Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2016 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 96 P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | www.apjmr.com Academe-Industry Partnership: Basis for Enhanced Learning Guide in the New Science General Education Course Alma D. Agero 1 , Amelia M. Bonotan 2 1 College of Arts and Sciences, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Cebu 2 College of Teacher Education, Cebu Normal University, Cebu City, Cebu ageroalma@gmail.com 1 , ambonotan26@gmail.com 2 Date Received: September 13, 2016; Date Revised: November 10, 2016 Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 4 No.4, 96-102 November 2016 Part II P-ISSN 2350-7756 E-ISSN 2350-8442 www.apjmr.com Abstract - This study explores the academe-industry partnership of Cebu Technological University Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology major in Food Preparation and Services courses, SY 2014-2015 to improve the quality of course offering. It takes on the feedback received from supervisors of 50 different hotels and restaurants of Cebu province, as well as the self-rating of 185 OJTs of the two courses as regard to OJTs' level of functional and science-based core competencies. This descriptive research utilizes Likert-type research-made survey questionnaire which was previously tested for validity and reliability. The findings revealed that industry supervisors evaluated the trainees as Competent in core competencies (Bartending, Bread and pastry products, Cookery, Customer services, Front office services, food and beverages) as well as functional skills (Problem solving, Leadership, Communication, Independent work, Creativity, Negotiation, Teamwork, Time management and Initiative). However, they found the students need of strengthening their problem solving and communication skills. The researchers therefore developed an enhanced learning guide for the New Science GE course to address the gaps based on the industry feedback. Keywords: Science, Functional, Core Competencies, Academe-Industry Partnership, Descriptive research, State university, Cebu, Philippines INTRODUCTION Globalization greatly challenges the Philippine educational system to align with the current demands for global competencies. Essentially, the functional competencies which are demonstrated across disciplines have been the concerns of most industry executives. As studied by Gropello di [3] the functional competencies such as problem solving; leadership; communication; independent work; creativity; negotiation; teamwork; time management; andInitiative were ascertained in this study. The need for highly skilled workers has become an international struggle that has been recognized as the role of science and technology manpower in the economic development [1]. For the past years,studies on job- skills mismatch revealed the apparent existence of the gap between the skills possessed by the graduates and the skills demanded by the global market [2]-[5]. The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment [6] also made known its exerted initiative in addressing the skills-mismatch through the effort of Project Jobs fit: THE DOLE 2020 Vision. In 2013, DOLE identified two major challenges that the Philippine labor market is facing in the next ten years (2013-2014): (1) the persistence of high unemployment rate and (2) the lingering problem of job‐and‐skill mismatch. It also has articulated critical concerns to develop the human resources in: (1) analytical and communication proficiencies of the students and their corresponding IT skills; and (2) the honing of the managerial skills of college graduates. Gropello di [3] through the Human Development Department East Asia and Pacific Region published the Philippine Skills report which identified the “functional” or “generic skills that Philippine workers need to be equipped with to be employable and support the firms’ competitiveness and productivity. Moreover, skills are broadly clustered into three main categories: (1) Academic skills: associated with