Adamson, faculty squabble over grade system
“It it ain’t wrong, don’t fix it.”
Professors and instructors of Adamson University in Manila has asked a Manila Regional Trial Court to stop the administration from using the new grading system, saying it will cause chaos among faculty members and students.
In an urgent petition for the issuance of a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction, petitioner Adamson University Faculty and Employees Association led by its president, Orestes delos Reyes, Jr., said the measure was questionable.
He said students would complain how their grades were computed and if no grades are submitted to the University, this would affect the efficiency of faculty members, who will be the ones blamed.
“The AUFEA and petitioners have no idea how this NGS may be applied to the grading system of the students that replaces the Old Grading System because, the AUFEA, and the individual petitioners and its members have not been informed how this NGS may be implemented,” said Delos Reyes and the 12 other AUFEA officials who also signed the petition.
“Respondents’ implementation of the NGS without first informing the petitioners and its members, nor given a copy of the said NGS, certainly it would be prejudicial to the rights of the petitioners and its members and the students themselves which as of this time could not understand how this NGS would affect their grades.”
Delos Reyes earlier wrote Fr. Gregorio Banaga Jr., Adamson president, noting that that the old system has produced top caliber graduates.
“But, with the proposed NGS, the union is quite skeptical on the urgency of its implementation as it will only be another heavy workload on the part of the teachers. Further, the NGS is not mutually agreed by the management and the union.”
Bu the plea was rejected by Banaga in a letter dated July 26, 2010, indicating his intention to continue with the new system. Macon Ramos-Araneta
