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The Board discussed the points stated in the letter. Unfortunately, after the discussion, the Board decided to reaffirm its decision in renaming of the CBA to VSB through a majority vote. The OSR stands firm against the renaming with the rest of the UP community. We believe that reaffirming this decision disrespects the memory of the iskolars ng bayan who fought against the Marcos dictatorship and encourages further commercialization of education in the national university. On the proposed UP buget for FY 2015 President Pascual presented to the Board the UP budget proposal for fiscal year 2015. The budget proposal for next fiscal year amounts to Php 25.497 billion. Below is the breakdown for the budget proposal: Baseline budget, FY 2014 GAA Php 9,373,382,000 Additional requirements Php 16,123,601,000 Total Php 25,496,983,000
PARTICULARS A. UP System and Constituent Universities 1. Personal Services 2. MOOE 3. Capital Outlays 4. Equipment Outlays 5. Land and Land Improvement Outlays Total, UP System and other CUs B. UP PGH 1. Personal Services 2. MOOE 3. Capital Outlays 4. Equipment Outlays Total, UP PGH GRAND TOTAL
AMOUNT (000) 1,820,971 4,373,802 3,560,314 669,457 187,000 10,611,544 698,363 443,779 3,150,037 1,219,878 5,512,057 16,123,601
We are yet to receive the breakdown of the particular items on the budget proposal and are still going to conduct an analysis upon the receipt of the breakdown. The OSR hopes that the increase in the budget proposal reflects the genuine needs of the students, faculty and staff of the University. On the appeal of graduating UPM Political Science students Together with the Faculty Regent, we reported to the Board that there are four UP Manila political science students whose appeals for late payment were disapproved by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. We brought this to the attention of the UP President and he told the Board that he has already talked to the Vice Chancellor and told her that he will give her the authority to waive the rules so that the students can pay their tuition balance and will be allowed to graduate.
The appeal of the students has been approved. The UP President is asking for a certification from the department chair certifying that the students have been attending their classes. Currently, we are asking the UP President and the Secretary of the University to put this into writing and copies will be furnished to UP Manila. The OSR condemns this act of the UP Manila administration in denying the right of these students to education. If UP is truly a public service university, these students should not be penalized, instead, the administration should be finding ways to help them finish their college education. The OSR stands firm that it shall continue to fight anti-poor and anti-student policies. On Representation On another note, In behalf of the iskolars ng bayan, I would like express great disappointment on the UP administrations thinking that I should not be a mouthpiece of the student sector and that I should consider myself only as an individual member of the student body. Unlike the other members of the Board, I am liable to the 55,000 iskolars ng bayan who, by the power vested in their student councils, selected me to be their Student Regent almost a year ago. My duties and responsibilities as Student Regent entail that I defend and forward the genuine interests of the students that I represent. And in every Board meeting, it is my duty to express the sentiments of the students to the Board. For the students and the people,