10/10/2025
๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ-๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ก ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง โ๐ป
BS Psychology 1-6 expresses its resolute solidarity with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) community in denouncing the extremely inadequate funding for the institution. In line with this, we also strongly condemn the widespread corruption that continuously runs rampant across the country.
The budget deficit currently experienced by our institution is unacceptable and unjust; it clearly demonstrates negligence towards the needs and rights of the scholars. For context, only a measly โฑ3.6 billion out of the requested โฑ12.7 billion was approved in the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for the fiscal year 2026, leaving the institution with a whopping โฑ9 billion deficit which will affect not only PUP Manila but all other 24 campuses across the Philippines. This represents a mere 5.76% increase in the institution's budget for 2026 in comparison to the 2025 allocation, according to data from National Expenditure Program FY 2026, Department of Budget and Management.
In PUP Manila alone, scholars face the challenges of non-conducive learning environments, with a severe lack of resources, learning materials, and university facilities. It is infuriating that education is poorly funded, while there are hundreds of billions of taxpayers' hard-earned money wasted on failedโsome, even ghostโgovernment projects. Why not allocate such amounts to a sector which will make good use of it instead? Why underfund education yet allow billions to be lost to corruption?
Because of these repeated violations and shortcomings by the country's leaders, we, the scholars, are uniting in this protest, carrying a message, screaming a battle cry: ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐; ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ผ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
It is high time we take decisive action against corruption. We cannot, should not, will not stand idly by.
Tama na, sobra na, na!
๐ผ๏ธ: Lance Layda
๐: Romeena Minor
