Supreme Student Council - City of Malabon University

07/04/2021

In a statement posted yesterday, the Supreme Student Council (SSC) of City of Malabon University (CMU) condemned its administration’s move to usurp the aforementioned body by establishing the “Diplomat Society,” a new student organization. The Union echoes the call of the SSC and calls on the CMU administration to cease any and all attempts to replace the democratically elected student representation in the university.

It must be noted that the incumbent SSC president also acts as the Student Regent (SR) in the university’s highest policy-making body, the Board of Regents (BOR). The CMU administration reportedly instructed class presidents to vote for the next SR without consulting the studentry. This transgression is the very reason why student governments must remain independent of any other offices: despite being a stakeholder in schools, students are often excluded from decision-making, effectively ruling out the creation of pro-student policies.

The Union stresses that when students are excluded in policy-making, students are left behind.

It is only right that the students, by nature of their position in the university, have a say in matters that primarily concern them. What use is a school system, after all, that does not allow its students to learn and flourish by way of self-governance?
We must be steadfast and fight against the shrinking of our democratic spaces--further encroached upon by state-sanctioned attempts that endanger students’ rights such as the Terror Law and the abrogration of the UP-DND accord. The Union reiterates one of its demands in education during the pandemic: that genuine representation of all stakeholders must be ensured in planning proper, moving forward.

We stand with the students of CMU and their demand for genuine student representation and student independence!
Defend the CMU SSC! Uphold genuine student representation! No student left behind!

06/04/2021

DEFEND SSC!
UPHOLD STUDENT INDEPENDENCE IN CMU!

The Supreme Student Council (SSC) vehemently condemns the CMU administration's move to replace the powers of SSC with a newly established student organization called 'Diplomat Society' as it brazenly violates the right of the students to form unions that are free from administrative control.

For 22 years, the SSC has been the sole, unified, and independent institution of all the students of the undergraduate programs of the university that has been committed to upholding the demands of the students amid changing times. The SSC President, who is elected at large by the student body, represents as the Student Regent for the highest policy-making body, the Board of Regents (BOR).

Today, class presidents were enjoined by the CMU administration to vote for the next Student Regent without the knowledge of the whole student body. By so doing, this anti-democratic activity engenders the impairment of all CMU students' right to student independence and representation for the years to come!

18/11/2020

𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓: 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐌𝐔

𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒!

We, student leaders from the University Recognized and Accredited Student Organizations (URASO) stand in unity to appeal academic break in the City of Malabon University. The country has had the strongest storms in recorded history in the middle of a global pandemic and socio-economic crises that have left our families heavily burdened.

While we are in full cognizance of the desire to push through our learning despite various occurrences, we strongly dissuade how this legitimate interest is sought to be accomplished if it will mean leaving the majority of our fellow students behind, particularly those who have been barely surviving their everyday needs since the onslaught of this crisis.

In this regard, we call on the university administration to act decisively on our request for a week-long academic break on account of the following:

1. This signifies suspension of both synchronous and asynchronous remote activities and submission of requirements originally scheduled from November 23-November 30, 2020 to let students focus more on their well-being;

2. The given time will help the students lessen their expenses spent on mobile data usage and internet fees indispensable to online learning;

3. Not only the students but the faculty members are also facing hardships due to remote learning. The academic break will ease their workloads and provide the opportunity to strategize new methods in the delivery of instruction;

4. During the break, policy-making bodies in CMU can analyze and assess new strategies to improve the quality of education as we deal with flexible learning modalities;

As the major stakeholders of the university, we call on all students and faculty alliances to drumbeat our clamor until it reaches the doors of our university officials and heed our plea for an academic break from November 23-November 30, 2020. Our livelihood, physical, and mental health conditions have not been spared by the negative impacts of these struggles. As such, we need compassion and empathy more than ever. #

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09/11/2020

The CMU SSC has sent a letter to the university officials for the speedy issuance of the transcript of records and other necessary documents of the batch 2020 graduates. Despite the announced schedule, the university failed to issue the cited documents causing further delay and inconvenience for those seeking for employment and post-graduate endeavors.

https://bit.ly/35bEdOH

15/10/2020

Pagpupugay SSC 2020!

15/10/2020

Congratulations graduates!

