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The reason: The institution did not make the grade due to management and governance issues.
A document from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) cited the assessment result by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) that the disqualification was based on one of the five eligibility requirements on good governance conditions: The transparency seal.
The assessment stated that the institution only partially complied with the transparency seal.
Based on this shortcoming, which reflected less than satisfactory management functions, the 720 or so employees of BSU will not receive the bonus this year.
In 2012, when it qualified for the PBB, the employees enjoyed such a bonus, with each of the 720 employees receiving a flat-rate of P7,000 based on their internal agreement and regardless of their individual performance and rank.
Since they failed to live up to expectations this 2013, they will not receive the bonus this year.
Employees from the faculty and non-faculty rank and file were "broken hearted", as the amount from the PBB could have made their families happier this Christmas season.
Employees who requested anonymity claimed they did their part but management failed them.
Darlyn D. Tagarino, President of the faculty club association, summed up the sentiments of the rank and file employees. "Of course we felt disappointed. But there were valid reasons as pointed out by the IATF."
"We need to live with it, and the experience would make us better next time," she said in an interview.
BSU Vice-Pres. for Academic Affairs Dr. Percyveranda Lubrica claimed that the questioned posting of BSU's financial accomplishment on the web site was the reason for the school's PBB disqualification.
A letter of DBM Secretary Florencio Abad reminded BSU to publish its MFO Accounting Report CARD (MARC-1) and Management Accountability Report CARD (MARC-2) on its web site, which Lubrica acknowledged was one of the non-accomplished performance indicators.
On the other hand, Dr. Estrelita Daclan, VP for Administration and Finance, said that their main weakness was that they failed to put in one column in the worksheet pertaining to the budget for their targets.
"We missed 0.5 to obtain the passing score," she explained.
Regardless of the reasons, however, the employees said that their PBB disqualification boils down to a management issue that was out of their control.
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