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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

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.

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Read more about the article Review K-12 which enforces homework, says ACT
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

Congress wants to stop teachers from giving homework. This sounds like a good proposal, except that this is a requirement of K to 12.

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Read more about the article Senate hears Lumad school suspension without inviting school heads
'SAVE OUR SCHOOLS'. Lumad students join the protest to lament the possible closure of their school following the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 11 order suspending the permit to operate of 55 Salugpongan schools catering to Lumads across the Davao region. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Senate hears Lumad school suspension without inviting school heads

Lumad advocates criticize the conduct of a Senate hearing that failed to invite the subject of their inquiry: the Lumad schools and teachers.

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