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Today’s rapidly changing world brings about many emerging skills across various industries and fields of expertise. To keep up, schools must ensure that learning goes beyond the four walls of the classroom by allowing students to explore their passions and interests and develop new skills not limited to their academic studies.
STI College integrates a balance of traditional, experience-based, and character-building activities into its industry-adept programs in line with its commitment to mold future-ready graduates. One of their programs to achieve this is the Tagisan ng Talino (TNT) at Sining (TNS), an annual academic and interest-based competition where STI students demonstrate their knowledge and skills against their fellow STIers all over the country.
The competition
Under TNS, the artistic calling of students is tested through on-the-spot photography contests named Shutter’s Best and video production competitions called Director’s Cut. Meanwhile, TNT delegates showcased their knowledge by joining different competition categories.
Contestants of the impromptu speech competition Stand Up and Deliver confidently took a stand and delivered their insights about sustainable development on stage. On the other hand, talented writers delved deeper into the topic of the importance of sustainable lifelong learning opportunities through their thought-provoking compositions in “Essay Does It.” Tourism Management students, displayed their guiding skills in Travelogue where they took the judges and the audience on a simulated trip to Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental.
STI students gave their best to have a fun and full of learning experiences at the annual Tagisan ng Talino at Sining competition
Students' general knowledge expertise was also tested in Think Quest, a team quiz competition, and their programming and app designing skills in Codefest, a mobile app hackathon. These are just some fun and exciting contests the institution holds for their students.
“Tagisan ng Talino is an avenue for students like me to improve myself and pursue my interests. The fact that STI holds these types of events is really amazing,” said Kevin Kinny from STI College San Fernando, this year’s TNT Stand Up and Deliver champion. “I teared up a little onstage during the announcement of winners because it’s very elating that after all the effort and hardships throughout the competition, I was able to win the championship in the nationals.”
Through TNT and its other extracurricular activities, STI aims to provide holistic development beyond the academic curriculum.