Friday, July 10, 2020

Para sa BUTIL Iskolar: Artlets Student Council & Becarios’ Partnership on BUTIL Honesty Kiosk


"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X


    Education for all is a goal we, as the people, dream to attain. However, it remains as one of the problems that still plague our country; the amount of money to get an education restrain students to receive an education despite it being a right. Our country has written this right in our constitution. Under Article 14, Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution: “The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.” It is essential that these rights are cherished and defended. Despite this noble goal, the reality is far from the truth. Free education for all, is still far from the grasp of the youth. Many young people remain as out-of-school youths due to the lack of accessible and inclusive education – even more so in the tertiary level. Steps have to be undertaken to guarantee education for all.  One of these steps is to launch BUTIL Honesty Kiosk in AB. 
    The Artlets Student Council wishes to support students that are in a state of financial uncertainty. To this end, programs such as the BUTIL Honesty Kiosk have been conducted and are still being conducted to help these students. The Artlets Student Council is eager to do its part in solving the problem by participating in this program. The Artlets Student Council partnered with Becarios in the BUTIL Honesty Kiosk project with the goal of aiding one BUTIL Scholar through the capital it receives from the project. Moreover, this will also bring social awareness amongst the Artlets Community of their roles as Thomasian students to have compassion for others. The presence of an Honesty Kiosk in the St. Raymund de Peñafort Building is a hard thing to miss. This will encourage them to take part in advocacy of free education for all. They would already be helping to achieve the program area for development of equitable and inclusive education by simply purchasing products from the Honesty Kiosk. 
    With this, the Council began processing documents in order for the project to begin the implementation phase. During the months of February and March, the Council have been submitting papers to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) in collaboration with the Becarios to hasten the processing period. Unfortunately, by the time the OSA could approve of the project, suspension of classes already took place. Fortunately, regardless of the cancellation of classes due to COVID-19, the Council, through the monetary contributions of members of the Artlets Student Council, have already donated P6,500 for one BUTIL Scholar. Finally, the Artlets Student Council aims to continue this project next Academic Year considering these times are even more challenging for all scholars alike. 

Project Implementers


Paolo Jericho Duruin-Manuel
External Vice President, UST Artlets Student Council





Joe C. Todaka
Community Development Head, UST Artlets Student Council





Rendzborg C. Bautista
BUTIL Project Head, Becarios de Santo Tomas




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