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UP President Angelo Jimenez administers the oath-taking of Faculty Regent Early Sol Gadong. (OFR Photo)
Kaayohan Summit 2025: Centering Wellness, Welfare and Well-being in UP
In order for the University of the Philippines (UP) to serve the people well, it has to ensure the wellness, welfare, and wellbeing of its own community.
This, in essence, was one of the key messages that came out of the Kaayohan Summit on December 1-2, 2025 at the Melchor Hall Theater, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
Guided by the theme โKaayohan para sa Tanan: Wellness, Welfare, and Well-being in the University,โ the two-day event sought not only to articulate the challenges to well-being experienced by UPโs workforce but also to propose for policies that enable the community to better deliver its indispensable public service to the country.
The summit brought together faculty, REPS, administrative staff, and contractual personnel from across the UP System. At the core of the summit was the Kaayohan framework adopted by the UP Office of the Faculty Regent, which emphasizes that honor, excellence, and service rest fundamentally on the well-being of its people.
Read the entire statement: https://facultyregent.up.edu.ph/kaayohan-summit-2025-centering-wellness-welfare-and-well-being-in-up/
Statement of the Office of the UP Sectoral Regents on the Co-Terminus with the Incumbent (CTI) Status of PGH positions
We express our grave concern regarding the reclassification of hundreds of plantilla positions at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) into โCo-Terminus with the Incumbentโ (CTI) status.
This action, which was acted upon unilaterally by the PGH administration, poses a direct threat to the job security, professional growth, and morale of our essential hospital personnel. Among the most affected are utility workers, ward assistants, nursing aides, and other support staff indispensable to hospital operations. They are those in Salary Grades 1 to 4 who are the most vulnerable among our workforce.
Read the entire statement: https://facultyregent.up.edu.ph/statement-of-the-offices-of-the-up-sectoral-regents-on-the-co-terminus-with-the-incumbent-cti-status-of-pgh-positions/
Mensahe ni Hon. Gadong sa Recognition Rights ng UP Manila School of Health Sciences
Maayong hapon sa inyo tanan. Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat.
Una kong nalaman ang tungkol sa UP Manila School of Health Sciences noong bahagi ako ng Academic Union at bago pa maging Faculty Regent. Sa tuwing pumupunta kami sa UP Tacloban ay sinisikap naming makapunta rin sa SHS Palo para makausap ang ating faculty at staff doon. Noong naging faculty regent na ako ay napuntahan ko rin sa wakas ang Baler, Koronadal, at Tarlac campuses.ย
Basahin nang buo ang mensahe ni Hon. Gadong:ย https://facultyregent.up.edu.ph/message-sa-up-manila-school-of-health-sciences-1st-shs-wide-recognition-rites/ย
Pahayag ng UP Sectoral Regents sa ika-apat na State of the Nation Address in Pangulong Marcos Jr.ย
Tiyak, larawan ng โpag-unladโ ang muling ipipinta ni Pang. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa kanyang pang-apat State of the Nation Address (SONA). Pero batid natin ang katotohanan: lalong nalulugmok sa matinding krisis sa ekonomiya, edukasyon, kalikasan, at karapatang pantao ang mga mamamayan.
Maaaring ipagmamalaki niya ang diumanoโy tagumpay sa negosasyon kay US Pres. Donald Trump: kkapiranggot na isang percentage point na pagbaba ng taripa kapalit ang mas maluwag na pagpasok ng mga produktong US sa bansa. Habang pinalalakas ang dayuhang kontrol sa ating ekonomiya, patuloy naman ang pagdurusa ng mga Pilipino sa pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin at nananatiling di sapat ang kakarampot na dagdag-sahod, lalo paโt laganap ang job insecurity.
