Abstract— This study was conducted to evaluate and improve the current implementation of Capstone Project in Cagayan Valley region. This study explored the profiles of support facilities, faculty qualifications, faculty composition, projects and individual guidelines. Results were then compared against the requirements of the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) promulgated policies and standards for IT education and recommended guidelines of Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE). Results of the study indicated that facilities, faculty qualifications and faculty compositions satisfy the standards of IT Education while individual guidelines mostly conform to the recommended guidelines. Also, majority of projects are software development while scopes are mostly personal and local area network. The study concluded that CHED’s vision of producing competent graduates that will cater to the needs of the industry can be attained only if HEIs will exercise a culture of excellence in their individual implementation of capstone project.

Index Terms— Evaluation, Cagayan Valley, capstone project, HEI, higher education institutions, implementation, IT Education, Philippines.

Primitivo S. Gatmen Jr. is with Isabela State University Philippines (e-mail: primesgatmen@yahoo.com).

Cite: Primitivo S. Gatmen Jr., " The Implementation of Capstone Project in the Higher Education Institutions in the Region of Cagayan Valley, Philippines," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 436-440, 2013.