Teachers rage against low wage
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Anne Marxze Umil | Oct 8, 2014
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Commentary| Happy Teachers’ Month and Happy World Teachers’ Day, job orders!
Commentary| Happy Teachers’ Month and Happy World Teachers’ Day, job orders!
Happy Teachers’ Month and Happy World Teachers’ Day, Job Orders!
Our government has all the banners of acknowledgement for our teachers. But on important matters such as of rights, dignity, and improving quality of teachers’ lives, the government seems deaf and blind to calls for teachers' humane and dignified treatment.
They simply could not let their students drop out due to poverty
They simply could not let their students drop out due to poverty
“Most of our students are children of garbage collectors, pedicab drivers, magbobote or mangangalakal. Many of them go to school without eating.” -- Anne Besin, public school teacher
‘Free spa is good, but we need a salary hike’ – public school teachers
‘Free spa is good, but we need a salary hike’ – public school teachers
At a protest action commemorating Teachers’ Day, public educators bemoaned their low salary, heavy workload, and issues under K + 12.
Sidebar stories: They simply could not let their students drop out due to poverty
Happy Teachers’ Month and Happy World Teachers’ Day, job orders!
Teachers press for proposed law for wage hike
Teachers press for proposed law for wage hike
“The administration of President Benigno S. Aquino is only allotting 2.2 percent of our GDP for education. It doesn’t even reach half of the UN recommendation.” -- ACT secretary-general France Castro.
‘Teachers’ deaths add weight to call for salary increase’ – ACT
‘Teachers’ deaths add weight to call for salary increase’ – ACT
“This unfortunate incident will serve as an inspiration for us teachers to intensify our campaign for decent and living wages.” – France Castro, ACT secretary general
On National Heroes’ Day| Students make a stand against pork barrel
On National Heroes’ Day| Students make a stand against pork barrel
“It is important that we make a stand on issues in our society because in the future, we too, will be confronted with the same problems plaguing our society. If we take a stand now, we not only fight for our right, but also for the future of the children.” – Alain Villegas, DLSU student
Indigenous peoples, rights advocates cry out ‘Save our Schools’
Indigenous peoples, rights advocates cry out ‘Save our Schools’
“Soldiers are attacking the alternative schools in the countryside simply because the government does not want the indigenous people to know their rights.” – Dulphing Ogan, a Blaan and secretary general of Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumaran)
UP students open school year with protests vs commercialized education
UP students open school year with protests vs commercialized education
“We spend money not only on tuition, but also on food, for paper work and projects, for our transportation, among others. That is why it would be a great help if the tuition, in a state university like UP, would be affordable.” - Charlotte France, Stand-UP chair
No pay hike for government workers in 2015 proposed budget
No pay hike for government workers in 2015 proposed budget
“They need pay hikes now, not in 2016.” – ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio
Muntinlupa teachers prevail in fight for rights to tenure
Muntinlupa teachers prevail in fight for rights to tenure
Locally-paid teachers of Muntinlupa were rehired three weeks after they were terminated. It was because they relentlessly asserted their rights, and proved that there is victory in collective struggle.
Schools under siege
Schools under siege
Non-formal schools in far-flung villages are still under attack by military operations.
PUP students score one against tuition hike
PUP students score one against tuition hike
“We gained initial victory in our struggle against the impending tuition hike because of our collective action. But let us also bear in mind, that the struggle is not yet over as the proposal has not yet been scrapped.” – Ugnayan ng Mag-aaral Laban sa Komersyalisasyon-PUP
Two schools in Patungan, Cavite set to be demolished to give way to resorts
Two schools in Patungan, Cavite set to be demolished to give way to resorts
“We are aghast with the planned demolition of two schools in Cavite. We are in dire need of more classrooms in the country and such plan to demolish schools to give way to the construction of commercial establishments is unacceptable in all aspects.” – France Castro, Alliance of Concerned Teachers
Removing Filipino as a subject in college: A betrayal in the name of business?
Removing Filipino as a subject in college: A betrayal in the name of business?
“Removing Filipino as a subject in the new GEC is not just a local issue; it is a moral issue that goes against the integrity of our race.” – Prof. Patrocinio Villafuerte
Educators, students form alliance to defend Filipino language, subject
Educators, students form alliance to defend Filipino language, subject
“Ang wikang Filipino ay di lamang isang simbulo ng ating pagiging bansa. Ang wikang Filipino sa unibersidad ay kumakatawan sa ating pagpapahalaga na ang buhay natin bilang isang bansa ay nakasandig sa pagkakaroon ng isang wikang gagamitin para hubugin ang mga kaisipan ng mga kabataan at mga matatanda na nasa kapangyarihan sa sistema ng edukasyon." – National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera
Teachers’ group protests lay-off of contractual teachers amid shortage
Teachers’ group protests lay-off of contractual teachers amid shortage
"Teachers are being given extra teaching loads to absorb the load of the locally-paid teachers who were laid -off. Administrative tasks of teachers such as class advisory, property custodianship, sports coaching and guidance counseling were no longer added in the computation of teachers’ teaching load so as to hide the shortage and the need.” – France Castro, ACT
Youth groups tag Aquino as ‘tuition hike king’
Youth groups tag Aquino as ‘tuition hike king’
“Aquino gave the go signal for schools to hike fees; he is the enabler of the deregulated status of education.”
Students in public school unsatisfied with state of schools
Students in public school unsatisfied with state of schools
According to the survey, students complain about uncomfortable and overcrowded classrooms, insufficient textbooks and unsanitary comfort rooms.
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