Prof. Early Sol Gadong is sworn in as UP Faculty Regent
The Office of the Sectoral Regents (OSR) of the University of the Philippines (UP) welcomed its newly sworn-in Faculty Regent, Prof. Early Sol Gadong, during a ceremony held on January 6, 2025 at Quezon Hall in UP Diliman campus, Quezon City. Read more: ย https://facultyregent.up.edu.ph/prof-early-sol-gadong-sworn-in-as-28th-faculty-regent-of-the-university-of-the-philippines-system/
READ: UP Faculty Regent Carl Marc L. Ramota's end-of-term report (2023-2024)
Hon. Carl Marc L. Ramota, 27th Faculty Regent of the University of the Philippines (UP) System, has concluded his two-year tenure (January 1, 2023 โ December 31, 2024). His term was defined by commitment to academic freedom, human rights, faculty welfare, and public service, pushing for UPโs role as a democratic and progressive national university. Read or download Faculty Regent Ramotaโs end-of-term report:ย https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q-UKLUGOt08dMhk8bRPrL83brx3BWFKc/
The Sole Faculty Representative in the BOR
The Faculty Regent is the sole representative of the UP faculty in the Board of Regents (BOR), the highest policy making body of the university. As a member of the BOR, the main role of the Faculty Regent is to participate in collegial policy making and ensure that policies are in the university’s best interests, bearing in mind the general interest and welfare of the faculty, the university, and the nation.
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Statement of the Offices of the UP Sectoral Regents on the Co-Terminus with the Incumbent (CTI) Status of PGH Positions
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#๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐ข๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ Sa ikalawang araw ng General Education Conference noong ika-5 ng Hunyo 2026, naging bahagi ng panel na โMainstreaming Human Rights Education in the General Education Program of UPโ si Faculty Regent Early Sol Gadong. Dito niya tinalakay ang papel na โPanukalang Balangkas para sa Pagsasakatuparan ng Karapatang Pantao sa STEM General Education.โ Kasama ni FR Sol sa panel sina Prop. Carl Marc L. Ramota ng UP Manila, kasalukuyang Vice Chairperson ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines, at Prop. Rommel B. Rodriguez ng UP Diliman, kasalukuyang Pangulo ng All UP Academic Employees Union National at Steering Committee member ng Southeast Asia Coalition for Academic Freedom. Samantala, nagsilbing moderator ng panel si Asst. Prof. Annie Fe Perez-Gallardo ng UP Cebu. Ipinaliwanag ni FR Sol na layunin ng panukala na maglatag ng mas malinaw na balangkas kung paano maisasama ang perspektiba ng karapatang pantao sa pagtuturo ng mga STEM General Education (GE) course. Aniya, makatutulong ito upang higit na maiugnay ang mga konseptong pang-agham sa mga kongkretong usaping kinahaharap ng lipunan at mamamayan. Binigyang-pansin din niya ang natatanging impluwensiya ng STEM sa paghubog ng kasalukuyan at hinaharap. Mula sa pagbuo ng mga teknolohiya at algoritmo hanggang sa pagsusuri ng datos at pagharap sa mga suliraning pangkapaligiran, malaki ang papel ng agham at inhinyeriya sa paglikha ng mga sistemang nakaaapekto sa buhay ng tao. Dahil dito, mahalagang maunawaan ng mga mag-aaral ang implikasyong panlipunan ng kanilang mga nililikha at malinang ang kanilang kakayahang kritikal na suriin kung paano ginagamit at naaapektuhan ng teknolohiya ang lipunan. Ayon kay FR Sol, bagaman matagal nang bahagi ng tradisyon ng General Education ang pagtataguyod ng mga demokratikong pagpapahalaga, kinakailangang higit pang palinawin ang ugnayan ng mga ito sa pagtuturo ng STEM upang maging mas makabuluhan at mas nakaugat sa mga pangangailangan ng lipunan ang pagkatuto. Sa pagtatapos ng kaniyang presentasyon, iginiit niya na ang STEM General Education ay hindi lamang dapat magsilbing daan para sa paglinang ng kasanayang teknikal at siyentipiko. Dapat din itong maging espasyo upang maunawaan ng mga mag-aaral ang kanilang pananagutan sa bayan at ang papel ng Agham sa pagsusulong ng isang lipunang makatarungan, makatao, at tunay na nagsisilbi sa sambayanan. #DefendGE
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