Editing UP Economics Society (section)

=== '''ECOSOC now and beyond'''=== 

:Today, the University of the Philippines Economics Society remains true to the young, idealistic vision that created it and to the collective sense of service and camaraderie that sustains it. One of the organization's objectives, that of directly contributing as much as the members possibly can to alleviate social problems – has motivated ECOSOC’s establishment of weekend nurseries and day-care activities at nearby Pook Ricarte and weekly tutorials for the sixth graders of San Vicente Elementary School, which are directly supervised by the members themselves. As an academic organization, the Society conducts study groups and tutorials, holds book sales and rentals, publishes a paper, the ECHOES, and even collects sample exams for the benefit of the economic student.

:With the start of the new millennium, the Society boasts of one of the largest memberships in the entire UP System, now standing at around two hundred. The Society has become known for its various activities, all of which aim for the well being of its members and the achievement of its goals of SERVICE, EXCELLENCE, and TRADITION. These include company tours, talks and symposia, seminars, various sports events, variety shows, semestral fundraisers, etc. ECOSOC continues to conduct weekly day care sessions for younger children from Pook Ricarte, and semestral Free Clinics for various communities.

:Until the first semester of 2003, the society had been sponsoring weekly tutorials for the Grade Six students of Balara Elementary School, with free art, writing, and sports workshops for selected students of the same school. However, a modification in the class schedules of the sixth grade classes from the afternoon to the morning prompted a major change. At present, the society now sponsors the weekly tutorials of the San Vicente Elementary sixth graders – but with the same passion and commitment that has marked their endeavors.

:By means of the UP Economics Society Scholarship Fund (ESSF), three deserving students are currently able to go to high school with full scholarships. They are Jonathan Baduria, Kevin Delos Santos, and Seann Vicente.

:In 2011, for the first time in its history, the UP Economics Society Scholarship Fund catered to the education of one UP School of Economics student, in an effort to promote economics as a tool for national development.

:In 2012, the Society embarked on a new partnership with the GK-NTC Pinag-isang Palad community, with whom Ecosoc holds community-building activities such as the health mission and house builds.

:ECOSOC believes that the study of economics cannot be totally isolated from any other social phenomenon and that the UP student, particularly the ECOSOCer, is inherently responsible to the Filipino people. What the student doesn’t learn inside the classroom is learned in the world called ECOSOC. 


ECOSOC is a dynamic organization that strives with its motto at hand, “…Paglingkuran ang Diyos, Kapwa at Bayan” – truly a commitment to serve.