SMCTI Research Ethics Office

SMCTI-REC OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE St. Mary’s College of Tagum Inc. Any form of research endeavor must be grounded on solid ethical standards.

has created the Research Ethics Committee (REC) in order to address the mandate of the Commission on Higher Education to create an ethics committee solely responsible for reviewing the protocols of various researches to ensure its technical and ethical merits. Hence, all forms of ethics reviews are geared towards the protection and safety of human participants. The SMCTI-REC was established in Jun

04/11/2025

HEADS UP MAED & MAEE THESIS WRITING

Students:
Please take note of your protocol submission to REC for first batch

MAED-ENGLISH - November 18, 2025
MAED-FILIPINO - November 15, 2025
MAED-SCIENCE - November 14, 2025
MAED-MATH - November 10, 2025
MAED-EDM - November 16, 2025
MAEE - November 17, 2025

You may submit your document before said date for initial checking. Please enroll to your classroom code posted here. Thank you so much.

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29/10/2025

Good day!
Praised be Jesus and Mary! Now and forever.
To all 2nd year Graduate Education students for school year 2025-2026:

Please be informed of your assigned Google Classroom code for the submission of your Research Proposal. Make use of your personal gsuite accounts in enrolling in the Gclass.

Kindly see the attached posters for details.
Further instructions are found in your respective Google Classrooms. You may message us directly if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you!
God bless us all.

13/10/2025

Good day! The REC Office is now open today for those who wish to visit for any transactions, submissions, or other concerns.
Thank you.

𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬.
𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒔.

However, 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. They must stay on the ground level and leave immediately after completing their transactions.

This arrangement remains until further notice from the Office of the VPAA.

11/10/2025

𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘’𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐌, 𝐈𝐍𝐂.
𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘
𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓

For everyone’s safety, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. Structural inspections by our engineers are still pending following the recent earthquake.

We urge everyone to remain calm, stay in safe areas, and follow official advisories from the school and local authorities. Further updates will be announced once the buildings are cleared for occupancy.

Let us continue to pray for the safety and protection of all.

– 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐦, 𝐈𝐧𝐜. 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

10/10/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT‼️
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‎Please be informed that there will be no office transactions today ‎due to the recent earthquake that occurred today, October 10, 2025, to allow the school to conduct safety inspections.

The resumption of office transactions will be announced once safety checks have been completed.
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‎Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Keep safe everyone!
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‎—SMCTI REC Office

07/12/2024

Good day!
Praised be Jesus and Mary! Now and forever.

To all TW 2 2nd year Graduate Education students for school year 2024-2025:

Please be informed of your assigned Google Classroom code for the submission of your Research Proposal. Make use of your personal gsuite accounts in enrolling in the Gclass.
Kindly see the attached posters for details.
Further instructions are found in your respective Google Classrooms. You may message us directly if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you!
God bless us all.

19/04/2024

Nine Institutional Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in the Davao Region received accreditation from the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB), marking a significant milestone in upholding ethical standards in health research within the region.

Read more: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/9-research-ethics-committees-in-davao-earn-accreditation-from-phreb