Free Tuition Policy? | Student groups lambast UP’s fee collection
UP has been allocated P376 million to cover the tuition of all students, yet fee collection continues.
Free Tuition Policy? | Student groups lambast UP’s fee collection
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New Ched memo retains Filipino units in college – except for literature
New Ched memo retains Filipino units in college – except for literature
Tanggol Wika demands that the agency issue another memo retaining Panitikan subjects.
UP students condemn ‘sham’ free tuition policy
UP students condemn ‘sham’ free tuition policy
“Free tuition should be enjoyed by all.”
Teachers of Surigao Sur Lumad schools call to dismiss trumped-up charges
Teachers of Surigao Sur Lumad schools call to dismiss trumped-up charges
“They executed an affidavit and yet they are in the custody of the military. So what was the motive behind that?”
‘Ched violates Supreme Court order against removing Filipino in college’
‘Ched violates Supreme Court order against removing Filipino in college’
The group Tanggol Wika is up in arms against the agency’s new memos.
Students camp out of Ched office to call for free education
Students camp out of Ched office to call for free education
"Education should be devoid of policies that are for business, commercialization and profit.”
New school year, same old problems: K to 12, shortages in classrooms, teachers
New school year, same old problems: K to 12, shortages in classrooms, teachers
Large amount of the increased education budget was allocated – not to address backlogs and shortages – but to fund privatized education through the voucher system.
268 private colleges to increase tuition
268 private colleges to increase tuition
Data culled by Kabataan Partylist showed that most private HEIs earn billions a year and have been listed in the Top 1000 corporations in the Philippines.
Socialized tuition | The UP experience
Socialized tuition | The UP experience
“It’s discouraging. It’s like scrounging for alms from an institution which should actually provide free education.”
‘Duterte’s free tuition policy is a lie’ – youth groups
‘Duterte’s free tuition policy is a lie’ – youth groups
“We call for the abrogation of neoliberal policies on education, which have turned even public schools into moneymaking ventures in collusion with the World Bank and other foreign entities.”
Public school teachers assert continuing professional dev’t as right
Public school teachers assert continuing professional dev’t as right
ACT asserts that CPD is a right and should given as free social service, instead of adding burden to already-cash-strapped professionals, particularly, public schools teachers. The group was apprehensive that the program will be privatized as it was not explicitly stated in the recently-issued IRR that CPD program could be given free.
UP profs, students buck unprecedented cuts in liberal units
UP profs, students buck unprecedented cuts in liberal units
“We’re just being retooled to become cheap labor.”
‘Bogus’ | Youth groups slam Senate-approved bill on ‘free college’
‘Bogus’ | Youth groups slam Senate-approved bill on ‘free college’
“As if to mock Kristel and all the victims of the rotten education system, Duterte’s cohorts in Congress and Senate are pushing for a ‘free tuition’ policy that will allow the nationwide implementation of UP’s STS – the very policy that killed Kristel.”
‘Rubbing salt to wounds’ | Teachers’ slam Education secretary for defending removal of allowances
‘Rubbing salt to wounds’ | Teachers’ slam Education secretary for defending removal of allowances
“If she is really thinking of improving the lives of teachers, she should have worked towards increasing the benefits of teachers.”
Public school teachers slam removal of allowance
Public school teachers slam removal of allowance
“This is a slap in our faces. We are asking for a salary increase and what we get is this.”
Youth solon files bill for free public college
Youth solon files bill for free public college
“At a more fundamental level, the passage of this bill will also result in the reversal of decades of attacks on the right of every Filipino to education."
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Will the increased education budget equate to free college for all? Youth groups vow to make it so.
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Progressive youth and teachers groups welcomed the budgetary increase that will make tuition in state universities and colleges free, but criticized the expansion of the voucher system, which, they said, privatizes the public education system.
NLRC orders Miriam College to reinstate their wrongly retrenched professors
NLRC orders Miriam College to reinstate their wrongly retrenched professors
Labor Arbiter Julio Gayaman “found that the school failed to prove the validity of retrenchment, which employers should use upon imminent and substantial loss and only as the last resort.”
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