YOUTH PROTESTS IMELDA MARCOS (tags)
The choice of former first lady Imelda Marcos as "guest of honor" at a youth leadership conference opening in Baguio City on Sunday has raised a furor among education officials, as well as various teacher and student groups. The controversial wife of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be honored for her “contribution to Philippine culture and arts” at the DepEd’s annual National Leadership Training for Student Government Officers at the Teachers Camp. The four-day conference is a project of the DepEd's Center for Students and Co-Curricular Affairs, or CSCA.
Kalabasa sa eskwela, dulot ng kahirapan! -- KADAMAY (tags)
Dulot ng kagutuman at kahirapan ang papalubhang performance sa pampublikong elementarya kasama ang papataas na bilang ng dropouts ayon kay Carmen "Nanay Mameng" Deunida, Tagapangulo ng grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY). Ayon sa pag-aaral ng Department of Education (DepEd), dulot ito ng mga problema sa kalusugan ng mga estudyante na resulta naman ng kawalan ng rekurso at kakulangan sa medical personnel. Sa rekord ng DepEd, ang ratio ng medical personnel ay 1 doktor kada 70, 500 estudyante, 1 dentista para sa 18,000 estudyante at 1 nars kada 4, 830 estudyante.