BULATLAT SPECIAL REPORT:
“To generate profits, Apec and other similar chains, employ fewer and unqualified teachers and provide facilities which do not comply to standards. What’s quite regrettable in this regard, and almost scandalous, is that the government has waived regulations that exist in the provision of education, to satisfy the business interests of Pearson and Ayala.”
Category: Youth
Youths burn Apec logo
“Our protest today symbolizes our disgust for the current rotten system.”
Youth solon hails restoration of slashed budget of SUCs in 2016
“Our fight for greater state subsidy for education continues.”
Progressive youth group calls for clean election
MANILA — Members of the progressive youth group Anakbayan massed up in front of the Commission on Elections on Thursday, Oct. 15 and called on candidates filing for their certificates of candidacy (COCs) to stand up on issues that matter to the Filipino people. “Bayan o sarili? (People or self) We call on the candidates…
Youth solon condemns harassment of youth groups
“Is the AFP trying to play catch-up with the horrid human rights record of the previous administration?”
BulatlatAsks #How was your first day of school?
June 1 marks the start of school calendar in public schools in the Philippines. It is also a day of protest for critics of the government’s K to 12 program.
K to 12 | DepEd: 800k to 1 M Grade 11 students to be displaced in 2016
How ready is the government to implement K to 12’s Senior High School in 2016?
‘Commission on Higher Education not strict on schools raising tuition– NUSP
“The illegal imposition of increases in tuition and other school fees continues even without the Ched approval.”
High school salutatorian lauded amid school censorship
“The commencement exercise and her welcome speech then became not merely traditional school-officiated exercises but alternative avenues to speak for justice.”
#BlackoutPH | Students walkout ‘for education and justice’
“Today we walk out against BS. No more lies, no more injustice, no more impunity.”
Youth, student groups rage over coed suicide
Simultaneous mass actions nationwide were held by youth and student groups over yet another suicide by a college student who couldn’t afford tuition.