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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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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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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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UP Mindanao irked by budget cuts amid fund wastage

“Government is fooling the students and the people when [President Benigno Aquino] said that government has no more fund for education, when he just distributed it to his political supporters,” said Arian Jane Ramos, Alyansa ng mga Aktibong Kabataan sa UP Mindanao (ANAK UP Min).

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