SunStar Editorial: Inquisition on education
NO TO INCIVILITY. A genuine desire to improve civil relations demands an authentic openness of the police and the military to enter into a dialogue with civil society on how to fill the vacuum of social services and social justice for the marginalized, such as the Lumad. / SUNSTAR FILE
+ February 21, 2021 EDUCATION is hardly neutral. For some teachers, learning takes place when the student questions the teacher, an indicator that a person once so dependent is coming on his or her own, making personal judgment on what is not just true or false but also right and wrong.
RJ Nieto
In a nutshell, the 1981 Soto-Enrile Accord is a document where then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile promised UP student activist Sonya Sotto that the military and police would not enter the University of the Philippines without advance notice to senior UP officials. The 1989 UP-DND Agreement is basically a reiteration of the 1981 accord.
The present controversy stems from government’s decision to cancel the agreement, with the Palace argueing that the conditions set in the documents unnecessarily encumber the government. The UP community disagreed and said the agreement is indispensable in ensuring academic freedom.
With these said, let me ask a few questions.
A teacher's group has called on President Duterte to honor the 1989 agreement abrogated by the Department of National Defense (DND) prohibiting state forces from entering the University of the Philippines (UP) without prior notice.
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Activits hold a protest action against the uniliateral termination of an agreement prohibiting entry of state security forces without prior notification to the UP administration. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat)
“I must express our grave concern over this abrogation, as it is totally unnecessary and unwarranted, and may result in worsening rather than improving relations between our institutions, and detract from our common desire for peace, justice, and freedom in our society.” UP President Danilo L. Concepcion
Updated 4:31 p.m., January 19, 2021
After the Department of National Defense unilaterally terminated an agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibited the entry of state security forces in campuses, several senators on Tuesday filed a resolution that opposed the DND's action.