Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is now the regional center for human rights education in Southern Philippines.
This honor was accorded by the Commission on Human Rights in a memorandum of agreement signed Thursday during the two-day 2nd Mindanao Extension Forum: Advocacy for Sustainable Development and Human Rights Education at MSU-IIT Mini Theater.
The school also immediately offered an office to house the center for human rights education at the office of the vice-chancellor for research and extension
MSU-IIT Chancellor, Marcelo Salazar, said it was a challenge and an opportunity to advance human rights awareness and education through MSU, which was also the first campus in Mindanao to have wireless fidelity (wifi) internet system.
We can commit our hard working people here who are advocates of real human rights and transparent governance, Salazar said, adding, we will also advocate for sustainable development and endeavor that its impact will be felt by Mindanaoans.
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