IN the Philippines today, the future of millions of children hangs in the balance. Behind the statistics on learning poverty, school dropouts, and under-resourced classrooms are real families wrestling with impossible choices: food or tuition, transport fare or notebooks, a day’s wage or a child’s day in school. For them, education is not an abstract policy debate. It is the fragile bridge between enduring poverty and the hope of a better life.

This is why the proposed Basic Education Voucher Program Act is not just another item on Congress’ long legislative agenda. It is a lifeline.

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