Philippine education Archives

Batch 2024, angkinin ang mga posibilidad, piliin ang paglaban

Nakaangkla ang transpormasyon ng edukasyon sa buod ng namamayaning politika sa bansa. Paalala ito na hindi pwedeng ang tore ng kaalaman sa loob ng klasrum ay ihiwalay sa kalagayan ng lipunan. Hindi pwedeng malaya ang unibersidad pero nananatiling pyudal ang kaisipan sa bansa. Ang paniwalang ito ang nagtulak sa akin, sampu ng iba pa, na suungin ang isang landas na maaaring palabas ng paaralan subalit ang inspirasyon at motibo ay pagbutihin ang kagalingan ng lahat ng paaralan.

Mong Palatino | Sep 2, 2024

Rethinking basic education

The assumption that education at the basic level should go far beyond the conventional essentials should inform the country’s return to face-to-face classes. Because not everyone can go on to college — where it is presumed that imparting a commitment to civic responsibility and respect for the Bill of Rights are part of the curricula (but often are not) — developing among the young the capacity to make informed decisions as citizens charged with deciding the future of this country should be among the fundamentals of basic education.

Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 14, 2021

What you need to know about Charter Change and its possible effects on the education sector

The onset of Cha-cha threatens the education sector to the further gain of both local and foreign capitalists.

Bulatlat Contributors | Apr 6, 2018

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.

Anne Marxze Umil | Jan 11, 2017

‘If Aquino has a heart’ | Youth groups set 4-point demand on education

“Government should act on the worsening education crisis.”

Anne Marxze Umil | Feb 20, 2016

Ilocos rally against education budget cut

By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Reposted by BAGUIO CITY – Students from State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Region I join other SUC students nationwide in launching different forms of protest actions against the slashing of the national budget for state...

Northern Dispatch | Sep 26, 2011

Students Greet School Opening With Protest Vs Tuition Hikes

By GLAIZA MAY G. MUZONES Bulatlat MANILA -- Students from various schools and universities greeted the opening of classes today, June 1, with a protest rally against soaring tuition and school fees. The protesters, alarmed by the continuing increase of dropout...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 1, 2009

As Cost of Education Rises, Dropout Rates Among Filipino Youths Soar

Tuition in the Philippines has increased by as much as 90 percent. As a result, the dropout rate has worsened over the years as school-aged children are compelled to work and help their parents earn a livelihood. And there seems to be no stopping schools from turning students into milking cows.

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 30, 2009

UP Second-Degree Takers Covered by ToFI but Not by STFAP

There is no escaping the University of the Philippines’ (UP) tuition and other fee increases (ToFI) – even for second-degree takers. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 There is no escaping the University of the Philippines’ (UP) tuition...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 19, 2007

UNP Students Call for Higher State Subsidy

Students from the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) through the initiative of Alliance of Concerned Students-Partido ng Demokratikong Mag-aaral (ACS-PDM), a campus party alliance, are now gearing up for the budget deliberation in Congress this coming...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Oct 13, 2007

Million-Dollar ‘Kickback’ Could Have Paid For Public School Shortages

BY THE EDUCATORS’ FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-Marcy 1, 2008 Crisis in the Philippine education sector is deepening as manifested by high dropout rate, deteriorating quality, rising resource shortages, and...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Feb 23, 2008

Youth Group Says CHED Spineless; 130 Schools to Hike Tuition

BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat A youth group said the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is spineless amid reports that 130 tertiary schools across the country will increase tuition by five to ten percent. According to CHED, 30 of these schools come from the...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Apr 15, 2009

Issue Guidelines on Tuition Freeze, CHED Told

BY BULATLAT Amid the economic crisis, a legislator called on the the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to provide guidelines to stop any tuition increase for school year 2009-2010. Bayan Muna Representative Teodoro Casiño expressed this to CHED officials at the...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Feb 13, 2009

Students Oppose Random Drug Testing in Schools

BY BULATLAT Students voiced out their opposition to the proposed random drug testing in schools. In a statement, the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), the largest alliance of student councils in the country criticized the proposal as ‘a mere...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jan 21, 2009

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