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Arroyo signs UP Charter of 2008 into law
Posted by Don on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: General
Article posted April 29, 2008 - 02:48 PM CEBU CITY, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law the University of the Philippines (UP) Charter of 2008, giving the country’s premier learning institution “the enhanced capability to fulfill its mission and spread the benefits of knowledge.”
Republic Act 9500 recognizes the importance of instilling “new ways of thinking” on students, which they will use to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, the President said.
“Strengthening the UP Charter now is timely not only because the University turns a hundred years old this year but also because new challenges in the 21st Century call for new ways of thinking and new approaches to modern situations,” the President said. Continue Reading »