{"id":275643,"date":"2020-11-16T20:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275643"},"modified":"2020-11-16T20:42:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:42:56","slug":"hold-strike-but-also-pass-requirements-roque-to-ateneo-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/16\/hold-strike-but-also-pass-requirements-roque-to-ateneo-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold strike but also pass requirements, Roque to Ateneo students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque challenged students of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) to push through with their planned mass student strike while complying with their academic requirements.<\/p>\n

This, after students from ADMU earlier planned to \u201cwithhold the submission of any school requirements\u201d starting Nov. 18 to condemn the government\u2019s \u201ccriminally neglectful response\u201d to recent typhoons that hit the country and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

In a Palace press briefing, Roque recalled his experience joining several protests as a student activist, noting that he still managed to comply with requirements needed to graduate from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.<\/p>\n

\u201cBilang dating aktibista rin, iyong gawain po naming mga aktibista ay talagang pinararating namin ang aming saloobin sa gobyerno \u2018no sa pamamagitan ng mga protesta, mga martsa pati iyon\u2014mga iba\u2019t iba pang paraan<\/em>\u00a0(As a former activist myself, what we do as activists, we really want to convey our thoughts to government through protest, marches, in different ways),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said he continued submitting academic requirements because he did not want taxpayers\u2019 money to go to waste.<\/p>\n

All students in state universities and colleges (SUCs) are considered \u201cscholars\u201d under Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education law.<\/p>\n

\u201cIyong nakita ko pong pinu<\/em>-propose\u00a0nila na<\/em>\u00a0academic strike,\u00a0hindi po pagsumite ng mga<\/em>\u00a0requirements\u00a0ng eskuwelahan eh hindi po namin nagawa iyan \u2018no dahil sinisiguro namin na\u2014bagay po \u2018no, sa<\/em>\u00a0UP\u00a0po kami nag-aral, sinubukan po namin bilang mga aktibista na huwag naman sayangin iyong pera ng taumbayan at sinisiguro pa rin namin na pumasa kami at nag<\/em>-comply\u00a0kami sa aming mga<\/em>\u00a0requirements (How I see their academic strike, refusing to submit requirements, we never experienced doing that because we want to make sure, that as UP students and activists, we don\u2019t waste taxpayers\u2019 money and we see to it that we pass and comply with requirements),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He, however, acknowledged that the case for private school students could be different.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko lang po alam kung talagang ibang-iba ang patakaran sa mga pribadong mga eskuwelahan dahil sila naman ay nagbabayad ng sarili nilang<\/em>\u00a0tuition (I just don\u2019t know if the rules are different for private schools because they pay for their own tuition),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque, a former professor at UP, reminded students that completing academic requirements is a necessary step to earning their respective degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cKabahagi po ng<\/em>\u00a0academic freedom\u00a0iyong pagsasapubliko ng saloobin ng mga estudyante, pero kabahagi din po ng<\/em>\u00a0academic freedom\u00a0ng mga eskuwelahan na mag-<\/em>impose\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0academic requirements\u00a0para matapos po ang kurso ng mga estudyante<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s part of academic freedom to make public your thoughts as students, but it\u2019s also part of academic freedom of the school to impose academic requirements as a basis to finish a student\u2019s program),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also reiterated his advice to ADMU students that failing to adhere to academic requirements could prevent them from graduating on time.<\/p>\n

\u201cKapag hindi po nag-<\/em>comply\u00a0sa mga<\/em>\u00a0academic requirements\u00a0na iyan eh mayroon silang karapatan na ipagkait ang kahit anong<\/em>\u00a0degree\u00a0sa mga estudyante na hindi po nagsumite o tumapos ng mga<\/em>\u00a0academic requirements (And if a student doesn\u2019t comply with those academic requirements, the school has the right to deny students of their degrees),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Roque advised ADMU students that they may not graduate if they refused to submit their requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cKahit anong dahilan ng sinasabi niyong<\/em>\u00a0strike,\u00a0\u2018pag hindi kayo sumunod sa mga<\/em>\u00a0academic requirements,\u00a0mawawalan kayo ng kinabukasan at hindi ga<\/em>-graduate\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Ateneo (No matter what your reason is for the strike, if you do not fulfill your academic requirements, you will lose your future and you will not graduate from Ateneo),\u201d he said in an interview with reporters in Tuguegarao City on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In a strongly-worded statement, over 150 students of ADMU said that they could “no longer stomach the ever-rising number of deaths due to the state’s blatant incompetence”.<\/p>\n

“We cannot prioritize our schoolwork when our countrymen are suffering unnecessarily at the hands of those in power,” the students said. “The national government must act now or step down from their positions. No compromises.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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