SENATOR Raffy Tulfo is seeking a Senate inquiry into the alleged “irregularities” involving the University of Manila (UM) president and other school officials that resulted in the failure of 40 civil engineering students to graduate.
Tulfo wants the UM administrators, along with Commission on Higher Education (CHED) officials and students who experienced the allegedly crooked system of the university.
The senator decried the UM president’s threat that those who would fight the school would end up dead.
The graduating students, who first complained on “Wanted sa Radyo” against their university, met with Tulfo’s staff, together with CHED representatives and UM officials last July 25 to discuss the issue.
Tulfo said all the said students got a failing grade of 70 from a professor who immediately left after issuing the ratings.
Tulfo noted that his staff who attended the meeting noticed that there were indeed irregularities and grave injustice committed by UM officials against the students.
CHED lawyer Spocky Farolan shared the same observation, saying the students were probably victims of estafa.
Tulfo also questioned the logic of some questions asked of the students in their test papers.
These questions included “What is your subject?”; “Define and explain why this subject is important in your course;” and “Give at least three practical examples on its importance.”
Tulfo described as “extremely alarming” the threat of the UM president that was put on speaker during the meeting that everyone who fights with and gets on the bad side of the school would ends up dead.
Tulfo said this prompted him to draft a resolution seeking a thorough investigation of this issue.
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