ADVERTISEMENTThe nonprofit Salugpongan Ta’ Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center Inc., the operator of the schools, said it would appeal the order. Loyod, in his testimony submitted to Esperon, alleged that lumad students in Sitio Pongpong were being taught to commit actions aimed at “destroying the government.”Private schools coveredADVERTISEMENTThe DepEd order covered private schools owned and operated by Salugpongan. The DepEd gave Salugpongan five days to explain why its permit to operate schools should not be revoked. Bayan Muna’s Cullamat said the DepEd, by issuing the order, would deprive lumad children their right to education. Threats against lumad schoolsThreats against lumad schools have escalated since the failure of peace talks between the government and the communist rebels in 2017, with some of the gravest threats coming from President Duterte himself.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 14, 2019 23:26 UTC