The Supreme Student Council expresses its warmest greetings to the Batch 2020. Your meritorious success amid an unprecedented crisis is emblematic of what a true scholar is—resilient with an unwavering commitment.

As we yearn for a better CMU community and leaders, may your minds and attitudes be attuned to the goals and needs of the university and the nation.

Pagpupugay!

09/09/2020

𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦:

"It is a painful sight to see our students at risk of not being able to continue their education after CMU pushed through its opening of classes despite massive appeals.

Not only the long-standing problems on the registration process hamper our students to fully realize their well-deserved rights to education, we still have not gone yet to the most palpable issues at hand─ our students have little if there are any, resources to keep up with the online learning system."

Tomorrow will be the third day of academic year 2020-2021.

There are students who still don’t have their load of units as of reporting. Accounts to access CMU CODES remain uncertain.

The CMU CODES will be down for two days on the first week of classes, inaccessible again for the next 48-52 hours according to CMU official page, a clear manifestation of the unpreparedness the university is confronted.

This is what Mark Giemer Rodas, Supreme Student Council's president and the representative of the students in the board of regent has to say on the onset of the academic year.

07/09/2020

𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐆 𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐇𝐎 𝐔𝐊𝐎𝐋 𝐒𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐁𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐊𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐆-𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐀𝐎𝐍

Nakikiisa ang konseho ng mga mag-aaral ng CMU sa malawakang hinaing ng mga estudyante na makapagpatuloy sa kanilang pag-aaral sa kabila ng matinding pangambang dulot ng makupad na proseso ng enrollment.

Ngayong araw itinakda ng kinauukulan ang pagbubukas ng klase para sa unang semestre ng akademikong taon 2020-2021 subalit daan-daang estudyante pa rin ang hindi nakakakuha ng study loads, walang units at hindi alam ang status ng kanilang enrollment application. Bukod pa rito ang mga bagong papasok sa kolehiyo na wala pa ring natatanggap na confirmation email at letter of acceptance hanggang ngayon. At dahil sa matagal na pagtugon ng opisina sa mga pangangailangan, maaring humantong ang mga mag-aaral na mawalan sila ng mapapasukang eskwelahan at tuluyang huminto at hindi makapag-aral ngayong taon.

Hindi maitatanggi ang mga suliraning dinaranas ng mga kabataan sa gitna ng pandemya sa maraming aspekto ng pamumuhay hindi lamang sa pang-kalusugan kundi maging sa pinansyal, mental, at emosyonal. Kaya naman hindi rin makatao na isangkalan ang kanilang kinabukasan at danasin nila ang matinding pangamba ng kawalan ng kasiguraduhan na makamit ang karapatan sa libre at maka-masang edukasyon.

Naiintindihan at kinikilala ng konseho ang mga limitasyong hinaharap ng pamantasan ngunit hindi ba't ang pagharap nito sa mga kakulangan ay litaw na patunay sa tumitinding epekto pa rin ng pandemya? At kung ang mismong institusyon ay apektado ng krisis na nagiging sanhi ng kakapusan nito sa kahandaan, paano pa ang mga estudyante na ilang buwan nang direktang dumaranas ng mga suliranin sa kabuhayan?

Tumitindig ang bawat miyembro ng SSC upang makamit ng estudyante ang karapatan nitong makapagpatuloy sa pag-aaral. Hinihimok ng konseho ang administrasyon partikular ang opisina ng Registrar na maglabas ng opisyal na listahan ng mga estudyanteng tinanggap ngayong taon. Sa pambihirang sitwasyon na ito kung saan libong estudyante pa rin ang hindi nakakapag-enroll sa kabila ng opisyal na pagbubukas ng semestre, itinutulak din natin ang mga kinauukulan na maging bukas sa pag-uusod ng simula ng klase sa Oktubre hanggat hindi pa nito nalulutas ang mga nabanggit.

Patuloy din ang ating panawagan sa pamahalaan na seryosong ipatupad ang mga solusyong pang-kalusugan upang matapos na ang suliranin sa pandemya at matiyak ang ligtas na pagbabalik ng pisikal na klase. # # #

20/08/2020

𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓

In a virtual Board of Regents (BOR) meeting, the student representation manifested its call for a safe, inclusive, and accessible education as we enter this academic year in light of ongoing health and economic crisis.

