Why we must abolish our grading system, and why we can’t

Teachers are demanded to grade objectively. Students are commanded to deliver. And while this seems to be the most efficient way to identify who “passes” and who “fails”, it disregards the human aspect of education. In fact, it is this obsession with efficiency and production that reveals how misplaced the priority of our education system is.

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STOP TUITION INCREASE. League of Filipino Students Davao City Spokesperson Omar Ma?igo; Kabataan Partylist Vice President for Mindanao, Paulo Ni?o Dotollo; and National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) Davao Coordinator Romen Wabina, in a press conference at SM City in Davao on Monday, made an appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to stop tuition and other fee increases in schools. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) recently approved the increase of fees in 32 schools in Davao Region starting this school year. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com

Youth groups slam CHED for tuition fee hikes

Activist youth organizations here blasted the Commission on Higher Education for approving tuition fee hikes and increase in other school fees this school year.

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