Goals and Core Values

To achieve our mission, NBSC is committed to:

1. Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

One of the goals of NBSC is to provide excellence in education through quality assurance and accreditation. NBSC focuses on dynamic, up-to-date, and innovative curricula and life-long learning courses and programs responsive to the 21st century work landscape and needs of different types of workers. Best adaptive and flexible teaching and learning practices and program designs have been demonstrated. Excellence in teaching and learning emphasizes student-centered and value-added services, processes, decisions, policies, and culture. NBSC also considers holistic development through learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom, local and international, for students, faculty, and staff.

2. Outstanding Human Resource Development.

NBSC values its human resources as an integral part of the institution. It employs diversity and inclusivity in the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and administration. It values 21st century workforce training and development and continuous succession leadership in development. It institutionalized practice and a culture of evidence in decision making and gave equitable incentives to ensure high comparable outcomes for all identifiable groups.

3. High-impact Research.

NBSC envisioned itself as leading-edge research embedded in the academic programs, student activities, and college operations. It implements socially relevant research programs, projects, and activities. A high level of research utilization in terms of publications, innovations, products, policies, and intellectual property rights. It also creates positive social impact locally, in the region, Mindanao, and the country, with special preference for disadvantaged groups. It also promotes leadership and civic responsibility through academic programs, student activities, and research paper presentations.

4. Exemplary Service to the Profession and Social Engagement.

NBSC promotes constituent-driven programs, projects, and activities that will transform communities and institutions, focused on outcome-based objectives using a variety of educational processes and techniques. It also promotes experiential learning through a variety of opportunities to engage in structured activities that are intentionally designed to enhance civic responsibility while addressing community and institutional needs. The multi-faceted educational initiatives linking technology, expertise, and resources of multi-stakeholder institutions to the issues and concerns of communities and society in general are considered. It also promotes the development of capacity building in communities and institutions towards self-reliance and empowerment of human development within the context of poverty and underserved sectors. It also strengthened linkages with the bigger higher education institutions, communities, industry, government, non-government organizations, and civil society, which makes the institution real and alive in the minds and actual work with stakeholders on real-life situations and scenarios.

5. 21st Century Infrastructure and Operational Sustainability.

NBSC optimizes the use of resources (land, human resources, and financial and physical capital) to sustain fiscal health and improve the institution. The college utilizes smart and green infrastructure and solutions for the entire operation of the college. It also optimizes the use of resources (land, human resources, and financial and physical capital) to sustain fiscal health and improve the institution. The college promotes smart and green infrastructure and solutions for the entire operation of the college. The array of comprehensive value-added products and services to diversify revenue streams. The school aspires to have long-term financial stability and create strategic alliances and partnerships with local, national, and global collaborators.