What happened on the 26 July BOR Meeting?
Student Regent Report on the 1281st BOR Meeting
(26 July 2012, Thursday, 9:05am)
FISCAL MATTERS
Amendments on the Approved Class D Rates for the Underserved and Underprivileged Patients of the UP Manila Philippine General Hospital
All services for Class D patients are free subject to review by a Senior Resident that the service is needed by the patient as was amended from the previous policy that only some of the services are free.
Capital Outlay Projects of the Different Campuses for CY 2012 to be Funded Under the Disbursement Acceleration Program of the CHED
List of projects includes classrooms, buildings, dormitories: https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
Appointment of new Regent
Hon. Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr will be appointed as the new Alumni Regent vice Gladys SJ Tiongco for the term 2012-2015.
Appointment of UP Diliman College of Home Economics Dean
After an executive session by the BOR, Dr. Lourdes Catral was appointed the Dean of the CHE.
Since the Student Regent is accountable to its constituents (the students), despite the BOR meeting being an executive session, I would like to inform the UP community that I gave my vote and expressed my desire for the BOR to re-appoint Dr. Adelaida Mayo as CHE Dean.
Appointment of UP Diliman School of Economics Dean
Dr. Ramon Clarete was appointed the Dean of School of Economics, the lone nominee.
ACADEMIC MATTERS
Creation of the UP System NSTP Office
Creation of the Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea in the UP Law Center, UP Diliman
Prescribed General Education Courses in UP Mindanao (per degree program)
List of the courses available in https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
Prescribed General Education Courses in UP Los Banos (per degree program)
List of the courses available in https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
Graduation of Students Who Completed All the Requirements for their Respective Degrees as of the End of Summer 2011-2012, Except those With Pending Disciplinary Cases
OTHER MATTERS
Existence of Religious Institutions Inside UP
One of the member of the BOR raised questions regarding the possible violation of the nature of UP as a secular university as well as the separation of church and state with the existence of religious institutions inside the UP Diliman Campus. BOR decided to review the case.
STUDENT REGENT REPORT
For Sufficient Government Funding
A UP systemwide students’ picket-dialogue was conducted in the different regional offices of the Department of Budget and Management last 21 June to forward the UP community’s call for sufficient government funding to UP and other state universities and colleges.In DBM Main Office at Manila, student leaders were able to talk with the Director for SUCs. Discussion revolved around the additional budget for UP and other state universities and colleges. However, they cannot provide a copy of the itemized budget list.
After this systemwide action, different forms of protest actions such as walkouts, standoffs, and freeze mobs were conducted in different UP campuses to drumbeat the UP community’s campaign for higher state subsidy.
STFAP Review
The OSR is finishing the second-phase of the comprehensive review of STFAP which is the Freshman Perception Survey. Ten percent of the freshmen population were used as respondents. The data gathered from the second phase will be use as a supplement for the results of the previous survey. Three more phases will have to be conducted in the coming months to concl ude the policy review.
People’s State of the Nation Address (SONA)
Under the leadership of UP KILOS NA and together with the various sectors of the UP community, the OSR along with the students attended the People’s SONA last 23 July outside Batasang Pambansa during the 3rdSONA of President Aquino.
Youth groups raised the worsening crisis in the education sector signified by the rising cost of public and private education, high inaccessibility rate of higher education, increasing number of drop-outs and intensification of labor-export orientation of curriculums.
The People’s SONA attended by thousands of people from different sectors was brutally and violently dispersed after police tried to illegally block the march. Among the 59 badly injured were six students from UP Diliman, Manila and Los Banos.
For Safety and Security
Last 13 July, a tricycle with 5 freshman students from UP Visayas Miag-ao campus was rammed by a 6-wheeler truck. The tricycle driver and one of the students died while the 4 others were in c ritical condition as they were brought to the hospital. The UPV community is now raising funds for the cost of hospitalization for the 4 other students.
