10/08/2026
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐๐, ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ?
As a new academic year begins, take a pause before you scroll pastโthis isn't just another back-to-school post. Read this to discover why 'this course' is far more than a '๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ-๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ', why your presence here matters right now, and how we are preparing to change the very system everyone else is complaining about.
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โ๐จ๐, ๐ฉ๐ท๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐โ โ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ '๐ณ๐ข' โ โ
In the quiet hum of enrollment seasons and career talks, there is a phrase that stings with a familiar sharpness: โ๐ฝ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐.โ Only BPA. Just BPA. โ
Itโs a small dismissal.
โA gentle way of nudging students towards paths that the world deems โmore importantโ. โ
And letโs be honest, that discouragement doesnโt just come from whispers; itโs practically built into the system.
Itโs a tough reality, but yes, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐.
Only certain regional offices and LGUs classify Public Administration as a priority course depending on local public sector requirements.
Year after year, when list after list comes out detailing the in-demand careers the country is desperate to fill, BPA is conspicuously absent. โ
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Priority Courses for undergraduate scholarships are primarily focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Agriculture, Information Technology, Teacher Education, and Health Sciences. Public Administration falls under Social Sciences/Humanities, which receives minimal to no allocation under standard CHED undergraduate priority lists.
It hurts. โ
It makes you feel invisible, like youโre settling.
For a young mind, perhaps passionate about making a difference, that official silence is deafening.
โ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ. โ โ
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ? โ
The pressure to turn away, to choose the direct path with the direct job, is immense. โ โLetโs be honest, tooโ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐. โ
โFor the students, โ
Maybe it wasnโt your first choice on that application form, or perhaps you walked through those department doors feeling lost, unsure, and simply looking for a place to start. โBut thereโs a quiet purpose in how paths align. โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐, offering a clear direction guided by God that was never in your original blueprint, yet here you are, living it presently. โ
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.
โThis wasnโt a consolation prize.
โIt was a calling waiting for you to recognize it.
โNow, itโs simply time to step up, prove yourself, and let everyone see that you belong where exactly you were always meant to be. โ โ
For everyone else,
โLook at the headlines filling our feeds right now. โ
We watch the Philippine political scene unfoldโfrom high-stakes impeachment trials and chaotic Senate leadership standoffs, to dramatic committee hearings exposing ghost flood-control projects and legislative deadlocks.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
โBut we students, as future public administrators sitting in these classrooms, we donโt just see circus acts or memes; we see a broken system crying out for real structure, competence, and basic integrity. โ โ
๐พ๐ ๐
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. โ
๐พ๐ ๐
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. โ
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. โโจ
We are becoming wide awake to these deeply rooted issues, and that awareness breeds a fierce desire for genuine reform. โ
Because here is the simple, powerful truth that any list or stereotype completely misses: ๐ผ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. โ โ
And that is what Public Administration is.
โIt isnโt a lesser path, but it is the comprehensive one.
โIt is the deep, essential study how we live, work, and govern together.
โIt doesnโt just teach you rules; it builds a powerhouse of skills that touch every single part of public life. โ โ
Look aroundโthe minds choosing this field arenโt just โgetting byโ, they are stepping up to shape the nation. โ
โ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐โdaughter of Richard Gomez and Lucy Torresโproudly proved the power of this discipline when she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Public Administration from UP Diliman, juggling the demands of being a student-athlete and scholar. โ
โBeloved host and actor ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐ took his commitment to public service further by earning his Master in Public Administration with highest merits. Despite his demanding career as a TV personality and Makati Councilor. โ โ
โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐. โ
๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ. โ โ
For professional and educators alike, ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ (๐๐๐ผ) ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐งโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ.
It is a definitive pathway for career advancement and promotion, which serves as a required or highly preferred credential to step into executive, directorial, or policy-advisory roles in civil service, local governments, and NGOs. โ โIt provides practical, high-level training in public budgeting, policy ex*****on, human resources, and ethical governance.
It also gives instructors the specialized expertise needed to meet higher education requirements, and step up as university department heads or senior administrative officials. It offers stability and protection against economic downturns within the public and non-profit sectors. โ โ โ
This curriculum is not simple. โ
Itโs a demanding blueprint that spans ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ฉ๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐. โ
โIt prepares you for the chaotic reality of ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, the high stakes of ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, the crucial work of ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, and the ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ-๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Every subject, every book, is a piece of a greater whole. โ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป; ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. โ โ
The true purpose, therefore, isnโt just about graduating and finding โany jobโ.
โIt is the necessary mission to prepare competent, ethical, and compassionate public servants and future leaders. โ
It is a dedication to serving society, one community at a time. โ
The dismissal of the word '๐ง๐' is completely erased when you recognize that without this work, everything else crumbles. โ โ
This is more than just a course.
It is a moment for students to embrace their studies with fierce pride, for graduates to acknowledge the immense value of the knowledge they carry, and for everyone who has ever felt the silent weight of course shaming to completely redefine the conversation. โ
โ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ. โ๐๐ค
๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐.
โ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง.
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Written and Layouted by: Sophia Marie T. Calatrava
Featuring: SLSU - MCC Public Administration Faculty and Students
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ง: ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐บ, ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ.
