Kabataan Party-list Representative Mong Palatino today urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to address the ‘no permit, no exam’ policy in basic and secondary schools in the country.
In a letter sent to the DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus, Palatino said that parents of elementary and high school students are also complaining of the implementation of [...]

Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today called on schools and colleges in areas struck by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng to extend the deadline of payment for students and to suspend the implementation of the “no permit, no exam” policy.
Nearing the “finals week” period in schools, the youth solon said victims of the recent natural [...]

KABATAAN Representative Mong Palatino today said the Department of Education’s move to issue “teaching notes” to correct textbook errors is mere “palliative” as it does not solve the root cause of error-filled textbooks.
Instead, the youth solon said that only an improved and transparent bidding and procurement process would ensure that no error-filled books be distributed [...]

After natural disasters claimed hundreds of lives in Metro Manila and Northern Luzon, KABATAAN Representative Mong Palatino today said the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education should develop and improve science courses focusing on climate change studies.
“Aside from the issue of the government’s flawed disaster-preparedness program, the recent tragedy that struck the [...]

Budget should be used to stop fee hikes-youth solon
KABATAAN Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino slammed the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for failing to regulate tuition as the House tackled the agency’s proposed 2010 budget in session today, citing that higher education institutions impose higher tuition rates year after year.
Data from CHED show that the average [...]

After Typhoon Ondoy wreaked havoc in state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, budget for public higher education, especially funds for the construction and rehabilitation of facilities , should be increased, Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said.
The youth solon noted that almost all of the 110 SUCs will not [...]

‘Proposed P170B DepEd budget is Arroyo’s legacy of abandonment’
Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said that the proposed P170.85 billion budget forn the Department of Education allots a poorly P6 for every student.
DepEd’s operating budget actually decreased by 1 percent, Maintenance and Operating Expenses  by 2% and Capital Outlay by 29%. “DepEd itself admitted [...]

As the national government continues to cut down spending on the country’s 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs), students carry the burden of the steep cost of higher education, Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino said.
In the proposed national budget for 2010, allocation for SUCs will be slashed by 13 percent or a whopping P3.2 [...]

Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today lambasted the Department of Education’s move to reduce the number of class hours in some public elementary schools, saying that the smaller learning load will only worsen the already sorry state of education in the country.
“Last we checked, students are punished if they cut classes. This time, [...]

Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today filed House Bill 6799, which seeks to penalize colleges and universities imposing a ‘no permit, no exam’ policy and other regulations prohibiting students from taking their periodic or final examinations due to unpaid tuition and other fees.
“The [no-permit, no exam policy] effectively bars unpaid students from graduating or [...]