“We will not allow both the Marcoses and the Aquinos to reshape our history…”
‘DepEd, K to 12 further whitewash Martial Law’ – youth group says
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Education Sec. Luistro snubs Lumad children’s camp-out
The Save our Schools Network said Education Secretary Bro.Armin Luistro has become instrumental in the perpetration of attacks on schools all over Mindanao.
In the Philippines: Education or indoctrination?
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld As in several years past, the start of classes in June was preceded by two announcements unwelcome to those who have to pay for their own or their children’s education. Although bad enough in themselves, these announcements were also indicative of how the educational system looks at…
DepEd, NCR public school teachers union ink CNA
MANILA – A historic collective negotiation agreement (CNA) was signed between the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-National Capital Region (ACT-NCR) Union and the Department of Education-NCR on May 26. ACT Teachers partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio, who was present during the signing, hailed the agreement. “I salute the thousands of NCR public school teachers who said ‘yes’…
7,000 DepEd employees to lose jobs
“The rationalization that we need is a program that regularizes employees and hires more non-teaching personnel as support staff in schools.” – Manila Public School Teachers Association
Slideshow: The dismal state of Quezon City public schools
The school opening last June 4 was greeted by the same problems experienced during the previous school years. It was disastrous as usual. The students were once again greeted by lack of chairs, books, classrooms and most specially teachers. The government’s answer to this perennial problems of shortages and poor quality of the education in…
Teacher-lawmaker Calls for Immediate Release of Hostages in Agusan del Sur
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio has called on the Aquino administration to exhaust all means to ensure the safe release of 14 teachers, students, and school personnel abducted by armed men last April 1 in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. On April 1, at least six heavily armed…
News in Pictures: Teachers Challenge Noynoy to Rechannel Debt Payments to Education Budget
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and ACT Teachers Party-list held a protest action in Mendiola Monday, on the eve of the school opening in the country.
State Employees Demand P3,000 Pay Increase, Unpaid COLA
Government employees are overworked and underpaid. Their security of tenure is threatened by reengineering and privatization schemes. Worse, they have no right to strike or undertake collective action. But now they are fighting back. By Karl G. Ombion Bulatlat.com Bacolod City – The government is the biggest employer in the country. According to official records,…