The Commission on Human Rights has called out Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla for his remarks that suggested students can tolerate “slight” physical bullying compared to verbal or emotional insults.
SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to work with parent-teacher associations (PTA) in implementing the Parent Effectiveness Service Program Act, or Republic Act No. 11908, to strengthen parental involvement in child development, such as the prevention of bullying. Gatchalian made this call as…
Poverty, poor nutrition, language problems and inadequate school facilities are among the factors that have been cited for the poor performance of young Filipino students in reading comprehension, science and mathematics.
With the discrepancy in statistics of bullying recorded by international large-scale assessments compared with records of the Department of Education, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the DepEd to improve its mechanisms for reporting bullying in the country’s public schools.