Once again we see the real cost of education, its privatization and the inefficiency of its regulation.
Allegedly due to the loss of his scholarship, Jessiven Lagatic of the Central Bicol University of Agriculture took his own life last February 11.
It may be remembered that even with the number of the beneficiaries of financial assistance programs increasing ten-fold in 2014, the budget the government has allotted to CHED has failed to reach those students who need it the most because of inefficiency and shady practices in the bureaucracy. A recently-released COA report on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), which showed that only P1.23 billion ($26 million) out of the P5.2 billion ($110 million) fund for scholarships was unspent due to CHED’s shortcomings in delivery.
In addition, even as successive reforms are being implemented in the education system, it does not reflect a significant increase in its budget. The Aquino government has failed to allot 6% of the GNP to education, the 2008 standard for developing countries according to the UN. At present, presidentiables and politicians have yet to support this initiative.
We cannot remain brokenhearted and silent. It is time to draw the sharpest line. Are our leaders for us or against us? This is the final straw. We must demand for a real and responsive education agenda.
End state abandonment, privatization and deregulation of education!
Free education now!
Allegedly due to the loss of his scholarship, Jessiven Lagatic of the Central Bicol University of Agriculture took his own life last February 11.
It may be remembered that even with the number of the beneficiaries of financial assistance programs increasing ten-fold in 2014, the budget the government has allotted to CHED has failed to reach those students who need it the most because of inefficiency and shady practices in the bureaucracy. A recently-released COA report on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), which showed that only P1.23 billion ($26 million) out of the P5.2 billion ($110 million) fund for scholarships was unspent due to CHED’s shortcomings in delivery.
In addition, even as successive reforms are being implemented in the education system, it does not reflect a significant increase in its budget. The Aquino government has failed to allot 6% of the GNP to education, the 2008 standard for developing countries according to the UN. At present, presidentiables and politicians have yet to support this initiative.
We cannot remain brokenhearted and silent. It is time to draw the sharpest line. Are our leaders for us or against us? This is the final straw. We must demand for a real and responsive education agenda.
End state abandonment, privatization and deregulation of education!
Free education now!