A preliminary visitation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU) was held on October 2–3, 2025 at the NDJC Main Campus, targeting the accreditation of four undergraduate programs.

The accrediting team included Dr. Jestoni Babia, Dr. Dorothy Joann Lei Rabajante, Engr. Jerrence Taguines, Engr. Nino U. Pilueta, Dr. Rosana J. Ferolin, and Mr. Kevin Paul Tabirao for Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd), Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting (BSMA), and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCpE); Dr. Gerardo Doroja, Engr. Dionisio Tandingan, Jr., Mr. Bernie Jereza, Mr. Larry R. Carbonel, and Mr. Alex Gesmundo for Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT).

The two-day visit featured the review of required documents, panel interviews, classroom observations, and institutional monitoring. These activities involved administrators and office directors, the College of Education (COE) and College of Accountancy, Management, and Computer Education (CAMCE) deans and faculty members, as well as selected student representatives from the targeted programs.

Meanwhile, the accreditors provided compliments and recommendations to the involved individuals at the end of the aforementioned activities regarding the quality of education within the targeted programs and the services of the entire institution.

Among the recommendations highlighted were the importance of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) to address the students’ needs beyond theoretical concepts, and the enhancement of faculty opportunities including compensation, succession planning, and other measures to strengthen faculty loyalty and competence.

In an interview with one of the accreditors, he emphasized the accreditation’s purpose of knowing the strengths and determining the areas of improvements for betterment of school operation.

“The culture is somehow giving us a reflection to have opportunities for NDJC to improve on. We also seen the strengths of the institution and [also] the opportunities for them to work on. That’s why we [provided] recommendations and eventually, we were glad to have known all of these and [we were] glad to provide these recommendations so that the institution will improve the operation,” Dr. Babia said.

Additionally, he and the team is expecting to consider the recommendations in order to upgrade the operation of the targeted programs.

“We are also [expecting] that the institution to perform in all these given recommendations and of course, to continue the best practices that NDJC is conducting since time immemorial they had been established,” he added.

Meanwhile, the College President Fr. Ross B. Kapunan, OMI, MASRC noted the recommendations, saying to identify and plan on the doable actions to fulfill these matters.

“In short, some of the [recommendations], very doable. Sinabi naman nila na doable lahat yung mga bagay na ‘yun. So, we will look into that since preliminary observation naman. They will give us the full report and from that full report, perhaps we can better identify and strategize, make strategic plan [on] how we can fulfill those recommendations,” he said.