(khaleej times online, Reuters) - School is out for Filipino children this summer and a large proportion of them won’t be coming back.
Dropout rates are climbing in the Philippines as years of underfunding and rapid population growth have left the country’s public schools — once the pride of the region — with insufficient teachers, classrooms and textbooks to go round.
The poor are most at risk, creating a vicious cycle of impoverishment that two men armed with a submachine gun, a revolver and two grenades decided to highlight last week by holding dozens of children in Manila hostage.
Although Filipinos abhorred the actions of Jun Ducat and his accomplice, the businessman’s impassioned condemnation of corruption and inequality in education, aired live on TV, struck a chord... full story here
Dropout rates are climbing in the Philippines as years of underfunding and rapid population growth have left the country’s public schools — once the pride of the region — with insufficient teachers, classrooms and textbooks to go round.
The poor are most at risk, creating a vicious cycle of impoverishment that two men armed with a submachine gun, a revolver and two grenades decided to highlight last week by holding dozens of children in Manila hostage.
Although Filipinos abhorred the actions of Jun Ducat and his accomplice, the businessman’s impassioned condemnation of corruption and inequality in education, aired live on TV, struck a chord... full story here
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