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Calayan
Educational Foundation, Inc. ( CEFI) is a
non-stock, non- profit institution founded
by Drs. Emeterio, Jr. and Josefina del
Villar – Calayan as a School of Midwifery
in June 1973 in the City of Lucena, province
of Quezon. It is the
acknowledged pioneer in conferring Bachelor
of Nursing degree after the phase out of
Graduate in Nursing Program of the then Quezon Memorial Hospital in 1974. The Health
Aide and Medical Secretarial courses
followed soon thereafter. To preserve its
viability during the Asian economic crisis
in 1998, the school metamorphosed into a
private educational institution that offered
complete pre elementary, grade school, high
school and other allied health college
courses. It ventured further into para-medical
courses such as degrees in Radiologic Technology, Physical Therapy,
Medical Technology and Nutrition and
Dietetics in the succeeding years. Aside
from these a Bachelor of Arts Major in
Economics and other courses are now being
offered, such as the six-months caregiver
course put up in 2004 and an intensive
six-months training in Medical Transcription
opened in June 2006 to accommodate the
rising global demand for overseas business
and medical outsourcing. The institution
eventually offered Bachelor of
Elementary/Secondary Education in June 2007,
and Bachelor of Science in Hotel and
Restaurant Management and Tourism Management
in June 2008.
For twenty three (23) years, the school was
known as the Medical Center Lucena
Educational Institutions, Inc. (MCLEI) owing
to the name of the hospital formerly
operated by the CEFI founders. Two raging
fires, one in1989 and another in 2004 merely
fueled CEFI’ s its burning desire for
improvement .
The KARANGALAN HALL was erected in 2004 to
address the shortage of classrooms. The
KAGITINGAN HALL was erected in 2005 for the
high school department. As a monument to its
pledge continuing expansion is the
construction of the four- storey building,
the KATATAGAN HALL which houses
administrative offices, a fully furnished
main library, more laboratories, an
auditorium and mini-hospital to
accommodate CEFI's burgeoning student
population.
To augment existing academic and sports
scholarships, the foundation grants the Dr. Emeterio Calayan Jr.
Excellence to
impoverished but worthy and deserving
students of quality instruction. Not to be
overlooked, funding was increased for career
development of its faculty to maintain and
upgrade the school’s academic value. Tuition
and other fees have been made more
reasonable as compared to other schools of
similar levels. As a consequence, graduates
have performed with excellence in their
chosen profession, both here and abroad,
bringing to the fore the advantages of CEFI
degree.
Presently the school is a member of Philippine
Association of Colleges and Universities
(PACU) with the aim to
underscore CEFI's commitment to scholastic
distinction. By its transformation from a
profit educational institution into one of
basic and higher learning at least cost to
promising youth in the region, CEFI hopes to
highlight the underlying reasons why the
school was converted into an educational
foundation: HONOR * SCHOLARSHIP
* SERVICE.
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