Mendiola Consortium
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Mendiola Consortium
Classification Academic cooperation
Established 1974
Members 4
District San Miguel
Mendiola Street
Mendiola Street is a short thoroughfare in the district of San Miguel in Manila, Metro Manila National Capital Region, the Philippines. It is named after Enrique Mendiola, an educator, textbook author and a member of the first Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines, and being close...

City Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

Country


Mendiola Consortium (MC) is an educational organization of four institutions located along the street of Mendiola in Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It was founded on July 16, 1974 upon the invitation of then Centro Escolar University
Centro Escolar University
Centro Escolar University is a private university in the Philippines. It was founded on June 3, 1907 by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, and was originally called Centro Escolar de Señoritas. It became a university in 1933...

 President Dionisio Tiongco the heads of San Beda College
San Beda College
San Beda College or Dalubhasaan ng San Beda in Filipino is a Private Benedictine college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines. It is located on Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila...

, College of the Holy Spirit
College of the Holy Spirit
The College of the Holy Spirit Manila, or simply CHSM, is a Catholic women's college in Manila, Philippines. It is one of the oldest women's colleges in the country.-History:...

 and La Consolacion College Manila
La Consolacion College Manila
La Consolacion College, Manila, Philippines, is a private Catholic institution in the university belt in front of College of the Holy Spirit and beside Centro Escolar University...

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They formally agreed to unite their manpower and physical resources to enhance the capability of providing quality education and public service, and to participate more effectively in the attainment of national development. They have come to share a common conviction that the Consortium can be a more potent instrument for change, innovation, and relevance, not only for its immediate constituency but also for the larger community, its activities are adequately planned, its strategies better organized, and its implementation efforts properly coordinated. It is through the MC schools that Mendiola street have become a peace zone, since it was traditionally a site of rallies because of its proximity to Malacañang Palace
Malacañang Palace
The Malacañan Palace, commonly known simply as Malacañang, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines. Located at 1000 J. P. Laurel Street, San Miguel, Manila, the house was built in 1750 in Spanish Colonial style. It has been the residence of every...

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Member institutions

  • Centro Escolar University
    Centro Escolar University
    Centro Escolar University is a private university in the Philippines. It was founded on June 3, 1907 by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, and was originally called Centro Escolar de Señoritas. It became a university in 1933...

  • College of the Holy Spirit
    College of the Holy Spirit
    The College of the Holy Spirit Manila, or simply CHSM, is a Catholic women's college in Manila, Philippines. It is one of the oldest women's colleges in the country.-History:...

  • La Consolacion College Manila
    La Consolacion College Manila
    La Consolacion College, Manila, Philippines, is a private Catholic institution in the university belt in front of College of the Holy Spirit and beside Centro Escolar University...

  • San Beda College
    San Beda College
    San Beda College or Dalubhasaan ng San Beda in Filipino is a Private Benedictine college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines. It is located on Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila...


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