An AI-driven academic path forecasting system is proposed to support data-informed advising and early academic intervention in higher education. In the Philippine context, where delayed graduation, student dropouts and lack of personalized academic guidance persist, machine learning in education offers a scalable and intelligent solution. The system combines three educational data mining techniques: a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network for course sequence prediction, a decision tree classifier for student progress classification as regular or irregular and a K-Means clustering algorithm for grouping students based on academic trajectories. These models are developed in TensorFlow and deployed on a web platform built with CodeIgniter, enabling functionalities such as academic path forecasting, curriculum tracking and real-time risk alerts. Evaluation shows that the LSTM model achieves strong precision and recall in predicting next-term courses, while the decision tree classifier accurately detects off-track students with interpretable decision rules. K-Means clustering reveals meaningful groupings aligned with academic outcomes, further supporting early identification of at-risk learners. Confusion matrix analysis confirms high model accuracy across tasks. By integrating AI into higher education through course prediction, student classification and cluster-based insights, the system offers a practical framework for enhancing student success through targeted academic support.

Mental health concerns are on the rise among college students in the Philippines, where academic stress and limited access to counseling services continue to pose serious challenges. With mobile technology becoming more integrated into daily life, it offers a practical opportunity to support student well-being through accessible, self-help tools. This study presents the design and evaluation of a mobile application that combines art therapy and sound therapy to help reduce stress and promote relaxation among students in higher education. Guided by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the research explored how users perceived the app's usefulness, ease of use, and overall experience. The app was developed using a blended Agile approach and tested by 50 purposively selected college students experiencing academic stress. Results showed strong user acceptance, with high ratings in ease of use$(\bar{x}=4.56$), satisfaction$(\bar{x}=4.36$), and intention to use$(\bar{x}=3.96$). Perceived usefulness was strongly correlated with both satisfaction (r=0.73) and continued use (r=0.78), indicating that the app effectively supported stress relief and user engagement. This study contributes practical insights for integrating mobile wellness solutions in Philippine education, particularly in settings where traditional mental health support remains limited. It encourages the adoption of simple, evidencebased digital tools that promote emotional well-being and help bridge gaps in student support systems.

Part-of-speech tagging (POS) is a vital process in natural language processing, enabling the identification of grammatical categories within sentences. This research emphasizes the lack of attention given to POS tagging for Asian languages, particularly Waray-waray. Limited studies on Waraywaray religious texts have hindered linguistic documentation and the deeper understanding of its grammar and vocabulary. To address this gap, the study introduces a POS tagging system for Waray-waray utilizing a Modified Viterbi Algorithm, which also incorporates a strategy for handling unfamiliar words. Evaluated on a corpus of 50,000 religious text datasets, the algorithm demonstrates outstanding performance-achieving an accuracy of 93%, precision of 90%, recall of 90.52%, and an F 1 score of 92%. These results underscore the algorithm's effectiveness in navigating linguistic challenges across specialized genres. Beyond technical contributions, the study promotes linguistic diversity and fosters inclusive language technologies, advancing the goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, it enhances language learning and literacy among Waray-waray speakers, supports inclusive education through computational tools for minority languages, and aligns with SDG 4 by providing foundational resources for mother-tongue instruction and educational content development. Additionally, it offers new insights into Waray-waray's grammatical structures, laying a robust groundwork for future linguistic and computational research. Beyond technical contributions, the study promotes linguistic diversity and fosters inclusive language technologies, advancing the goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, it enhances language learning and literacy among Waray-waray speakers, supports inclusive education through computational tools for minority languages, and aligns with SDG 4 by providing foundational resources for mother-tongue instruction and educational content development. Additionally, it offers new insights into Waray-waray's grammatical structures, laying a robust groundwork for future linguistic and computational research.

Amidst the clear-cut changes constantly happening in the educational landscape, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are continuously pursuing graduates that meet global standards. The rise of remote jobs from previous years opened a gateway of opportunities for Filipino graduates to ensure employment from various multinational employers. To maintain this, HEIs in the Philippines must be able to offer quality education and programs that meet exceptional standards. This study aims to address the inability of tertiary institutions to track the competencies that the students have gained by integrating the outcome-based education (OBE) framework through an online platform. This paper also enumerates the benefits of having an OBE Management system such as achieving a holistic view of evaluating students' competencies, the system integrates educational data from various sources such as grading system, Learning Management System (LMS), and surveys. The system development research process is conducted in this study. One of the objectives of this study is the integration of drill-down analysis into the OBE Management system. This allows users to create reports easily and faster, furthermore, it aids the country in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) 4 for Quality Education. The premise of the study also contributes to the impact of system development on attaining quality education for HEIs.

To ensure students achieve timely and satisfactory graduation, it's essential to assess their future performance based on ongoing academic records and implement instructional interventions. Within the educational context, students fall into two categories: regular and irregular, each governed by distinct academic regulations. Regular students follow a predetermined curriculum, which provides a clear path to graduation and enhanced access to required courses, facilitating efficient progress toward degree completion. On the other hand, irregular students encounter challenges such as disruptions and delays, necessitating additional time and support to fulfill degree requirements. Guiding both regular and irregular students and improving their study plans require appropriate guidance and academic intervention. To address the existing research gap, this study presents a Criteria-based Recommender Platform for Achieving Optimal Time-to-Graduation Utilizing a Backward Chaining Algorithm. This platform automatically generates a personalized study plan by considering predefined criteria and parameters, enabling students to evaluate the timeline for completing their degree program. By leveraging the backward chaining algorithm, the platform's predictive model captures intricate relationships and dependencies within the data, providing valuable insights and predictions. This adaptive approach continuously refines predictions based on new data, enhancing accuracy and utility in guiding decision-making processes related to study plan generation.

Part of speech tagging (POS) is crucial in natural language processing, identifying the grammatical categories of words in sentences. This research highlights the lack of focus on POS tagging for Asian languages, particularly Cebuano. Limited research on Cebuano has hindered linguistic documentation and understanding of its grammar and vocabulary. This study introduces a Cebuano POS tagger using the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) to improve Cebuano text processing. The researchers also propose a method for handling unfamiliar words. Results show the algorithm performs well on a news text corpus of 25,000 datasets, with an accuracy of 84 %, precision of 80%, recall of 81.52%, and F1-score of 82%. These outcomes demonstrate the algorithm's effectiveness in addressing language challenges in specific genres. Additionally, the research contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting linguistic diversity and fostering inclusive language technologies. The study provides insights into Cebuano's linguistic traits and grammatical structures, offering a foundation for further research in natural language processing.