kabalikat

THE STET-VIP KABALIKAT TROPHY

The

Kabalikat

Trophy is immediately beautiful and at once familiar, a delight to

the eye and

stimulus to

the mind. Multi-awarded artist

Junyee’s

interpretation

sculpted from a solid piece

of molave wood

measures 4” x 4” x 14”. A vision that

is at once architectural and a jewel of a

flower, it is reminiscent of

the way

tender young shoots sprout from a cluster of leaves.

Depending on what angle

the viewer

situates herself and in the varying light of day, it may look

like: the

cross section of a star apple fruit, an

unfurling orchid flower, a stiff glossy cycad

frond,

and in conformity with STET-VIP’s vision, the

wingspan of a bird among a

flock flying in a v-

formation. One gets the feeling of the forces that press

nature

to evolution and extinction from

the sculpture’s organic form and movement.

This masterful symmetry is characteristic of Junyee’s art. He has represented

the Philippines in

some of

the most significant art gatherings in the world,

including the 7th Havana Biennial,

where his

collaboration with fellow Filipino

Impy Pilapil “Closeness and Isolation” was given a

space in the central

exhibition. A juxtaposition of two life-sized images, in it a wooden man

hangs

from the ceiling, held by

strands of natural fiber. Beneath him is a man of

etched glass

mounted on a bed of sand. The top

figure is a Pintado, the

tattooed Visayan native from the

Pre-hispanic era, the bottom one, a man

representing the computer age.

The

Kabalikat

Trophy is likewise a celebration

of how artifice is only an

instant away from collapsing into a

vast inner

landscape that is unstoppably fertile, pulsating with life

and hope. It is a fitting

tribute

to the STET-VIP educator / institution who has redefined the ancient

Filipino concept of

bayanihan

by becoming a true

kabalikat

in this day and age.

The

Kabalikat

Trophy

is awarded

to those who recognize how virtues can

propel entire schools and communities to soar

above

the lethargy—spawned by

complacent bureaucracies, inescapable poverties, and

overwhelming

disillusionments—that we can rise above only through a recognition of what

unites us all. Indeed, the

Kabalikat

Trophy is an artist’s tribute to those who

have succeeded in

reclaiming some portion of the

vast frontier that is the

Filipino spirit.

HE STET-VIP NSTP

KABALIKAT

AWARDS FOR

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY

rojects

The Annual National Search for the STET-VIP NSTP Kabalikat Awards for

Outstanding

Community

rojects

was conceived on December 12, 2002 to

recognize STET-VIP NSTP

affiliate CHED Higher

Education Institutions (HEIs)

and TESDA Supervised Technical-

Vocational Institutions with exemplary

community development projects. It was first awarded on

May 17, 2003 during

the First STET-VIP NSTP

Annual National Convention and

Kabalikat

Awards at

the Teachers’ Camp, Cebu City. The First,

Second, and Third Prizes have cash

incentives for the Coordinators of PhP 15,000 PhP 10,000 and

PhP 5,000

pesos respectively.

Those who win for the third time will be considered for the

Hall of Fame

and the STET-VIP

NSTP

Kabalikat

Trophy will be awarded to the

Coordinator of the winning entry. The

Search is

open to all STET-VIP NSTP

affiliate institutions which have adopted the STET-VIP NSTP

Course Syllabus

and Program of Instruction and who have conformed to be part of STET-VIP’s

Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (IMES). Interested parties may

contact the STET-

VIP

office for contest details and guidelines.

THE STET-VIP KABALIKAT TROPHY FOR BENEFACTORS

The

Kabalikat

Trophy is likewise awarded to all STET-VIP Benefactors who,

foremost, are

advocates of the STET-VIP ideals. These Benefactors are

composed of individuals,

corporations, and organizations with a social

investment of Php

one

hundred thousand pesos

(Php 100,000.00) to the

STET-

VIP projects as approved by the Board of Trustees of the STET-

VIP, Inc.,

through a

resolution. They are also entitled to the following:

Certificate of Donation for BIR tax exemption privilege;
Free attendance to any STET-VIP seminar, course, training, workshop, and convention;
and
A report on the full use of their social investment examined and certified by an auditor
duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Board of
Accountants (BOA), and the BIR.