing competent and high-level human resources, generating
knowledge and technologies, and pursuant to RA 7932, ASSCAT shall:
“primarily provide higher professional, technical and special
instructions for special purposes and to promote research and extension
services, advanced studies and progressive leadership in agriculture,
education, forestry, fishery, engineering, arts and sciences, and other
fields as may be relevant.”
Vision
ASSCAT as the premier agro-industrial Higher Education Institution in
Caraga Region capable of producing morally upright, competent and
globally competitive human resource to effectively implement sustainable
development.
Mission
ASSCAT shall primarily provide higher professional, technical instruction
for special purposes and promote research and extension services,
advanced studies and progressive leadership in agriculture, education,
forestry, in-land fishery, engineering, arts and sciences and other relevant
fields.
Philosophy
ASSCAT believes that the Higher Education should be anchored to the
tenets of democracy; be guided by the continuing pursuit for relevance
and excellence and; the mover and catalyst for development.
Goals
1. Develop and offer curricular programs that are relevant to the peculiar
needs and urgencies of the region.
2. Generate develop and transfer appropriate technologies to address the
needs of the agro-industrial sector in the service area.
3. Develop disciplined, responsible and well-trained students to become
effective citizens in the community and ready to face the challenges in the highly
competitive world of work.
4. Have a pool of service and person-oriented professional workforce who are
educationally and technologically prepared and well equipped to effect desired
and necessary changes to the service area and among the clientele.
5. Acquire state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to be attuned to the trend
of the changing times.
6. Build, construct, improve and upgrade appropriate physical facilities in
harmony with the ecosystem to attain harmony with the ecosystem to attain
harmonious co-existence of man and nature.
7. Adopt and institutionalize efficient, effective and judicious utilization of
resources to maximize, strengthen and sustain development and fiscal security
and autonomy.
8. Expand networking and linkages locally, nationally and globally.
Quality Policy
Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology’s Vision to be
a premier agro-industrial Higher Education Institution in Caraga Region is
fostered by the following principles:
Sustaining quality education experience and community engagement;
Encouraging optimum resource management;
Developing an environment that is conducive for intellectual and personal
growth; and
Generating relevant knowledge through innovative thinking.
To continually improve our Quality Management System, we commit to
comply with all applicable requirements and provide service excellence in
our four-fold functions
Core Values
Assertive,
Self-Esteemed,
Spiritually Motivated,
Compassionate,
Accountable,
Timeliness