QUALITY EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

PUP GRAND CENTENARY NIGHT at the Manila Hotel, 12 October 2004

BUMABATI AKO SA MASISIPAG NA PINUNO AT GURO NG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SA PANGUNGUNA NI ACTING PRESIDENT DR. SAMUEL M. SALVADOR.

BINABATI KO RIN ANG MGA ESTUDYANTE NG PUP NA SIYANG TUNAY NA LARAWAN NG PAGPUPUNYAGI AT PAGSISIKAP NG MARALITA UPANG MAKAPAGHANDA NG ISANG MAGANDANG KINABUKASAN MULA SA NAG-IISA AT KATANGI-TANGING DALUBHASAHANG ITO.

ITO ANG DAHILAN KAYA NANG ANYAYAHAN NINYO AKO RITO AY AGAD AKONG PUMAYAG. ALAM KO NA HIGIT KANINO MAN, ANG MGA OFFICIALS, ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSORS AT MGA ESTUDYANTE NG PUP ANG DAPAT ALALAYAN NG PAMAHALAAN SA MGA BAGAY NA MAKALILIKHA PA NG MGA LANDAS TUNGO SA KAALAMANG MAGHAHATID SA MGA MARALITA NG KATUPARAN NG ATING PANGARAP – WALANG IBA KUNDI ANG MGA MARALITANG PILIPINO AY MAKAAHON SA KAHIRAPAN SA TULONG NG EDUKASYON AT PAGSISIKAP. ANG PAMAHALAAN PO NATIN AY AALALAY LAMANG SA INYO AT NASA INYO NA ANG PARAAN UPANG ANG MGA ALALAY NA ITO SA KABATAAN NG PUP AY MAGAMIT SA HIGIT NA KAPAKI-PAKINABANG NA MGA BAGAY AT SA KALAUAN, ALANG-ALANG SA KANILANG MGA MAGULANG AT SA BANSA SA KABUAN.

PUP: LEADER IN POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION

AS YOUR COUNTRY’S VICE PRESIDENT, I REALIZED THE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE’S TECHNICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL FACILITIES IN ACHIEVING OUR AGE-OLD DREAM OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY, MODERNIZATION AND, IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS.

I AM PLEASED TO LEARN THAT PUP IS NOW THE SINGLE BIGGEST STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES IN TERMS OF TERTIARY STUDENT POPULATION, CURRICULAR AND NON-CURRICULAR OFFERINGS AND BROAD DEMOCRATIC ACCESS. PUP IS ONE OF THE ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN (111) STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES INTENDED TO SERVE THE BROADER MASSES NATIONWIDE, AND TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE EDUCATION TO OUR PEOPLE.

BEYOND THIS, IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO BROADEN OUR VISION OF EDUCATION AS A WEAPON TO FIGHT POVERTY, AND TO PREPARE OUR PEOPLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES AND TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE.

WE MUST ALSO ACCEPT THE REALITY OF AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD – A WORLD OF INTERCONNECTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES AND EVEN KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION CIRCULATE RAPIDLY AND FREELY IN WHAT HAS BECOME A STEADILY SHRINKING GLOBAL VILLAGE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS OF A FAST-CHANGING WORLD, LEST WE BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE RACE TO NATIONAL SURVIVAL.

THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. THE QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, MUST APPROXIMATE WORLD-CLASS STANDARDS BY IMPROVING OUR EDUCATION.

PUP CENTENNIAL

I CONGRATULATE YOU MOST WARMLY AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 100 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE TO OUR PEOPLE. TONIGHT’S CENTENARY NIGHT ATTESTS TO THE SUCCESS OF PUP AS A MAJOR FORCE FOR NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION, FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL REFORMS.

THAT IS WHAT WE NEED – AND THIS IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF HER EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, DESIRES EDUCATION THAT WILL ENABLE OUR PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE GREATER PROFICIENCY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IN BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE, IN IMPROVED AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS. THAT WILL PROPEL OUR MARCH TO INDUSTRIALIZATION, IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST – AND HERE I CHALLENGE PUP – TO DEVELOP A CULTURE OF PEACE AND A SENSE OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE ACADEME AND IN THE WORLD OF PRACTICAL AFFAIRS.

I ALSO CHALLENGE YOUR GOOD UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATION WOULD NO LONGER BE INSTRUCTIONAL OR AN END IN ITSELF. SCHOOLING IS BUT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PROCESS OF GROWTH IN WHAT WE CALL THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”. SOCIETY ITSELF IS ONE BIG CAMPUS WHERE ONE MUST BE ABLE TO ADAPT, TO INNOVATE ANT TO EXCEL.

THE GROWING ECONOMIC COMPETITION IN THE GLOBAL ARENA WILL REQUIRE US TO PAY MORE AND MORE ATTENTION TO EDUCATION IN ORDER TO ENABLE OUR PEOPLE TO BE GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS, GOODS AND SERVICES. THIS MEANS THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP A CRITICAL MASS OF MANPOWER THAT IS ARMED WITH SCIENTIFIC AND POLYTECHNICAL SKILLS. THIS IS WHERE PUP COMES IN.

PAMANTASAN NG SIGLO

SA BUKANG LIWAYWAY NG IKATLONG MILENYO, NILILINGON NATIN ANG 100 TAON NG INYONG MATAGAL AT MAKABULUHANG PAGLILINGKOD, KASABAY NG PAGTUGON NATIN NG PANANAW SA 21ST CENTURY.

ANG ISANG DAANG TAON NG PAGLILINGKOD NG INYONG PAMANTANSAN AY HALOS KASABAY NG PAGLUWAL (BIRTH) NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS. KUNG SAAN ANG ATING BANSA AY NAGDARAAN SA MGA KAILANGAN PAGBABAGO, ANG PUP AY NAGSIMULA LAMANG BILANG SANAYAN NG MGA TAGA MAKINILYA, CLERKS, STENOGRAPHERS AT IBA PANG KAWANI NG OPISINA. SA PAGLIPAS NG MGA TAON, ANG PUP AY LUMAKI AT NAGING INSTITUSYONG POLY-TECHNICAL NA PUMAPANDAY SA KAKAYAHAN AT TALINO NG DAAN-DAAN LIBONG KABATAANG PINAKIKINABANGAN NG MGA INDUSTRIYA SA ATING BANSA AT SA IBA PANG PANIG NG DAIGDIG. ITO ANG NAGAWA NA NG PUP.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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