Last 17 July, a shoot-out happened at Courtzone in Paco, Manila which is a privately-owned court outside the campus rented by UP Manila students for their PE classes. One of the security guards of the said area shot his fellow security guard point blank. The police also reportedly made students crawl out of the place at a gunpoint, after hiding in the comf ort rooms for more than 30 minutes, causing some of the students to be traumatized. UP Manila lacks the facilities to hold some of the PE classes for the students including badminton, swimming, and bowling. To protest insufficient government funding as well as little support from the administration, the Department of Physical Education of UP Manila will not be holding classes today and will conduct a sitdown strike.
2012 UP Summit
The OSR conducted a series of summits in the different UP campuses to discuss the situation of UP synthesized from the perspective of the students, gather student concerns and unite the student body of the different plans of the OSR for the whole year.
IBON Birdtalk
The OSR co-hosted this year’s Birdtalk of IBON Foundation at the UP Balay Kalinaw from 12 July to 13 July which presented and d iscussed the present economic and political conditions of the country.
UP Good Governance Initiative
Spearheaded by the UP Diliman NCPAG Student Government, the OSR is co-con vening the UP Good Governance Initiative which seeks to popularize good governance practices of the different local government units through the Galing Pook Awardees series of talks and help other LGUs develop good governance in their respective units through external assessments by policy experts and volunteers from the different colleges in UP. This is also in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management as well as the different student councils in the UP system.
EDUC4ALL Alliance
The OSR co-convened the Education for All Alliance led by the National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) which seeks to make the government fulfil its constitutional role of providing quality and accessible education at all levels to all Filipinos. The alliance was launched in the De La Salle University Manila last 20 June and was attended by different student institutions from different universities around Metro Manila.
In the Service of the Students and the Filipino People,
CLEVE KEVIN ROBERT V. ARGUELLES
UP Student Regent
Ex-Officio, KASAMA sa UP
Student Regent Report on the 1281st BOR Meeting
(26 July 2012, Thursday, 9:05am)
FISCAL MATTERS
Amendments on the Approved Class D Rates for the Underserved and Underprivileged Patients of the UP Manila Philippine General Hospital
All services for Class D patients are free subject to review by a Senior Resident that the service is needed by the patient as was amended from the previous policy that only some of the services are free.
Capital Outlay Projects of the Different Campuses for CY 2012 to be Funded Under the Disbursement Acceleration Program of the CHED
List of projects includes classrooms, buildings, dormitories: https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
Appointment of new Regent
Hon. Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr will be appointed as the new Alumni Regent vice Gladys SJ Tiongco for the term 2012-2015.
Appointment of UP Diliman College of Home Economics Dean
After an executive session by the BOR, Dr. Lourdes Catral was appointed the Dean of the CHE.
Since the Student Regent is accountable to its constituents (the students), despite the BOR meeting being an executive session, I would like to inform the UP community that I gave my vote and expressed my desire for the BOR to re-appoint Dr. Adelaida Mayo as CHE Dean.
Appointment of UP Diliman School of Economics Dean
Dr. Ramon Clarete was appointed the Dean of School of Economics, the lone nominee.
ACADEMIC MATTERS
Creation of the UP System NSTP Office
Creation of the Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea in the UP Law Center, UP Diliman
Prescribed General Education Courses in UP Mindanao (per degree program)
List of the courses available in https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
Prescribed General Education Courses in UP Los Banos (per degree program)
List of the courses available in https://www.facebook.com/notes/cleve-kevin-robert-arguelles/proposed-agenda-for-the-july-26-bor-meeting/10151292200678356.
Graduation of Students Who Completed All the Requirements for their Respective Degrees as of the End of Summer 2011-2012, Except those With Pending Disciplinary Cases
OTHER MATTERS
Existence of Religious Institutions Inside UP
One of the member of the BOR raised questions regarding the possible violation of the nature of UP as a secular university as well as the separation of church and state with the existence of religious institutions inside the UP Diliman Campus. BOR decided to review the case.
