UP assures it can service 17K passers of college entrance exam

The Manila Times

UP assures it can service 17K passers of college entrance exam  The University of the Philippines, led by its president, Angelo Jimenez,  reveals to the public the results of the University of the Philippines College Admissions Test (UPCAT) in a press  briefing with reporters at the Executive House of UP Diliman in Quezon City on April 22, 2025.  Jimenez said that UP was capable of serving the 17,000 who received admission notices out of the 135,000 applicants of the college exam, and that students from geographically disadvantaged areas would be given financial help through its Lingap Iskolar Program,   VIDEOS BY RED MENDOZA  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews  #philippines

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00:00Of course, of course, of course, of course, we have

00:03wakanganay po hindi nakapasa sa UP.

00:05I mean, out of the $130,000 na nag-exam, only $13,000.

00:11Or more than only $13,000 yung nakapasa dito.

00:16Of course, may yung...

00:19Ano po ba?

00:20Well, of course, just to put into record lang po.

00:23Of course, there will be people na sasabi nila na, of course, they want to go to UP,

00:27pero hindi siya nakapasa sa UP.

00:29Ano po ba ibang ways?

00:31Pwede po ba silang mag-transfer?

00:33Kasi masasabi na po sa akin na before na

00:35pwede kang mag-aaral muna sa iba student transfer sa UP.

00:38Pero stringent requirement na upag na-transfer ka sa UP.

00:41So ano po ba yung ways na gagawin ng mga hindi pinalad sa UP.

00:46Pero if they want to go to the UP,

00:48Ano po ba mga ways for them to enter?

00:54Thank you, Ed.

00:55Because you're asking about alternative routes.

00:57So for those who did not qualify, you can...

01:04There's another application for the Association of Arts Programme,

01:08the two-year program.

01:10Instead of UCAS, you have to show that you're able to reach the weight requirement for you to proceed to the Bachelor's Programme.

01:21So, uh, to separate you and ditch the floor.

01:25However, uh, if you're already enrolled in another university, you need one year in that university and apply to you using the 50 years.

01:37Okay.

01:38Actually, I just want to add a question here.

01:41So we accept around, so now 17,000 students, including the weight list.

01:48But, uh, uh, uh, the number of students, the first students with the degree program would be around 10,000.

01:55So, but then the weight list time, because there are students who would not actually, um, enroll or accept the offer.

02:10That, uh, then, uh, uh, uh,...

02:11Uh, it's that way, uh, maybe we work with some adults.

02:15And, uh, but then, uh, uh, there's a loan, um, in the tournament.

02:21So many hours.

02:22And that is...

02:31And even if we just increase from two weeks to six weeks, parang naging significant yun for them to actually plan their lives that nagtagap sila sa UP.

02:42And in fact, nakita din natin yung sinabi ni President Nimenes na hindi lang naman dahil libreta sa iyong tuition, pero kailangan mong kailangan mong kandawat to stay here and to put folks.

02:58Yun yung kaya nakita natin na ang hirap pumasak sa iyo, 1,000 students, 1,000 students, 1,000 students, 1,000 students, they don't enroll.

03:09Kasi hindi nila naka-education. That's when ingahan ni President Nimenes na hindi naka-spoiler.

03:16We know that for many of the aspiring students, many of them do be the first choice.

03:24But we do not want to encourage that it is the only choice.

03:29And so to do that, to be able for us to spread equity in terms of quality education,

03:36we have been embarked on one flagship program which is SUC collaboration.

03:43We are collaborating with other state university colleges and even with the private colleges and universities to improve undergraduate education.

03:52So the idea is this, you can be in UP without being in UP.

04:00When you can have UP grade or quality education without necessarily being in UP.

04:06So it's more equitable.

04:08Kasi hindi naman kaya na UP ang dapin lahat na gusto na rin ang dapin.

04:12And it's not even advisable.

04:15So our mission right now is to help others improve the quality of undergraduate education.

04:23And we are now in our two-year period of helping them.

04:28And we know that through actual consultations, actual sharing of our best practices,

04:33and most importantly, to accept PSD for our graduates from other schools so that they can go back to the other schools.

04:42And I think that PSD could generally be a good help in improving quality under undergraduate education.

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