Philippines: Online and Offline Student Protests for Education

Posted 31 March 2010 9:02 GMT

Countries	Philippines
Topics	Education, Protest, Youth, Politics, Digital Activism
Languages	English, Filipino

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This past week's student protests in the Philippines demanding greater government budget for education and the prevention of tuition and other fee increases for the coming school year also has an online component in the form of the March 29 Blog Action Day for Education. Participating blogs write about the theme “Education is a Right.”

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