IN 2008, on its centennial, the University of the Philippines formally developed the Special UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) in an attempt to implement the mandate on accessible education provided in the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and the university’s own charter. The Special UPCAT is designed to improve opportunities for PWDs to take
By JHESSET THRINA O. ENANO WITH a notebook in hand, Caldwell Jones Reynaldo sits near the entrance of a college library at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Its pages are filled with his scribbled thoughts, alongside conversations with his classmates and friends. His Facebook page, meanwhile, is filled with his art. His profile picture is
By AMER R. AMOR IF you are a high school senior who has been preparing witty narratives to questions like “If your crush says he/she loves you, will you say you love him/her, too?” in this year’s University of the Philippines College Admission Test or UPCAT, you are in for a disappointment. UPCAT 2014 will
By AMER R. AMOR FOR the first time in the history of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test, a visually impaired high school senior will take the entrance exam to the country’s premier university using a test booklet entirely produced using a Braille printer or embosser. While this is not the first time
YOU are aware that the University of the Philippines is the country’s national university. And according to the international research organization Quacquarelli Symonds Intelligence Unit’s (QSIU) report on Asia’s top universities, UP is the best university in the country. As your research will tell you, many of the nation’s movers and shakers graduated from this