Parents rush buying school supplies for their students during the school opening on Monday morning. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A lawmaker said over two million school-age children, or almost 10 percent between the ages of 5 and 15, will not be going to school as the new school year opens on Monday.
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.