To quote Student Regent Ghiemer Rodas, "this representation would like to ensure that all of the proposed changes and policies of the university administration are attuned to the real and exigent needs of the students." The aim is to ease their burden and secure their access to free and quality education without aggravating their already difficult conditions.

The BOR tackled some pertinent announcements for the upcoming opening of classes:

1. September 7 marks the start of classes
2. Flexible learning instruction will be applied which includes synchronous and asynchronous methods
3. A simulation class activities will be held before the kick-off of class together with all student organizations
4. COVID health protocols within the premises of the campus and mandatory mass testing of university staff are being implemented

It can be recalled during the height of government-mandated lockdowns how student efforts within the university community were galvanized to initiate an online petition for mass promotion and student rights campaign. This time is no different as we face a more challenging academic year. The CMU Student Council will remain vigilant in its pursuit to not leave any student behind especially in these pressing times.

30/05/2020

𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗞𝗔𝗦𝗬𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗟𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗧!

Saksi ang bawat isa sa mga hinarap nating hamon upang tiyaking walang maiiwan tungo sa inklusibong edukasyon sa gitna ng tumitinding krisis dulot ng pandemya.

Bunga ng kolektibo nating panawagan, naitulak ang CMU Administration na siguraduhing ipapasa ang lahat ng estudyante ngayong ikalawang semestre ng taong pampanuruan subalit, kaakibat nito ang kapos na malasakit para sa tunay nating kalagayan. Matatandaang itinuloy ng administratsyon ang pagpapasa ng mga natitirang pang-akademikong gawain at pinanindigan nito ang pagbibigay ng numerical na marka sa kabila ng mahigpit nating pagtutol.

Ang rekomendasyong ito ay sumisigaw ng matining na pagpapahalaga sa pribilehiyo at tuluyang pagkalimot sa mga estudyanteng walang kakayahang tugunan ang mga rekisito dahil walang sapat na access sa internet. Taliwas din ito sa mahahalagang kalitatibong konsiderayon tulad ng laganap na kawalan ng rekurso at tulong-pinansyal bunga ng makailang-ulit na extension ng lockdown. Lampas pa, isa itong direktang pagtalikod sa hinaing natin batay sa mga inilabas na analisis ng sarbey, petisyon at mga inilathalang pahayag.

Hindi tulad ng mga kalapit nating lungsod na nagpahinto ng klase at namigay ng cash-aid (UCC, NPC at PLM), alinlangan ang ibinigay sa ating mga estudyante dahil sa pangambang makakuha ng mababang marka. Ito ay maaaring mag-tanggal sa kanila sa mga scholarship programs na siyang tangi nilang inaasahan. Hindi na bago sa atin ang naratibo ng mga mag-aaral na taglay ang talino at husay ngunit lubog sa hirap na lalong pinatindi pa nga ng kasalukuyang krisis.

Hindi lang estudyante kundi maging ang mga g**o at non-teaching personnel ay humaharap din sa iisang mukha ng kalagayang panlipunan kaya binitbit din natin sa kampanya ang kanilang sitwasyon dahil sa ilang buwang delayed na sahod. Hindi katanggap-tanggap na ang isang institusyong ibinabandera ang sarili bilang isang mapag-arugang pamilya ay makalimot sa obligasyon nitong tugunan at unahin ang kinakailangan ng kanyang mga kasapi laganap ang kawalan ng trabaho at mapag-kakakitaan.

Sa pinakamatinding sitwasyon nasusukat hindi lang ang integridad ng isang unibersidad kundi maging ang kakayahan ng mga estudyante nito na kumilos at manawagan para sa ikabubuti ng nakararami. Kami mula sa Konseho ay naninindigan hanggang sa huli para sa mass promotion dahil ito ay ang pinakamakataong desisyon upang bigyang-halaga ang kalusugan, kapakanan at kaligtasan ng bawat isa.

Ngayong nahaharap tayo sa hamon ng “new normal” at nakaamba ang mga polisiyang lalong maglulugmok sa ating mga mag-aaral, asahan natin ang pagpapatuloy ng laban tungo sa inklusibo at maka-masang edukasyon.

