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While students cheered the veto as a rejection of privatization, many stressed that the core crisis remains: PUP is still underfunded.
“I am happy that two of the three cases filed against us by Manila Police were dismissed. It proves that the police have no sufficient evidence for these cases,” one of the three students, Krizia, told Bulatlat.
Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines said that they are not fully against the National Polytechnic University Bill but only against certain provisions that put the University in the pit of privatization and commercialization.
“The united students of PUP will always be against any form of attacks and oppression and we will never falter against Duterte administration's move to criminalize us--the students and the whole university.”
“The campus security personnel nailed the doors shut, forcibly removed the students and threatened that they will be arrested and brought to the police if they try to assert their rights. Activists are being threatened with expulsion.”
State university contractual workers launch strike, demand reinstatement (Photos by SHEILETTE UNTALAN)
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
PUP remains as one of the last few hopes for children of poor families to gain higher education. But it is slowly being dashed as the PUP struggles with extreme shortages, dilapidated facilities and the pressure to increase tuition and other fees to survive.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Shortages continue to plague the country's education system despite President Benigno Aquino III's campaign and inaugural promises that his administration would provide quality education for the Filipino people.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Spending on SUCs and education is an investment to develop our country’s human resources. Congress and the Aquino government should rethink its misguided priorities and realign funds from foreign debt, CCTs, and military spending in favor of education and social services.” – JC Alejandro, League of Filipino Students
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