UP MANILA OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PROBED,IMMEDIATELY

The suicide of University of the Philippines (UP) -Manila freshman Kristel Tejada merits an IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION by Malacanang, the Senate and the House of  Representatives.

Ang HINDI AAKSYON, HINDI MAKAMAHIRAP at  WALANG MORAL NA KARAPATAN  na  tawagin pang public servant.

Kristel was placed under bracket D of the school’s Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP, wherein her family had to pay P300 per unit instead of free tuition plus allowance under bracket E-2.

But UP officials had earlier admitted that Tejada had failed to submit documents that could have placed Kristel in a lower bracket, which would have spared her  family of  tuition.

Puwes, BAKIT  nilagay pa rin si Kristel sa Bracket  D kung WALANG NAISUBMIT na papeles ang kaniyang pamilya? ANO ang naging BASEHAN? SINO ang nagdesisyon or nag-approve?

Ano ang nangyari,HULAAN na lang or KURSUNADAHAN? Did this happen only to Kristel,or has this been done to other students?

Bracket D is for families with an annual income of P135,000 to P250,000. But Kristel’s father said he only found a job as a taxi driver last April, after four long years of not having any work.

A taxi driver doesn’t work every day. The usual frequency is every other day. For him to earn P135,000 yearly, a taxi driver must  earn  P11,000 plus monthly or  approximately P700 plus  very working day.

From that P700 plus will come the expenses for his family’s survival.

But UP Vice-President for Public Affairs Prospero de Vera admitted that the STFAP classification was too focused on the parent’s income,  not on the expenses.

So WHY WAS THIS POLICY ALLOWED, and by whom? Was this ever revised? If not, why?

High school student man ay maiisip na HINDI PRAKTITAL at HINDI MAKATAO ang  ganitong  sistema,  lalo pa sa isang unibersidad tulad ng UP na ang gobyerno ang nagpapatakbo kaya’tdapat ay tumulong ng todo sa mga mahihirap.

\Kristel’s father said she attended all her classes since November even though she was not enrolled.

So why was she still asked to go on forced leave? Why wasn’t she asked to stop attending classes right from the start to spare her from the extreme disappointment and humiliation of being asked to go on forced leave despite her efforts?

Kristel may be dead. But there are scores of other financially-strapped students  like her. Unless things are straightened out, we should not be surprised if someone follows her footsteps. 30