The war between the Catholic church and the Department of Education started due to the latter’s plan to implement sex education into the elementary and high school curriculum this coming school year. The Department of Education (DepEd) defended their stand on the sex education issue despite the Catholic church  and some parent’s strong will against it. Education Sec. Mona Valisno explained that the implementation... 

Students coming from various organizations around the country started various campaigns against tuition fee hikes by their schools. Groups like National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and Kabataan Partylist launched the “Balik Eskwela” hotline to help students and parents reach DepEd and CHED if they have issues against tuition fee hikes. Numbers to call are 352-10-54, 0922-824-07-40 and 0915-646-91-77. CHED...