LegProf_Forums_MDG and Alternative Lawyering

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Forum on Millenium Development Goal 2:

Achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015.

Ms. Irene Certeza-de Robles

Updates on Status of Education Indicators vis-a-vis MDG 2 When children learn, nation prosper. (From World Bank forum. - See Singapore

example.)

Spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abjectand dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty.

MDG = 8 international development goals that all 193 UN members adoptedin 2005.

Aspects: Enrollment in primary education Completion if primary education. Literacy of 15-24 year olds female and male.

Net enrollment rate in elem is going up. Our target is 98.14 percent (elem). NER for secondary target is 87.7 percent. More of females are able to complete schooling, according to study - in 23

key provinces.

Drop-out rate has been increasing. Completion rate is going up in elem and down in secondary. Literacy = Simple literacy vs. Functional literacy - Higher in females than males

for both kinds.

Simple literacy - able to read and write with understanding a simplemessage in any language or dialect

Functional literacy - significantly higher level which include not onlyreading and writing but also numerical and comprehension skills

DepEd Emerging Paradigm: enabling policy development - technical andlogistical support (greater resource mobilization) - performance drivenleadership with accountability (higher learning outcomes) - sound shared

governance (quality assured basic education)

Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda): School-based management,teacher education and development, national learning strategies and quality

assurance and accountability, universal kindergarten and Alternative learning

system, institutional culture change, resource mobilization and management -

-> K to 12 Curriculum Reform --> access to basic education and improved

quality of basic education - EFA MDG 2015 and Learning for all 2020

DepEd is moving towards the universalization of kinder in the educationladder. - Starting early helps progressiveness of child.

At least P50,000 grant is given to schools provided they have schoolimprovement plans.

Invest early. Invest smartly. Learning for all. HR Issue: Only 3000/class for preschool teachers (thus they are called

"volunteer teachers")

To improve access to basic education Strategies:

Universalization of kinder education to reach all 5-year-oldchildren

All school children aged 6-15 years old..... Increase access to ADM to reach 1.7 M OSYs who did not

graduate elementary education and 1.3 M graduated in

elementary but did not go to HS

Alternative Learning System will focus on addressing the 2.3 Mor 100% OSYs ages 16-24 based on 2008 FLEMMS and 200000

street children by 2015


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Grads of K-12 will: Acquire mastery of basic competencies. Be emotionally mature. Be socially aware, pro-active, involved in public and civic affairs. Be adequately prepped for world of work or entrepreneurship or

higher education.

Be legally employable with potential for better readings. Be globally competitive.

What was tested? Support Options to Basic Education (SOBE) Frame Quality Ed that is globally relevant is our shared responsibility.

Ms. Ma. Isabel Ereneta

5 most impt problems: Unequal opportunities - 2 out of 10 children are out of school, more

prevalent among men due to labor stuff

High enrollment but low survival - over 30 percent of those who entergrade one do not finish grade 6, over 50 percent of those who enter

do not finish 4th year, even worse in Mindanao. Poor quality - worst performer in asia, only 15.3 percent scored 75% in

NAT, some students get up to HS without knowing how to read

Under-financed education and poor budget allocation Poor governance in rigid authoritarian system - special education fund

is not spent well in 'rich' areas or is not enough in 'poor' areas

Synergeia - collaborative and participative programs, for accountability andtransparency

Look at Robredo - Naga City Components of program

Education summit Teacher training Parents' training

Most important/necessary: Principal who is an effective manager and asupportive school community

ALTERNATIVE LAWYERING:

Making Waves in the Philippine Legal Profession

ATTY. RYAN JEREMIAH QUAN - Internship program director of AHRC

AHRC Internship Program Since 1987 Proper formation of law students towards the tenets of Jesuit

education

Acquainted with alternative lawyering Summer Internship Program, Sem Break Internship Program, Graduate

Internship Program

Basic Orientation Seminar + Week-long Immersion + 5-week internshipwith alternative legal organization or NGO + Processing session

You will only truly appreciate their plight if you live like one of them,walk their paths. - Firsthand exposure to grassroots poverty

Interns get exposed to the field, to the concerns of these vulnerable


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and marginalized groups.

