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We are students, not customers! #EducationNot4Sale!  -Sigaw ng Kabataan Coalition

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Students, Educators , Education advocates!

In Solidarity with the International Student Movement, The Sigaw ng Kabataan Coalition is calling for a National day of Action to reclaim Education. We will UNITE in solidarity, because no matter where we live, we face the same struggle against profit-driven interests and their hold on education. Budget cuts, outsourcing, school closures, climbing costs of living and tuition fees among other phenomena, are all linked to an increasing commercialization and privatization of education. Uniting globally is our answer to these obstacles – fighting for emancipatory education for all.

Students across the globe especially in the Philippines are drowning in debt. These debts, supported by the individualistic notion of “investing in one’s own future”, must be re-paid by selling our future labor. The increasing pressure to perform is sickening; the restrictions on access to education must be resisted! Everyone should have equal access to education, regardless the socioeconomic status.

The logic of the market and corresponding nation-state requires that conformity, competitiveness and profits take PRIORITY over developing the capabilities for emancipatory thinking. Both depend on consumers, cheap labor and “consent of the governed” – not individuals living self-determined lives. Hence, this is not only a student’s issue, everyone is affected! The present system educates us solely within the boundaries of what is compatible with the capitalist paradigm.

As a result, education systems primarily consist of knowledge factories which seek to reproduce the logic of the market with all its consequences. This leads to the commodification of knowledge, precariousness, and fosters the ideas of consumer culture among students.

We strongly call for the allocation of 6% of the Country’s Gross National Product to Education.

We are all struggling against symptoms of the currently predominant economic system and will only be able to overcome it by uniting our efforts.

We encourage all Youth/Student and Civil Society Organizations to join us!

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The Action that will be done shall be decided on the Meeting this coming November 11,2014. Join the meeting http://goo.gl/vWUPhy
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Join the National Coordination online through a chat meeting simultaneous to the Meeting at PSLINK Solidarity homes. Enter here http://webchat.freenode.net/…
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For queries and Clarification please e-mail us at Sigawngkabataan@gmail.com or text us at 09396707619.
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