History
Brief History of LNU
The Congressman of the First District of Leyte, Hon. Cirilo Roy Montejo, recognizing the strength and capability of the institution, filed House Bill No. 22 proposing the conversion of Leyte State College into a university. Co-sponsored in the Senate by the Chairman of the Education Committee, Hon. Letecia RamosShahani, House Bill No. 22 was enacted into law under Republic Act No. 7901 finally converting the Leyte State College into Leyte Normal University on February 23, 1995.
In 1993, several undergraduate and graduate programs of the then Leyte
State College were awarded Level I Accredited Status by the AACCUP. In 1996,
these achieved Level II Accredited Status. Three programs received Level III,
Phase I status while 4 others have on-going Level III status in 2005; 3 others
were declared Level III, Phase 1 status in 2006 while 2 programs were reaccredited Level II status in the same year. At present, twenty (20) LNU programs
are AACCUP Accredited. These are as follows: Level III re-accredited status --
BEED, BSED, D.A. (LT), D.M. (HRM), Ph.D. (SSR), M.M., Ed.D., M.A.T., and
M.A.Ed.; Level III -- M.P.E.; Level II re-accredited -- BSHRM, BSHAE; Level I
accredited status -- BEED-BSED, BSTHRM, BSSW and ABCom, and BSIT, M.E. and
M.A.SpED are in Candidate status
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