{"id":5130,"date":"2022-08-18T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csspsinag.wordpress.com\/?p=5130"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:04:45","slug":"take-decisive-action-towards-ensuring-genuine-ligtasnabalikeskwela-contend-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2022\/08\/18\/take-decisive-action-towards-ensuring-genuine-ligtasnabalikeskwela-contend-up\/","title":{"rendered":"“Take decisive action towards ensuring genuine #LigtasNaBalikEskwela” – CONTEND UP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe problems of the educational system before the pandemic started must not burden our decision to return to the campus. In fact, we can only address these problems once the UP community can again work together and learn from each other in the university. The abysmal conditions confronting the academic sector under a militarized pandemic response is but a symptom of the deeper crisis of a neo-colonial, commercialized, and repressive education system. Our call for a safer re-opening of face-to-face classes and a higher budget for UP and the education sector is thus linked to our long-term goal of advancing a nationalist, scientific, and mass-oriented education and culture.\u201d CONTEND UP; on Ligtas Na Balik Eskwela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Congress for Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) joins the call for Ligtas Na Balik Eskwela (LNBE) and urges the UP administration to formulate a clear and concise plan for the safe return of face-to-face classes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is high time that the UP administration take more decisive actions towards the safe return of face-to-face classes by providing the enabling environment for its implementation,\u201d CONTEND wrote in a recent statement addressing the calls for LNBE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Echoing UP College of Science Dean Giovanni Tapang, CONTEND also noted the importance of face-to-face classes. The digital divide and the necessity of a conducive learning environment for students only stress the need to return to the physical setup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTEND stressed the inclusion of other campus services such as the vendors and jeepney drivers in the restoration of physical campus activities. Several of which have been heavily affected by the pandemic due to the decrease in their source of income. The group also called to ensure free COVID-related services such as vaccination and testing on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last August 8, a townhall discussion on LNBE entitled: the ISKOnsultasyon: UPD Townhall on Ligtas na Balik-Eskwela, was held. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: http:\/\/bitly.ws\/tn2d<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns about on-campus activities, transportation, food, academic-related matters, and housing conditions were brought up by participants. Guidelines on the return of limited F2F classes, including the return to the 15-unit minimum, were discussed in the forum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, as the university gradually transitions to a blended learning mode, CONTENDhe  urged the UP administration to unite in the calls for a higher budget to secure the safety and security of the return to the physical setup, as well as safeguarding the resources and facilities available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the community’s calls for a higher budget entails to the regularization of the university’s staff, alongside the provision of proper salaries and benefits for both regular and contractual workers. Additionally, as the first round of pre-enlistment for the first semester of AY 2022-2023 concluded last August 15, this further exposed the long-standing clamor of the UP Diliman community for the opening of more classes, made impossible by the restrictions posed by the university’s meager budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must also gear ourselves towards demanding a higher budget for the university from the new Marcos administration,\u201d the group stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) proposed a P1.3 billion cut in the university\u2019s budget for 2022. From the proposed P36.5 billion budget, DBM proposed to cut it down to P20.1 billion \u2014 only a little over half of the initial proposed budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, DBM\u2019s proposal was deflected. The University\u2019s budget hiked to P2.8 billion in 2022. Albeit being a third short of the initially proposed budget, the university welcomed the increase and planned to utilize it for the ongoing reconstructions of the campus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: https:\/\/phkule.org\/article\/436\/up-gets-p28-billion-budget-hike-in-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classes will officially begin in the university on September 5. As the second round of pre-enlistment ensues, several students have expressed anxious and disappointed sentiments on their lack of units from the first round. The uncertainties have raised issues the students are to inevitably face in properly planning for their return to campus, heightening grievances on lodging and transportation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite an update in the F2F guidelines was released last August 14, more students are still unsure or unaware of such. The UP community consistently demanded that planning be more inclusive and consultative, considering the current conditions severely compromised by the pandemic crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTEND highlighted the need for a higher budget for the university and a genuinely safe reopening of classes, and stressed the group’s “long-term goal of advancing a nationalist, scientific, and mass-oriented education and culture.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign the petition: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScA2xargErkQSAWL0aBHgPgJjk-e6vjVJv9FNcZmSa4FPEcAw\/viewform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image courtesy of CONTEND UP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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