“It is the youth that has been victimized from this failed flexible learning. Yet, they are being called ‘confused’ for the struggles they have to contend with.”
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New Ched memo retains Filipino units in college – except for literature
Tanggol Wika demands that the agency issue another memo retaining Panitikan subjects.
‘Aquino’s farewell gift to youth’ | Groups slam new round of tuition hikes
“If this is President Aquino’s farewell gift to the youth, we reject it just as we reject his calamitous legacy.”
Youth groups storm Ched, denounce tuition increase
“Regardless of the repression students opposing tuition hikes suffer, Ched continues to adhere to the whims of school administrators.”
‘Traitor to the national language’
Protesters call for the resignation of Commission on Higher Education chair Patricia Licuanan as the agency pushes the abolition of Filipino as a college subject.
Student alliance asks Commission on Higher Education to scrap ‘other school fees’
“Most of these fees are questionable, exorbitant, redundant and dubious.” – Rise for Education
Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It is heartbreaking when so many young people are denied the right to education simply because it has become out of reach due to the high fees.” – National Union of Students in the Philippines
Sidebar: ‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees MANILA – Amid the skyrocketing tuition and other fees, youth groups criticized the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) for “being inutile and useless.” Isabelle Therese Baguisi, secretary general of the National Union of Students of the Philippines…
Students call for genuine democratic consultations on tuition increases
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few months before the 2011-2012 academic year ends, Kabataan Party-List sponsored a consultative assembly in the House of Representatives regarding the issue of increasing tuition and related fees. The activity was held jointly with the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Organizers said the assembly was…
Ateneans slam another 6% hike in tuition and energy fee
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Arguing that education is a right and not a commodity, students from the Ateneo de Davao University staged a candle-lighting protest against the proposed six percent hike in tuition and energy fee for the incoming school year. The protest, led by Buklurang Atenista (BuklAt) Coalition standard bearer…
Kabataan Partylist Calls For Simplicity in Graduation Rites
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The only partylist group representing the youth and students sector in Congress wants graduates-to-be and their parents to be spared from paying for college rings, graduation balls and yearbooks. Simplicity, it said, should be practiced this coming graduation season. “Schools should not add burden to our parents…