Tibak: A Descriptive Study of the characteristics and situation of student activists in UP Diliman

Report 25: Tibak: A Descriptive Study of the characteristics and situation of student activists in UP Diliman

This study explored the lives of student activists from the University of the Philippines Diliman. A description of the present situation of student activism in U.P. Diliman necessarily involved a discussion of the Philippine’s current sociopolitical context. The study was driven to answer the following questions:

• What is the current socio-political context student activists from the University of the Philippines, Diliman have to work within?
• What factors motivated or influenced these students to get actively involved with the student movement?
• What are their activities as student activists?
• How do they manage their time and other resources?
• What are their significant concerns and problems as student activists?
• What are their insights on the future (vision) of student activism?