WELCOME TO WEST INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
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WEST International Academy, an American Institute that specializes in ESL/EFL (English as a second/foreign language) short term courses. Located in Cebu City Philippines. An affiliate of the First University in Cebu, The University of the Visayas. After years of trial and error, WEST has come up with a method we call EDU-Tour. This simple yet efficient way to teach English has been tried and proven successful by our Native English speakers. EDU-Tour takes the student to an environment of academic study, as well as enjoying the amenities of the Philippines, such as scuba diving, golf, snorkeling, swimming, biking, island hopping, relaxing on the beaches, or to simply stroll through the different malls located within easy reach of the school.
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WEST'S MISSION VISION
WEST International Academy is an Institution with the sole purpose of providing first-class English instruction globally. Our aim is to be one of the leading authorities in ESL studies internationally. Our commitment is not only to improve one’s English proficiency but also developing the human character and building confidence through English.
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1. Book - Academic Excellence
2. Official Logo
3. Compas - Representing all ... English speaking countries
4. IPSA SCIENTIA PROTESTAS ....EST (LATIN) - knowledge . ..itself is power
5. Shield of Excellence
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HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VISAYAS
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The University of the Visayas was founded by the late Don Vicente A. Gullas in 1919 as the Visayan Institute (V.I.) in Cebu City. The second world war razed to the ground the physical facilities of the V.I. at its original site. Undaunted by adversities, Don Vicente reopened classes in Argao, Cebu in 1946. A year later the V.I. moved back to its present site in Colon Street, Cebu City.
As early as its founding, the V.I. had pioneered in educational innovations to provide equal educational opportunities for those who have the capability and the desire for improving themselves. It was the first to conduct night school class for working students in Cebu City in the 1940's. The “study now pay later plan” had been a practice at the V.I. long before it was adopted by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) in the 1980's.
In 1948, the Visayan Institute was awarded a University status, the first to become a University in Cebu and was renamed the University of the Visayas. Since then the expansion in its baccalaureate and post graduate course offerings and in its physical facilities has been phenomenal. From an initial enrollment of 37 students the V.I. evolved into a University with an enrollment of 20,000 distributed throughout its various campuses. Today, its alumni have distinguished themselves in government service and public administration, and in the professions of law, engineering and architecture, pharmacy, medicine, nursing, education, criminology, maritime and nautical, computer studies as well as in sports and the arts.
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