By Bernadette H. Carreon
Horizon news staff

The Palau Community College has inked the Memorandum of Understanding which will pave the way for exchange programs between PCC and the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines.
Philippine Ambassador to Palau Ramoncito Marino said PCC President Patrick Tellei has signed the cooperation.
Marino said Tellei will fly to Manila next month to formalize the cooperation.
Under the cooperation five schools in the Philippines will be covered under the exchange program with PCC.
The interested Philippine schools are the Mariano Marcos State University located in Ilocos, Philippine Normal University and Adamson University in Manila and Cebu Normal University and Cebu State College of Science and Technology.
The Mariano Marcos State University is interested in providing consultancy services for the establishment of an academy for engineering, teacher education, aquaculture and marine sciences.
The school is also interested in exchange program of students and faculty exchange of professional, educational, cultural and research enhancement.
PNU meanwhile is interested in student exchange program and partnership in teacher education.
The Adamson University meanwhile would want cooperative programs in teacher education and establishment of an academy for engineering while the Cebu State College of Science and Technology is interested in deploying experts in aquaculture and marine sciences.