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Opinion: India’s Right to Education verdict opens the Pandora’s Box

By Fri, Apr 13, 2012 1:59AM UTC View Comments Pic: AP

The decision of the Indian Supreme Court in upholding the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, which mandates 25 percent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country, underscores a basic contradiction in governance for the past several years. The political compulsions of the Congress has...

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Is the Philippines ready for universal kindergarten in 2011?

By Sun, Jan 30, 2011 11:25PM UTC View Comments Teachers have long called for salary increases from Arroyo to Aquino. No positive response from both. Photo from Arkibong Bayan.

Like many Filipinos, the Philippines’ leading teachers’ organization is wondering whether the Aquino government is prepared for the implementation of universal kindergarten when school year 2011-2012 starts this June. Benjie Valbuena, vice president of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), said that while teachers welcome universal kindergarten, they wonder whether there are sufficient manpower and...

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