SENATOR Joel Villanueva on Friday lauded the signing into law of six bills that aim to create regular school campuses and expand state universities and colleges in several provinces.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Acts 11751, 11752, 11753 and 11754.

Under RA 11751, the campuses of the Cebu Technological University in Liloan and Borbon towns in Cebu will be known as CTU-Liloan and CTU-Borbon campuses.

Meanwhile, RAs 11752 and 11753 establish regular campuses of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology in Sto. Domingo and Nampicuan towns in Nueva Ecija, respectively.

RA 11754 recognizes the Cabiao campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines  in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija as the regular campus of the university while RA 11755 converts the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur into a state university.

The school will be integrated with the North Luzon Philippine State College in Candon, Ilocos Sur and will be known as the University of Ilocos Philippines.

The UIP will provide advance education, higher professional and technological instruction, technical and vocational education, and training in humanities, engineering, science and technology, agriculture, business and entrepreneurship, among others.

Meanwhile, RA 11756 renames the Adiong Memorial Polytechnic State College in Ditsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur as the Adiong Memorial State College.