STUDENT REGENT REPORT
For Sufficient Government Funding
A UP systemwide students’ picket-dialogue was conducted in the different regional offices of the Department of Budget and Management last 21 June to forward the UP community’s call for sufficient government funding to UP and other state universities and colleges.In DBM Main Office at Manila, student leaders were able to talk with the Director for SUCs. Discussion revolved around the additional budget for UP and other state universities and colleges. However, they cannot provide a copy of the itemized budget list.
After this systemwide action, different forms of protest actions such as walkouts, standoffs, and freeze mobs were conducted in different UP campuses to drumbeat the UP community’s campaign for higher state subsidy.
STFAP Review
The OSR is finishing the second-phase of the comprehensive review of STFAP which is the Freshman Perception Survey. Ten percent of the freshmen population were used as respondents. The data gathered from the second phase will be use as a supplement for the results of the previous survey. Three more phases will have to be conducted in the coming months to concl ude the policy review.
People’s State of the Nation Address (SONA)
Under the leadership of UP KILOS NA and together with the various sectors of the UP community, the OSR along with the students attended the People’s SONA last 23 July outside Batasang Pambansa during the 3rdSONA of President Aquino.
Youth groups raised the worsening crisis in the education sector signified by the rising cost of public and private education, high inaccessibility rate of higher education, increasing number of drop-outs and intensification of labor-export orientation of curriculums.
The People’s SONA attended by thousands of people from different sectors was brutally and violently dispersed after police tried to illegally block the march. Among the 59 badly injured were six students from UP Diliman, Manila and Los Banos.
For Safety and Security
Last 13 July, a tricycle with 5 freshman students from UP Visayas Miag-ao campus was rammed by a 6-wheeler truck. The tricycle driver and one of the students died while the 4 others were in c ritical condition as they were brought to the hospital. The UPV community is now raising funds for the cost of hospitalization for the 4 other students.
Last 17 July, a shoot-out happened at Courtzone in Paco, Manila which is a privately-owned court outside the campus rented by UP Manila students for their PE classes. One of the security guards of the said area shot his fellow security guard point blank. The police also reportedly made students crawl out of the place at a gunpoint, after hiding in the comf ort rooms for more than 30 minutes, causing some of the students to be traumatized. UP Manila lacks the facilities to hold some of the PE classes for the students including badminton, swimming, and bowling. To protest insufficient government funding as well as little support from the administration, the Department of Physical Education of UP Manila will not be holding classes today and will conduct a sitdown strike.
2012 UP Summit
The OSR conducted a series of summits in the different UP campuses to discuss the situation of UP synthesized from the perspective of the students, gather student concerns and unite the student body of the different plans of the OSR for the whole year.
- UP Visayas Tacloban- July 2
- UP Manila- July 4
- UP Diliman- July5
- UP Mindanao- July 6
- UP Baguio- July 10
- UP Los Banos- July 12
- UP Cebu- July 16
IBON Birdtalk
The OSR co-hosted this year’s Birdtalk of IBON Foundation at the UP Balay Kalinaw from 12 July to 13 July which presented and d iscussed the present economic and political conditions of the country.
UP Good Governance Initiative
Spearheaded by the UP Diliman NCPAG Student Government, the OSR is co-con vening the UP Good Governance Initiative which seeks to popularize good governance practices of the different local government units through the Galing Pook Awardees series of talks and help other LGUs develop good governance in their respective units through external assessments by policy experts and volunteers from the different colleges in UP. This is also in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management as well as the different student councils in the UP system.
EDUC4ALL Alliance
The OSR co-convened the Education for All Alliance led by the National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) which seeks to make the government fulfil its constitutional role of providing quality and accessible education at all levels to all Filipinos. The alliance was launched in the De La Salle University Manila last 20 June and was attended by different student institutions from different universities around Metro Manila.
In the Service of the Students and the Filipino People,
CLEVE KEVIN ROBERT V. ARGUELLES
UP Student Regent
Ex-Officio, KASAMA sa UP