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VOL. 58 YEAR-END ISSUE | APRIL 2011
VOL. 58 YEAR-END ISSUE | APRIL 2011
Mayhem in CCO, GACP polls
New Grading System
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t the end of the semester, students receive a letter grade for their enrolled courses. The letter grades, their grade point equivalents, and their percentage equivalents are as follows:
by Paul Randy Gumanao
Screenshots from the FB secret group of Piglasapat handed to Atenews by a concerned student
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he day when the recent tsunami hit Japan was also the day when the expose entitled “Mayhem on CCO, GACP polls” was published in www.atenews. org. It was about an alleged conspiracy posted in the facebook secret group of Piglasapat that was forwarded to Atenews by a concerned Atenean who got to have access to such facebook group. After almost a month of deliberation on the allegations of planned maneuvering of the CCO and GACP elections, Atenews decided to publicize the issue on the principle that the interest and welfare of the majority must be upheld. With the strong conviction that such issue was more than just political party rivalries, and after considering the opinions of the parties involved, Atenews decided to do its part in protecting the democratic rights of students even inside the campus. One of these rights is to be given equal opportunity to represent and or to be represented in any student organizations. This means that no student deserves unjust treatment in the exercise of the right to vote and to be elected for as long as the legitimacy of the election is parallel to the standing rules and by-laws of the organization.
For further readings, visit www.atenews.org and check the article “Mayhem in CCO, GACP polls”.
COMELEC IS IN NEED OF WILLING AND DEDICATED COMMISSIONERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR SY 2011-2012 Forms are available @ the COMELEC Bulletin Board near Samahan Office For More Info Text 09324773367
Deadline of Applications in on June 11
Percentage Grade
Descriptor
A
92% to 100%
Excellent
B+
88% to 91%
Very Good
B
84% to 87%
Good
C+
80% to 83%
Satisfactory
C
76% to 79%
Acceptable
D
72% to 75%
Minimal Pass
F
Below 72%
Failure
FD
Failure Debarred
For students whose attendance is less than 80% of class hours
WP
Withdrawn with Permission
For students who withdrew enrolled courses within the first six weeks of the semester, or the first two weeks of summer classes
Quality Point Index (QPI) System Each letter grade has a corresponding quality point equivalent:
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The said article in www.atenews.org received numerous positive and negative feedbacks from the Ateneans, students and alumni alike. The CCO and GACP polls were supposed to be held simultaneously on the day when the expose was released. However, only the CCO election was pursued, while that of the GACP was postponed to another date because of the tsunami scare.
Letter Grade
NLRC: Dismissal of 3 CON CI’s is Jusitified
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AVAO CITY, Nov. 25, 2010 The National Labor Relations Commision Regional Arbitration Branch No. XI resolved to a decision on the dismissal of the three clinical instructors of the CON as justifiable. The decision was made by the Labor Arbiter Merciditas Larida as a resolution to the complaint of the 3 terminated clinical instructors who were alleged to be engaged on case buying. The dismissed AdDU-CON CI’s; Willyn Adrias R.N. M.N, Vivien Go R.N. M.N. and Fe Estampa R.N. appealed to NLRC late last year for intervention for an illegal discharge against AdDU. NLRC states on its decision that the termination was appropriate. The three dismissed were guilty of case buying, falsification and misinterpretation of working hours. The NLRC decision report also asserts that “Adrias and Go made profit out of cases by requiring students to pay money for each clinical case given to them without the students performing any clinical procedure”. Furthermore,
by Gary Camarillo
NLRC adds that the acts of Mrs.Adrias and Mrs. Go were serious misconduct which constitutes to willful violations of the Code of Ethics of Ateneo Educators and the Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses. NLRC also identified Mrs. Estampa’s nonrenewal of probationary employment from the University to be legal and had valid ground. Mrs. Estampa claims that she was already a regular employee of the university for 10 semesters. But she lacked a Master’s degree which is a requirement for regularization. For this reason, she was classified as a contractual employee and her 10 semesters of service in the University didn’t entitle her for regularization. NLRC specified that Mrs. Estampa’s renewal of contract completely falls on the university’s prerogative. NLRC’s decision, however, is appealable. Adrias, Estampa and Go are reportedly working on their plea at the Court of Appeals.
Letter Grade
Quality Point Index
A
4.00
B+
3.50
B
3.00
C+
2.50
C
2.00
D
1.00
F
0.00
FD
0.00
WP
Not Counted in QPI
For more info Pls. Visit:
ATENEWS
LETTER GRADE SYSTEM Implementing Rules and Regulations
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1. The Letter Grade system will be effective for the incoming first year students of June 2011. Transfer students, if classified as first year, will have letter grades. Transfer students placed on the second or upper years continue to receive numerical grades. 2. Upper-class students will continue to receive numerical grades. The present WPA and retention policy will still be in effect for them. 3. Second year and upper class students will continue to receive numerical grades until school year 2014-2015 for a fouryear program, school year 2015-2016 for a five-year program. 4. An Ad Hoc Committee will be created to facilitate orientation, transition, monitoring, and resolution of conflicts related to the change in the grading system. The Ad Hoc Committee will be composed of the University Registrar, the Standards Committee Chair, the MIS Director, the SAMAHAN President, and one more member.
Quality Point Index (QPI) Computation Formula: ∑ (QPI of each course x no. of units of each course) Total No. of Units
For example: Courses
Units
Letter Grade
Point Equivalence
Product
English 11
3
B+
3.5
10.5
Math 111
3
D
1.0
3.0
Bio 100/101
5
C
2.0
10.0
Hist 111
3
C
2.0
6.0
Soc 111
3
A
4.0
12.0
Total
17
41.50
QPI = 41.5/17 = 2.44
*The QPI is rounded off to two decimal places.
Note: the New Grading System is Applicable only to the INCOMING 1st Year Students of SY 2011-2012
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