13 June 2011
FOR:
THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR / DIRECTRESS / PRINCIPAL / HEAD
FROM:
CEAP ADVOCACY COMMISSION
SUBJECT: SURVEY ON CEAP ADVOCACY CONCERNS
CEAP Advocacy is not the work only of a central advocacy group, but the work of all. National advocacy is
meaningful and effective only in symbiosis with regional advocacy.
Please find below questions pertinent to the current efforts of the Advocacy Commission. We pray that you will
find time to answer these questions and send them back to us as soon as possible via fax (02)426-2670 or email
aseu@ceap.org.ph. This survey is available for download at the Downloads Section of www.ceap.org.ph.
Thank you and God Bless!
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CEAP Advocacy Commission 2011 Survey
Name of school: _________________________________________
Contact person: _________________________________________ Phone number: ________________
LOCAL ADVOCACY
1. Is your school engaged in advocacy work in your region?
a. If yes, what are the principal issues that your school is addressing?
_________________________________________________________________
How can the CEAP Advocacy Commission assist your school in this advocacy?
_________________________________________________________________
b. If no, what steps must be undertaken to promote vibrant involvement of your school in
advocacy at the level of your region?
_________________________________________________________________
2. Have you visited the CEAP "National Advocacy Commission" link at the lower right hand corner
of the CEAP website (http://www.ceap.org.ph)? Did you find it helpful?
( ) yes, which part was helpful? _________________________________________
( ) no, why not? ______________________________________________________
If you have not yet visited the site, please visit it now.
Please suggest any material that you need and which we can post in the website for your
reference.
_____________________________________________________________________
GENERAL EDUCATION
1. K to 12 Reforms: Should the tertiary level curriculum include general education subjects or focus
instead on professional courses?
( ) yes
( ) no, why not? ______________________________________________________
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GENDER & DEVELOPMENT (GAD):
1. Does your school have any program on mainstreaming Gender and Development (GAD)?
( ) yes. Please specify. ___________________________________________________
( ) none
2. Republic Act 7877 or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law took effect in 1995. Is your school able to
comply with the provisions of RA 7877 particularly in the creation of the Committee on Decorum
and Investigation (CODI)?
( ) yes, please explain how you have complied with RA 7877.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
( ) no, why not?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
JUSTICE AND PEACE ISSUES:
1. Are there any fraternities/sororities in your school?
a. If yes, how does your school ensure that the Anti-Hazing Law is not violated?
______________________________________________________________
b. Please list any program of your school that enjoins all fraternity/sorority members to
observe the rule of law.
______________________________________________________________
2. Pease list on the adjacent space any program/project/activity of your school that promotes the
following concerns.
a. Justice and Peace
____________________
b. Human Rights
____________________
c. Rule of Law
____________________
d. Environmental Protection
____________________
e. Genuine Democracy
____________________
f. Sustainable Human Development ____________________
3. Please list any program in your school that promotes basic understanding of administration of
justice and the Philippine Justice System
___________________________________________________________________________
ENVIRONMENT
1. Are you aware of the Minerals Management Bill?
( ) yes
( ) no
2. Do you think the CEAP should support this Bill?
( ) yes, why? _______________________________________________________________
( ) no, why not? ____________________________________________________________
3. Do you have a Solid Waste Management (SWM) Program in your school?
( ) yes
( ) none
If you do not have such a program, would your school want assistance from CEAP
Model/Champion schools for Solid Waste Management to help you set it up?
( ) yes
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( ) no
4. Below are some of the critical environmental issues and concerns. Which of the following do you
think your school would want the CEAP Advocacy Commission to prioritize? Please number the
following issues according to your priority.
Solid Waste Management
Climate Change Education, Climate Change Risk Management
Environmental Laws and its Implementation
Others, please specify:________________________________
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL
1. Is the Reproductive Health Bill a major concern to your school?
( ) yes, why? ________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
( ) no, why not? _______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
2. Does your school have any activity related to the discussions on the Reproductive Health Bill?
( ) yes. What are these activities? ________________________________________
( ) none. Why? _______________________________________________________
3. In general, what do you think about the pronouncement made by the Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines against the Reproductive Health Bill?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
4. Do you think the Catholic Church should still continue the dialogue with the proponents of the
Reproductive Health Bill in order to come up with a generally acceptable RH Bill?
( ) yes, why? ________________________________________________________
( ) no, why not? ______________________________________________________
TAX ISSUES
1. Are you aware of the current tax impositions on academic institutions?
( ) yes
( ) no
2. Are you aware of the current tax exemptions enjoyed by academic institutions?
( ) yes
( ) no
3. What specific tax exemptions for academic institutions would you suggest should be legislated?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
PLEASE SUGGEST ANY OTHER CONCERNS/ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD WANT CEAP TO BE ENGAGED IN.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Thank you and God Bless!
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