Company Name: National Book Store
Company Owner: Socorro Ramos
Company Address: G/F Quad Alpha Centrum, 125 Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong, 1550 Metro Manila
Official Contact #: (02)8888
Company Website: https://www.nationalbookstore.com/
Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nbsalert/
Company E-mail: info@nationalbookstore.com.ph
Corporate Social Responsibility
National Bookstore Foundation Inc.
Driven by the mutual desire to promote literacy and readership awareness among Filipino children, National Book Store Inc. (NBSI), Anvil Publishing, Inc. and the Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) launched the Buklat Aklat Mobile Library Project in 1998. Buklat Aklat is a collection of about 500 books covering the fields of Math, Science, Philippine Literature and Culture that visits public elementary schools, public libraries and barangays nationwide. The mobile library gives every Filipino child the chance to freely browse and read good books. The responses from each school visited across the country were really overwhelming since many of them do not have libraries at all. But due to logistical problems, Buklat Aklat temporarily halted. It was then revived after National Book Store Foundation, Inc. (NBSFI) was established towards the end of 2004 by the third generation of NBSI's Ramoses. National Book Store Foundation Inc. holds the responsibility for the continuous implementation of the Buklat Aklat Mobile Library Project as its acts as the official socio-civic arm of NBSI. The alarming problem of inaccessibility to basic services in education has also prompted NBSFI to venture to other projects that aims to help the underprivileged acquire rightful access to quality education. These projects are not only limited to the mobile library but also has extended to book and school supplies donation programs. The most recent addition to the roster of education aimed projects is Project Aklat in collaboration with Yes Pinoy Foundation.
New National Book Store College Offers Partial Scholarships for Initial Freshman Batch
National Book Store is formally opening its NBS College this year, and to entice prospective students, the school is offering hefty partial scholarships for its pioneering batch of enrollees.
At the official launch of the NBS College held in its campus in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 20, NBS College President Adrian Ramos announced that senior high school students accepted into any of the school’s six academic programs will receive a Php12,500 cut per year from the total annual tuition. The school also promised its pioneering batch that there would be no increase in their tuition for the duration of their four-year program.
In addition to the scholarships for its first group of enrollees, NBS College is also offering merit-based financial assistance to deserving students. Senior high school graduates who are valedictorians, salutatorians as well as the first three honorable mentions of their batch will receive 100 percent free tuition and miscellaneous fees and free school uniforms and books. The rest of the top 10 graduates (those ranked fourth to tenth) will likewise receive 100 percent free tuition and miscellaneous fees.
The six courses offered at NBS College are Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accountancy, BS in Accounting Information System, BS in Entrepreneurship, BS in Computer Science, BS in Tourism Management and BS in Library Science.
According to Deborah Acosta-Cajustin, NBS College vice president for finance and legal, the full tuition for one semester at the school ranges from Php30,000 to Php40,000. The amount does not include books and miscellaneous fees.
NBS College officials said they expect to comfortably accommodate about 500 students during its first year of operations, although the school will have space for about 1,500 to 2,000 students.
Ramos, who is a grandson of National Book Store founder Socorro “Nanay Coring” Ramos, said the company spent about Php 100 million to open the institution for higher learning. He added that they chose the programs to offer at NBS College because they would like to instill the entrepreneurial spirit in their students.
He also announced that the school has inked a partnership with Mercato Centrale to provide practical skills training for its students. Mercato Centrale is a food park concept that offers opportunities to aspiring entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry. More partnerships with relevant institutions will be announced in the coming months.
“We want to bring to life our vision of experienced-based learning,” Ramos said. “We want to equip our students with practical skills which they can use wherever they are.
“Entrepreneurship is not just starting a business,” he added. “You can be entrepreneurial in whatever line of work that you do. It’s the spirit that matters.”
NBS College is located at the third and fourth levels of the NBS College Building, Scout Borromeo corner Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. For inquiries, phone 216-5716 or visit nbscollege.edu.ph
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