Preparing for implementation. Following the approval of the
Academic Council, the Academic Vice-President issued a Checklist of
Tasks for Implementation of the Trimester Plan to all concerned,
including everything from seeking government approval to evaluation.
(Annex 6.)
The 'La Sallian', the official student newspaper, published an
eight-page special issue describing the details of the trimestral system as
well as the voting procedures in the Academic Council.
The third student study: 1980-81. A third student thesis had been
commissioned by the Academic Vice-President, this one was prepared
by a single I.M.E . graduating student and student leader entitled
'Analysis and Design of a Trimester System' and was completed in early
1981. The highlight was a mechanism to meet the need to set up a
rigorous monitoring system on the innovation. Some features of the
study were used in subsequent administration announcements and in the
submission of the plan for approval to the Ministry of Education.
Approval from the Ministry of Education. The formal application,
accompanied by voluminous supporting documentation, was submitted
to the Ministry of Education on 4 February, 1981, through the regular
channels of the Regional Director, Manila region. It included the
rationale, the historical background, results of committee deliberations,
proposed salary scales, flow charts of the revised curricula, new tuition
rates and the trimestral calendar.