05/05/2020

#𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 #𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬

Hindi sapat para ipagbunyi ang mga inilabas na memorandum tungkol sa polisiyang ipatutupad para sa ikalawang semestre ngayong taong pampanuruan. Sa katunayan, hindi naging seryoso ang administrasyon para sa pagbibigay ng malasakit sa mga estudyante at tuparin ang kanilang sariling retorikang pangako na walang maiiwan. Maaaring bibigyan ng pasadong marka ang lahat, ngunit kung susuriing mabuti, laganap ang mangyayaring diskriminasyon lalo na sa mga walang kakayahang pataasin pa ang kanilang grado.

Kapag mayroong baseline na 3.0 (tres), maraming estudyante ang pipiliting magpasa ng requirements para umangat pa ang kanilang marka. Madali ito para sa mga may mabilis na internet access at komportableng tahanan pero paano sa mga wala? Paano na ang mga Iskolar na gustong mapanatili ang mga inaasahan nilang scholarship grants ngunit walang kakayahang baguhin ang tres na marka? Dahil numerical ang grade, maisasama ito sa pag-kompyut ng general weighted average (GWA). Paano na ang mga naghahangad ng Latin honors at Dean’s List Award?

Ayon kay Student Regent Giemer Rodas, “Hindi deserve ng mga estudyanteng makakuha ng tres dahil lang sa hindi sila makapagpasa ng academic requirements ngayong pandemic. Lahat naman gustong mag-comply, pero paano kung hindi sila pinahihintulutan ng kondisyon? Sapat na ba iyong dahilan para iwanan sila habang iilang estudyante lang ang umaangat?”

Kung babalikan ang suhestyong inihain ng SSC, non-numerical (P) o PASSED ang marking dapat na ibigay sa mga estudyante nang sa gayon, makakahinga na ng maluwag ang lahat at hindi na para magkumahog pa na tapusin ang tambak na requirements. Ito ay may dalawang opsyon na maaaring ikonsidera ng CMU Admin kung hahayaan lamang nilang magsama ng student representative sa policy-making:

Opsyon 1: Ang non-numerical (P) o PASSED ay hindi isasama sa kompyutasyon ng GWA, retention at sa aplikasyon ng anumang scholarship programs para sa susunod na mga semestre.

Opsyon 2: Temporary lamang ang (P) at magkakaroon ng “option to convert” para gawing numerical grade sa loob ng isang akademikong taon (hanggang April 2021). Kapag natapos ang itinakdang panahon at hindi nagawang makapagpasa ng estudyante, mamarkahan ng (INC) ang kanyang non-numerical (P)

*Ang mga nabanggit na rekomendasyon ay kasalukuyan nang isinusulong sa Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Navotas Polytechnic College, University of the Philippines, Bulacan State University at iba pa.

Sa malapit na hinaharap, isang mapanlabang hamon ang dapat nating paghandaan tulad ng pagbubuo ng mekanismo para sa mabisa, patas at sustenidong blended online learning kung sakaling magpatuloy ang sitwasyon ng kasalukuyang pandemya, ngunit naniniwala ang Konseho na hindi ngayon ang tamang panahon para sa pagkukumahog sa online learning system habang may 36 active COVID cases ang lungsod ng Malabon. Higit sa pag-aaral ay kaligtasan dahil walang tutunguhing hinaharap ang mga estudyante kung lahat ay maiiwan.

CMU END THE SEM NOW!
MASS PROMOTION NOW!

30/04/2020

Higit isang buwan na simula nang hilingin ng konseho ng mga mag-aaral ang tuluyang pagsuspinde ng online learning activities, pagsulong na tapusin ang semestre at tuloy-tuloy na pasahod sa ating Faculty and Staff, subalit hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring tugon ang opisina ni University President Lenlen Oreta at CMU Administration maging ang Board of Regents sa kongkretong panawagan ng mga estudyante.

CMU END SEM NOW!
MASS PROMOTION NOW!
ENSURE BENEFITS FOR OUR FACULTY AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL!

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Timeline ng ating Student Campaign:

(March 15) Letter to Suspend Online Classes
(March 28) Solidarity Statement with (March 28) NUSP Student Demands
(April 11) Unity Statement of URASO on E-Learning
(April 11) Student Alert
(April 13) Letter to Univ. President Oreta to Suspend All Forms of Online Learning Methods
(April 15) Results of the Survey and Recommendation on the Conduct of Semester
(April 21) Student Rights Help Desk
(April 24) Unity Statement to End the Semester, Mass Promotion and a Call to Sustain Benefits for our Faculty and Staff
(April 28) Student Petition to End the Semester