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Lumad students, along with volunteer teachers and Lumad elders on Monday, September 2, launch this year's Bakwit School in UP Diliman. (Photo from Save Our Schools Network's Facebook page)

Bakwit school opens in UP, defies suspension order

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:September 2, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Some 50 Lumad students, accompanied by volunteer teachers and Lumad elders as guardians, are welcomed by the UP Diliman community which hosts their Bakwit School for another school year.

BACK TO SCHOOL. A total of 52 pupils are going to occupy this classroom in Davao City’s Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Central Elementary School for school year 2013-14. The room’s capacity should be for 44 pupils only, the teacher said Monday. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers said the country lacks 32,644 classrooms, 2.5 Million chairs and 60 M textbooks for this school year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Review K-12 which enforces homework, says ACT

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:August 28, 2019
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Congress wants to stop teachers from giving homework. This sounds like a good proposal, except that this is a requirement of K to 12.

Lawmakers alarmed over 14 Lumad defenders killed in Bukidnon this year

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:August 26, 2019
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Bayan Muna Party-list condemned the killing of another Lumad activist in Bukidnon, bringing the count of killings in this province to 14 this year alone.