#OpportunitiesCorner: Week 5 – August 2025
Hello there! The UP Diliman Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs’ #OpportunitiesCorner is an update on available scholarships, exchange programs, conferences, workshops, and other skill-enhancing initiatives for UP Diliman students. Here’s for the 5th week of August 2025:
AGORA: TULA’T TANGHAL & DULARAWAN COMPETITION
The Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP), in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), will conduct AGORA: CROSSROADS OF CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND IDEAS.
AGORA is a venue that will provide community engagement by showcasing talents, research, products, local cultural icons, and people. The general public is invited to have access to and be connected to PCEP’s education institutions. This event will be in partnership with different institutions to ensure the proliferation of the cultural education effort and the promotion of cultural education in the country as the core of teaching and learning and governance towards inclusive growth and sustainable development.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts invites everyone to join their activities, especially the competitions for ‘Tula at Pagtatanghal’ (poetry reading with dramatic interpretation) and ‘DULARAWAN’ (dance-musical-drama production).
Event Details
📅 Date: December 6-7, 2025
📍 Venue: SM North Edsa, Quezon City
🔍 Detailed Info: Primer
Goals
1. Exhibition of local products, publications, visual arts, and local crafts shall be mounted by
partner Agencies and Education Institutions and select cultural groups;
2. Mounting of “Tula at Pagtatanghal” competition showcasing literary works of National
Artists by the participating community-based performing artists;
3. “Dularawan 4: Dance-Musical-Drama production” competition by the participating student- artists in private and public schools with SPA showcasing their local cultural icons through
a presentation; and
4. Promotion of creative-products and cultural programs by the NCCA-PCEP, Barasoain
Kalinangan Foundation, Inc (BKFI), NACES and other partner Institutions.
Activities
A. LAUNCHING OF BOOKS & READING
Launching of new books of PCEP and reading of Mga Kuwentong Supling to be participated by
NACES Alumni from Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
B. ARTS AND CULTURE EXHIBITION:
Mounting of booths at the main hall of the Mall. Cultural agencies like National Historical Commission, Intramuros Administration, National Archives, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino, Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Library, National Museum, Education Institutions, LGU’s and cultural institutions groups are encouraged to participate by mounting their own booth at the Mall to exhibit local products such as local crafts, native to the community and popular local intangible arts can be displayed, sell (subject to approval of the mall) and performed. Universities nationwide shall also be invited to participate in the event. Their publications, information about the courses offered, amenities, activities, uniqueness, school values can be
showcased.
C. TULA AT PAGTATANGHAL
Showcase of Literary works of the National Artists through a poetry reading with drama interpretation for all interested community-based performing artists (amateur or professional) participants (4-5 artists including technical staff).
Winners will be awarded with the following cash prize:
Grand Winner – Php 15,000.00
1st Runner-Up – Php 10,000.00
2nd Runner-Up – Php 5,000.00
Submission
🔗 Submit here: https://tinyurl.com/dth2f86c
📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📍Performance: December 6, 2025 at SM North Edsa
D. DULARAWAN 4: DANCE-MUSICAL-DRAMA PRODUCTION
DULARAWAN 4 is a Dance-Musical-Drama competition showcasing local cultural icons in their community for all interested student-artists in different public and private schools (8-10 artists including technical staff)
Winners will be awarded with the following cash prize:
Grand Winner – Php 20,000.00
1st Runner-Up – Php 15,000.00
2nd Runner-Up – Php 10,000.00
Registration
🔗 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mr2dk6vr
📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📍Performance: December 7, 2025 at SM North Edsa
Question?
Contact Philippine Cultural Education Program at pcep@ncca.gov.ph.
BILYONARYO QUIZ B – SEASON 2, WIN ₱1 MILLION
Bilyonaryo News Channel is inviting UP Filipino and foreign college students to join the second season of Bilyonaryo Quiz B (BQB) – College Edition. It is a nationally televised academic quiz competition produced by the BilyonaryoNews Channel (BNC) and aired on Cignal Channel 24 and Free TV Channel 31 and live on YouTube, featuring college students from the Philippines. BQB is hosted by 1992 Battle of the Brains’ David Celdran. Application is until September 12, 2025.
Requirements
- Completed application form
- Screenshot of grades from all semesters (from the school portal)
- Photo of latest school ID
- 1-minute self-introduction video
Application
📝 Deadline: September 12, 2025
🔗 Sign up here: Application Form
Question?
Contact the Bilyonaryo Quiz B at ningning.bilyonaryoquizB@gmail.com or 0917 850 1110.