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“How can the Aquino administration claim that it’s ready for K to 12 when it can’t even provide basic access to schools to millions of children?”
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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.
The petitioners asked the Supreme Court to “strike down” the K to 12 law for its violation of the constitutional provisions on the right to education, labor, and economy.
“The communities, the parents, the students and the school are civilians but they now became the target of the insurgency operations of the government."
A student Catholic group in the University of San Jose-Recoletos in Cebu city denied that the venue of the K to 12 training where a teacher collapsed had poor ventilation.
“The government could not even provide a well-ventilated venue for the training of teachers.”
Some Lumad schools may not be able to start classes on June 1, with soldiers encamped in the area.
Aspiring students want the concerned government agencies to check on the operation of paramilitary group Alamara so they can go back to school.
“We will not stop calling for the suspension of the K to 12 program.”
As private colleges are expected to cut down its faculty, teachers will be pitted against each other, fighting for jobs in public high schools.
How ready is the government to implement K to 12’s Senior High School in 2016?
“President Aquino’s government abandons its responsibility to provide free education to the youth while pushing students to enroll in private schools, thus ensuring profits for private school administrators.”
“Regardless of the repression students opposing tuition hikes suffer, Ched continues to adhere to the whims of school administrators."
“The illegal imposition of increases in tuition and other school fees continues even without the Ched approval.”
“We are losing our sense of being Filipino.”
“Instead of adding more years, the government should have fixed the subjects to have a better quality of education. Since this will result in additional financial burden to parents, drop-out students will eventually increase.”
“There remains fiscal shortfalls as the overall education budget allocation is still way below the recommended six percent of GDP, as government spending in the education sector is only 2.6 percent of GDP in 2011.”
“The commencement exercise and her welcome speech then became not merely traditional school-officiated exercises but alternative avenues to speak for justice.”
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