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Additional two years is an added burden: parents By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES of Bulatlat.com
IF there is someone who worries about the implementation of the K to 12 program – it’s the parents. The addition of two years to basic education does not sit well with the parents especially those who work hard just to send their children to school.
BusinessWeek Mindanao publisher Dante Sudaria is interviewed by an ABS-CBN Northern Mindanao news team during the 2012 Mindanao Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs Awards held Saturday evening at the Pryce Plaza Hotel in Cagayan de Oro. The winners, who came from various parts of Mindanao, received their awards from the Business Week Mindanao which spearheaded the search. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
Bishop dares Congress to approve FOI bill A CATHOLIC bishop has lauded the Senate Committee on Public Information for sponsoring a committee report consolidating the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill, and challenged the House of Representatives to do the same. “This action was something commendable, it means that the issue of the FOI bill has improved in the Senate,” Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said during the General Assembly of the Kilusang 99% at the CBCP compound in Intramuros, May 31. On May 29, the Senate
Committee on Public Information headed by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II has submitted the FOI bill to the plenary for deliberations. “I hope that the House of Representative will also initiate the approval of FOI’s bill,” added Pabillo, who is also Chairman of the National Secretariat for Social Action – Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (NASSA-CBCP) and convener of “Kilusang 99%”. Pabillo said the FOI bill will help resolve the issue of alleged “lack of transparency” among government
officials as was the case of the ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. The controversial bill, however, did not pass during the 14th Congress due to lack of interest among members of Congress. Kilusang 99%, a social reform movement consists of more than 80 member organizations and some well-known individuals also commended the initiative of the Senate to push the passage of information bill. “In behalf of the K99 movement, we praised the Senate Committee on Public Information for keep-
ing intact a progressive, pro-people FOI bill,” said Ambrosio ‘Bong’ Palad, Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) National Secretary and BISHOP/PAGE 7
According to the Department of Education (DepEd), one of the benefits of the K to 12 program is that it is affordable. However, the Alliance of the Concerned Teachers (ACT) said the additional two years in the four years of high school is an additional cost to parents. “How can it be affordable when the DepEd added two years to the four years of high school? Of course it is an additional cost to parents. A parent does not only spend money in tuition but also in transportation, school projects and food,” said France Castro, secretary general of ACT. The global alliance of overseas Filipinos and families Migrante International also decried the added cost to parents who are OFWs. Garry Martinez, chairman of Migrante said OFWs will bear the brunt of the added cost on top of the continuous increases in prices of basic commodities amid the depreciating dollar.
He added that while basic education is free, studies show that a student would still need an average of P20,000 ($476) per school year to cover transportation, food, school supplies and other school requirements. The migrant leader said OFW remittances usually cover basic needs such as food, house rentals or amortizations, utilities and other monthly expenses. Based on the latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), families prioritize spending for food and other basic necessities. “An additional two years more of education will be an added burden to OFWs. They loan money for the enrollment or they will work thrice as hard just to pay for the tuition and other fees,” Martinez said. Meanwhile, parents whose children will be affected by the K to 12 program are not in agreement with the DepEd’s policy implementation. PARENTS/PAGE 7
WEATHER UPDATE AT 4:00 a.m. yesterday, Typhoon “AMBO” was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 380 km east of Basco, Batanes (21.1°N, 126.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph. It is forecast to move north northeast at 15 kph. Meanwhile, an Active Low Pressure Area (ALPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 870 km east of Southern Mindanao (6.0°N, 134.0°E). The rest of Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northwest to west will prevail over Extreme Northern Luzon and coming from the southwest over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough. SOURCE : PAGASA
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