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This one's for you, for the students and teachers alike. We hear you and we will scream for your cause. This “new normal” shouldn’t be normal at all.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐈𝐈 : 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜

The online learning environment in the Philippines has proven to be detrimentally lacking and unprepared. The neoliberal policies that we have shared with you in our first chapter further supports the notion that education, though it should be a right for all, is viewed almost as a privilege as only those who can afford them are ensured of “quality education” amid our current situation. This exclusivity supporting only those of higher socioeconomic status is inapplicable to the vast majority of our populace.

From Filipino households experiencing financial problems and thus being unable to send their children to school, to student mental health issues stemming from online classes; we discuss below the sad and harsh reality of the Philippine education system amid the pandemic. Most of us have already realized this but it is important to share and know the gravity of the situation as to enlighten those who have had the privilege to not feel the repercussions of this new learning environment. We also provide our insight and input regarding the movement and wish to share an alternative called that would be more inclusive to the plight of our educators as well.

Please spare some time to read and we hope you continue to fight with us for a better tomorrow.




Pubmat by: John Kyle Regino
Content by: James Harvey Francisco, Sopphia Brisueno, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬:
Philippine Information Agency. (2019). Retrieved October 18, 2020, from website: https://pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1022318?fbclid=IwAR3TEHhuR-Yws8qB3_bwdefF9semBm2RXk_NAfOBWNdZAg0VF29OzKWAfmM

‌Laurd Menhard B. Salen. (2020, May 23). ‘Online classes became more of a compliance issue,’ CSC president tells CHEd. Retrieved October 18, 2020, from Varsitarian.net website: https://varsitarian.net/news/20200523/online-classes-became-more-of-a-compliance-issue-csc-president-tells-ched?fbclid=IwAR1sPWFy4db8Ox5P3CSxh9j39yjKjmaieWIxIjHFg8t9o9DTRDTZpVqybcI

‌Philippines: effect of ECQ on jobs due to coronavirus COVID-19 by income 2020 | Statista. (2020). Retrieved October 18, 2020, from Statista website: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114518/philippines-effect-of-ecq-on-jobs-due-to-coronavirus-covid-19-by-income/

𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

As citizens of the Philippines and in solidarity with the Roman Catholic Church, we at EduAksyon do our best to align our cause to fight against corruption with the teachings of the Church.

Below are some of the teachings from various papal encyclicals where our ideas are founded upon and that of which guide us in our fight against corruption in the government.




Pubmat by: John Kyle Regino
Content by: James Harvey Francisco, Sopphia Brisueno, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

You're frustrated. I'm frustrated. We are ALL frustrated at the state this country is in. However, we must never give up.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐈: 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫

Why is it that it is always personal gain over public service in the political scene of this country? We improve at a snails pace due to the corrupt leaders that we elect into positions of power. Generally, this can be attributed to the fact that the vast majority of the voting public are impoverished and ignorant/uneducated of current events. Corrupt leaders take advantage of this to win in elections using flowery words and empty promises.

In line with the recent events that have exposed the corrupt actions of our supposed "public servers," we at EduAksyon would like to delve deeper into how corruption not only affects other facets of our social structure but also degrades the quality and potential of our public educational system. This in turn, affects the critical thinking capabilities of our people and perpetuates a cycle of ignorance and poor decision-making within our predominantly impoverished citizens; consequently, it continues the cycle of poor leadership and corruption in the government.

We can help improve the educational system in our own way by spreading awareness to help curb/mitigate, or hopefully even eradicate, corruption by doing our part and voting for the right individuals who truly love their country and countrymen.

𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.




Pubmat by: John Kyle Regino
Content by: James Harvey Francisco, Sophia-Erin Brisueno, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬:
Cruz, I. (2008, April 10). Corruption in Education. Retrieved from https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2008/04/10/55168/corruption-education
Grande G. (2017, April 19). Misuse of multi-billion peso school fund takes its toll on quality education. Retrieved from https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/04/18/17/misuse-of-multi-billion-peso-school-fund-takes-its-toll-on-quality-education
Tronqued, M. (2020, April 15). Public Education and Corruption. Retrieved from https://opinion.inquirer.net/128894/public-education-and-corruption
Arranza, J. (2017, January 26). Scrap Special Education Fund. Retrieved from https://businessmirror.com.ph/2017/01/26/scrap-special-education-fund/

𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆-𝒕𝒐-𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉.

As children of God and as students of the Royal Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, we are encouraged to live our lives in accordance to the word and teachings of Christ.

In our advocacy to spread awareness regarding the Philippine educational system, we can see many parallels and applications of various encyclicals and religious teachings to how we can help solve and address the problems within our educational system.

Below are some of the Church's teachings that we see eye-to-eye on. These align with our ideologies which are universal and beneficial to all.



Pubmat by: John Kyle Regino
Content by: James Harvey Francisco, Sopphia Brisueño, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

Big Brain Time with EduAksyon! 👉🏻🧠👈🏻

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈: 𝐍𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Have you ever thought why the public school systems in other countries can compete and are, at other times, objectively better than their private counterparts as compared to the Philippines? Well, that is because the Philippines is under a 𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎. This, along with the already corrupt and lacking performance of the government, have compounded to the deterioration and poor funding of our educational system.

Read more below and see how these affect our country and why we should change or improve our system.




Pubmat by: John Kyle Regino
Content by: James Harvey Francisco, Sopphia Brisueño, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

We make it our work to promote awareness and to shed light to the voices of the marginalized and the unexpressed emotions and realizations of the educational sector's members.

We at EduAksyon STRIVE to give you fact-based and reliable information regarding the Philippine educational system. We make it our very mission to make sure that YOU, the Filipino people, get what you deserve to know in this struggling country of ours.

𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨.




Pubmat by: Kyle Regino
Content by: Harvey Francisco, Sopphia Brisueño, and Miguel Keng
Caption by: Patrick Ganas

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 🔮✨

We at EduAksyon will help you foresee the future we are headed towards by giving you information and facts about our current educational system. With this, we call on everyone to action and to speak out on what should be known about the educational system in the Philippines.

We 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 it can be better, we must 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 to make it better.. The future is in our hands.

𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦.