Children rights alliance, Save our Schools Network, will protest in front of Department of Education national office on Monday to denounce the closure of indigenous peoples schools in Davao del Norte.
The recent moves to close several schools of an indigenous people’s organization in Davao del Norte serve the insurgency campaign of the Army, said school administrators.
Various groups of teachers and parents are set to ask the Supreme Court on Friday to suspend the implementation of Kindergarten-12 program.
A partylist lawmaker urged government to institutionalize support measures to equip teachers and school personnel in student discipline and classroom management.
Teachers here are expressing worry that they will only be a few pages ahead of their students because of the new teaching approach under the K to 12 curriculum.