CHAPTER I School: General Information and Academic Administration School general information and its academic administration according to topics as follows: 1.1 School profile The Pangasinan State University is a government-funded institution of higher education. It is chartered through the promulgation of Presidential Decree N. 1497 on June 11, 1978. It became operational only on June 1, 1979. In 1986, the Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSE) and Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEE) were offered as separate programs by virtue of BOR Res. No. 13 s. 1986. To date, the Campus continues to play the stellar role in producing professionals in teacher education. It now offers new programs: the Bachelor of Science in Information and Communications Technology (BSICT) which started in SY 2001 - 2002 as per BOR Resolution No. 45 s 1998; Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECE) SY 2002 - 20 03 as per BOR Resolution No. 30 s 2002; Bachelor of Science in Nursing