Mar Roxas supports 6%-of-GNP government spending for education

Below is a news article from the Sun.Star Network Online. It is also published in page 2 of Sun.Star Cebu today. The portion where Mar Roxas said he supports the call of youth groups for gov’t to spend 6% of GNP for education had been highlighted. The local GMA7 news program “Balistang Bisdak” also made a similar report yesterday afternoon.

Sen. Roxas: “At six percent, we are only at par with other countries in Southeast Asia . We need a little bit more than that.”

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Opening of classes in C. Visayas ‘smooth’
By Elisabeth P. Baumgart and Katrina A. Balmaceda
Correspondents

CEBU CITY — About 90 percent of the expected 1.3 million students showed up in schools all over Central Visayas Tuesday, yet no major problems were reported to the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 office.

Students: Gov’t not spending enough on education – Cebu Daily News

Students: Gov’t not spending enough on education
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 12:15pm (Mla time) 06/10/2008

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A students’ group has blamed the country’s “poor” quality of education on the national government’s “inadequate” budget for education.