ACT Teachers secure allowances increase, reforms for teachers
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - ACT Teachers Party-list wasted no time on the first day of the 20th Congress as they secured agreements with the Department of Education to increase allowances…
Photo from Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines' Facebook page
Teachers group flunks Sara as education secretary
Vice President Sara Duterte’s statement that her resignation as education secretary was made out of compassion for the teachers and the youth was confusing for the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT).
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.
LISTENING. Act Party-list Representative Antonio Tinio listens as a member of the Bagani group who testified on Thursday’s Congressional Inquiry in Davao City said that his former colleagues are after him and his family because he disagreed with the decision to kill Fr. Fausto Tentorio. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Teachers’ group says 4Ps failed to improve enrollment in public schools
The government’s Conditional Cash Transfer program has not improved the enrolment rate in both elementary and secondary schools despite the increase of budget it received from 2011 to 2015.
UP IN ARMS. Small-scale miners and peasants in Pantukan town unite against the destructive large-scale mining operations by US and Canada-owned Russel Mines. They scored the Aquino government for ignoring their interests and welfare in favor of big and foreign mining companies. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Lowly miners leave tunnels to camp out vs. US mining firm
Small-scale miners and peasants in this town have been up in arms against the no-habitation policy, saying it displaced and deprived them of their livelihood. They reckoned, the move is in favor of big and foreign mining capitalists.