DepEd admitting students from shuttered ‘lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 06:42:42 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) assured on Thursday that students affected by the temporary closure of 55 schools serving “lumad” communities in Mindanao will be admitted in other nearby public schools. 

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DepEd shuts down 55 ‘lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:27:54 +0000

DepEd shuts down 55 ‘lumad’ schools

MANILA, Philippines — Progressive groups on Sunday condemned the Department of Education (DepEd) order suspending the permit to operate of 55 schools for indigenous children in the Davao region allegedly for teaching “left-leaning ideologies.”

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: ‘Lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:21:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte accused “lumad” (indigenous) schools of “teaching children to rebel against the government” and threatened to bomb them using the Army and the Air Force.

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