Preamble

We, the students of San Sebastian College – Recoletos, guided by the Divine Providence, in order
to establish a government that is representative, democratic, and autonomous, that shall embody
our aspirations, protect our rights and promote our interest  and welfare, do hereby declare, ordain
and promulgate this constitution.

Supreme Student Government

SSG is the highest-ranking organization and policy making body in the tertiary level so far as the
affairs of the students are concerned. It has the right to determine and to implement its own policies
and for purposes of carrying out its objectives and principles subject to the rules and regulations
prescribed by the school as well as the constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.

Agenda:

1. VMGO
2. Preamble
3. Roles and Responsibilities
4. Constitution and By-Laws
5. Weekly Meeting
6. SSC Fee
7. Acquaintance Party
8. Others

Article VII Powers and Duties of the Supreme Student Government

Sec. 1       The Supreme Student Government shall be the highest governing body of the entire
studentry.

Sec. 2       The SSG shall have the following functions and responsibilities:
a. Formulate and recommend programs that will address relevant issues/concerns of the
studentry;
b. Plan and Implement policies and programs designed to protect and to promote students’
rights and welfare;
c. Monitor and evaluate the student’s activities in the school and in the community.
d. Create committees necessary to address the needs of the students;
e. Make recommendations to school authorities regarding student matters, affairs, and
activities;
f. Serve as the representative of the studentry in voicing their opinions, suggestions and
grievances;
g. Participate in the crafting/formulation of School Improvement Plans (SIP’s);
h. Act as coordination council of all campus co-curricular organizations;
 i. Have such powers and duties as the school authorities and the studentry may, from time to
time, grant or delegate, consistent with stated principles, objectives and school policies;
j. Spearhead all mandated thrust, programs and activities of the SSG, such as but not limited
to anti -drug abuse, anti-smoking, brigade eskwela, Tutorial Services for challenged learners
and Environmental Program;
k. Monitor and supervise the election of the Supreme Student Government Officers for the
Succeeding school years;
l. Monitor and coordinate elections of other recognized campus co-curricular organizations;
m. Recommend to the School Head the granting, renewal or revocation of accreditation of
campus students organizations;
n. Turn-over financial assets, papers, documents, properties and other responsibilities to the
incoming Student Government Officers, and,
o. Submit financial and accomplishment reports to the school authorities on a monthly basis.
Terminal report must be submitted to the school authorities and the incoming SSG officers
during the turn-over of responsibilities.

Defining the terms: Vision, Mission, Goals and

Objectives

The terms, vision, mission, goals and objectives have great importance in

management literature. Understanding these terms will not only lead a person to get
the conceptual meaning being associated with them, but it will also be complementary
in many ways. Being used across an enterprise, the aforementioned terms have a lot to
do with a business having a significant impact on both short term and long term
success of a business including its performance and processes.
Vision: Vision refers to an image or a concept. It’s the ability to anticipate possible
future events and developments with imagination and wisdom. Vision in management
literature, may be defined as a mental image of a business manager for possible and
desirable future of an organization. It may also be defined as a strong belief of a
manager about the specific course of action for the business organization. To put it
simply, vision refers to where an organization wants to be in the future.
Mission: It is not that an organization is formed in a vacuum or with no purpose it
stands. Of course, it has a reason for its existence which is specific. It runs based on it.
The purpose is known as mission. It may be mentioned in a few words, such as,
producing goods or providing services and so the objectives are communicated
through the mission statement. The Mission of an organization is the base and it is that
the strategies are built upon. It focuses on the purpose of an organization through a
statement describing the reason of an organizational existence - It answers the
question why the organization has been established.
Mission and vision are both related to an organization’s purpose. And this is
communicated in some written form. Mission and vision both are statements that give
the answers about who we are, what do we value, where we’re going and where we
want to be in the future.
Objectives: Objective in general indicates a place where you want to reach. In
organizational literature it means the aim which an organization tries to achieve.
Objectives are generally in plural form. Objectives are predetermined; they provide
clear direction to the activities and results to be obtained from the planning process.
Objectives must be SMART (Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and
timely). Objectives must be clearly defined, so that the works become goal-oriented
and the unproductive and unsystematic tasks can be avoided.
Goals: A Goal is simply something that somebody wants to achieve. The synonyms
of goal are: aim, ambition, purpose, target and objective. Simply speaking, goal
refers to the purpose towards which the efforts are made or endeavors are directed.
Goal has a timeframe which is generally long term. So, it’s a long term plan.

At this stage, it is important to differentiate between the terms objective and goal,
because the words, objective and goals seem to be synonymous, but, in fact, they are
not. It does not matter much which word you call goal and which word you call
objective if you are consistent in your own use and understand its relevance or
applicability. However, if there are words in English that are confusing, especially to
the students, objective and goal are the ones among them. It’s therefore important to
understand them so as to avoid the confusion.

As Stated above, the words, objective and goal seem to be one and the same, as they
express that a person wants to achieve something and as such both reveal the desired
outcome. However, what differentiates between them basically is the time frame. And
the objectives, being specific, support in the attainment of a goal.

For example, If a person wants to do a PhD course in Computer Science, it is regarded

as his goal, whereas in the attainment of this his goal, he needs to fulfill several
objectives, such as, preparing synopsis or extract of his chosen topic out of the given
topics and submitting it for the concerned professors or panel of professors for the
approval within certain time duration or limit. Once, the topic is approved, he needs to
write and compile his thesis following the research methodology guidelines as to how
to arrange it for review and perusal. Finally, he is required to prepare for the personal
presentation and get the degree after the thesis being approved. For doing all these,
you will have observed that a PhD Scholar has to fulfill the objectives within the time
boundaries. In this way, objectives are specific and timely and measurable while the
goal is generic and may not be strictly measurable. When it comes to understand the
difference between these words in relation to an organization, it may be said that goals
are broader while the objectives are narrower - being set for certain tasks in particular.