The Polytechnic University of the
Philippines seems to be always in the news these days.
Aside from being identified as one of
the hot beds for recruitment of future members of the New People’s Army (NPA) among
its students according to the intel reports of the Philippine National Police (PNP)
and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Another major news came out of such
government runned school, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte just vetoed bill which
would have changed the status of PUP from its present Polytechnic University of
the Philippines (PUP) a status of a national polytechnic university.
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The bill
approved by Congress seeks to grant fiscal and institutional autonomy to PUP.
"While I recognize the noble
objective to promote, foster, nurture, and protect the right of all citizens to
accessible quality education, I have serious reservations on the suitability of
the means chosen to attain this end," President Duterte in his
message to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
The Chief
Executive emphasizes the need to reassess the proposal in light of its current
performance ranking among other state universities and colleges (SUCs).
"The comparative performance of
its satellite campuses and extension programs need to be similarly evaluated
before granting the PUP system as a whole such privileged status," he
said.
The
President also took note that the proposed law departs from the adopted policy
of granting only institutional autonomy to SUCs.
"The proposed provision on
appropriations would also have a significant fiscal impact on the government,
which may be avoided only if the PUP budget would continue to be subject to the
need for prioritization and the usual budgetary and monetary processes," he said.
Founded in
1904, PUP prior to enactment of the free tertiary education law, PUP was one of
the state universities that offered low tuition fees at around PHP12 per unit.
In 2016, a survey conducted by JobStreet
Philippines found that PUP is the top school of choice of many companies in the
country when hiring fresh graduates.
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