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Student activists picketed the regional Commission on Higher Education (CHED) regional office in Obrero on Monday over the alleged anomaly by education officials and budget secretary Butch Abad to fund the P10-billion CHED-PCARI (Philippine-California Advance Research Institute) Collaboration Research Project. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Catholic educators claim SHS curriculum is ‘over-congested’

The senior high school (SHS) curriculum under the K+12 program of the Department of Education (DepEd) did not sit well with Catholic educators in Mindanao, which branded it as "over-congested" and would likely "cause more problems than offer solutions" to the ailing education sector.

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Read more about the article UP Tacloban studes complain of verbal abuse
LAMPOONED SCHOOL LOGOS. Students protesting tuition fee increases at the CHED office, Monday bring lampooned logos of their schools such as this one, which shows "University of the Privileged" instead of "University of the Philippines," to demonstrate their sentiments against the "commercialization of education" in state-run universities. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

UP Tacloban studes complain of verbal abuse

Students from the Tacloban campus of the University of the Philippines complained of receiving verbal abuse from the UP president after some of them barged into a top-level meeting of campus chancellors to distribute copies of their petition.

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Read more about the article World Teachers’ Day rallies slam low pay amid pork barrel abuse

World Teachers’ Day rallies slam low pay amid pork barrel abuse

A national teachers group joined anti-pork protests Friday in various cities in the country, on the eve of World Teachers’ Day, as they slammed President Benigno Aquino’s defense of maintaining his discretionary fund while refusing to increase their salaries.

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Read more about the article CHED orders 6 schools closed
ISKO STAYING ALIVE. The student mascot Isko (colloquial for Iskolar ng Bayan (Scholars of the Nation) shows a placard lamenting the death of youth scholars in state universities with the suicide of UP student Kristel Tejada due to "commercialization of education." Students staged a picket in front of the CHED regional office, Monday. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

CHED orders 6 schools closed

Six Bukidnon State University (BSU) external campuses were ordered closed after they were found remiss of the basic requirement to operate an educational institution, a Commission on Higher Education Department official said on Tuesday.

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