Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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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