My (Short) Story Nayuyurakan pagkatao mo araw-araw. - on Law School Atty. Carlos Medina, Jr. Entrusted with teaching Fisheries Code to firsherfolk in Palawan - 1st

year student

Formation and human rights education Charting Paths

Only program of its kind in the country - replicated in other law schools(at least four)

Adopted by the alternative law groups Creating Ripples

Allows students to see the face behind the law Planting the seeds of human rights advocacy

Making Waves Over 800 interns since inception Lawyers in public service, law firms, academe and alternative law Common bond: passion for justice

ATTY. KRIZNA GOMEZ

Internship in Mindoro Lived with the Mangyans They don't rely on established jurisprudence. They change it. Just and fair lawyers no matter what field. You won't have all doors open for you. You just want those doors you want to

stay open for you.

Sister: Never request and never refuse. Lawyering is not a profession, not a job. It is a vocation. The only way we can

embrace our vocation in life is through total surrender.

ATTY. RAYMOND SALAS

ALTERNATIVE LAWYERING IN MINDANAO

Kaka: there is no need to compare NGos with law firms.... Aerial Spraying

Davao Mining

Surigao del Norte subject to Writ of Kalikasan

SALIGAN Sentro ng alternatibong lingap panligal 1987 idea: legal NGO focused on sectoral rights snd concerns - democrstiz

snd empower sectors

women, urban poor, workers, fsrmers and fishers, etc. strategic litigation support highlight legal literacy or alternative legal education + paralegsl

formation, policy work, research and publication

internship program for law students and volunteer lawyers program www.saligan.org, ISO Complex

What is alternative lawyering? Lawyering - employs legal knowlege and skills, works its way through

the legal system and through legal processes, and employs the law as

a tool. Alternative - works on issues that are not the common concerns of
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typical lawyering. In fact, the issues of concerns are not popular fields

of legal practice. Related to this, there is also a different group of

clientele. Employs creative strategies that are not characteristic of

ordinary law practice. The alternative nature of alternative lawyering

can also be seen from its critical view of the legal system itself and of

the legal profession.

Laws should reflect the interests of the majority, not just of lawmakers. Alternative lawyering is more than legal aid. Goal is to lessen the

dependence of ordinary people on legal assistance. It is also more

than public interest lawyering, it is a bias towards the poor and the

marginalized. It is also more than human rights lawyering. It focuses

also on social and cultural rights.

Alternative lawyering is lawyering for social justice, social change,social development.

Is it lawyering for the poor? No, it is lawyering WITH the poor. Atty. Marlon Manuel: When the poor and marginalized are

empowered to become lawyers, when they see the law and use it as

it should be - as a tool to promote justice, as a catalyst for social

transformation - only then can alternative lawyering truly achieve itsobjectives.

It is like a group of swimmers. You can never teach one to swimwithout him ever going into the water. He should at least dip in it.

Davide: To me it is troubling that the lawyers who advocate suchworthy causes are called the alternative. An alternative is a second

choice. You should be considered the mainstream, the first choice, the

true and ideal lawyers. Better yet, the conscience of the legal

profession.

I will not claim that I live and breathe alternative lawyering....

ATTY. ROMMEL ABITRIA Hindi alternative lawyering, lawyering lang. Lawyering = choice. You can go through with it or back up. Kailangan mo palang lagpasan ang sarili mo. Pagandahin ang buhay mo

at ang buhay ng iba For the greater glory of God

Baka makapunta kayo ng Boracay! Mangyan and Sumulao farmers Bakit pera vs. walang pera?

Baka mali ang sinosolusyonan kong problema. Mas importante palakung saan ka mas masaya, saan ka at ease, saan ka makakatulong

nang mahimbing.

Weird criminal justice system Cura personalis - to take care of the whole person

Maaaring gumawa sila ng krimen, maaaring nakabilanggosila, pero mga tao pa rin sila.

Yung mga sistema palang inaral mo sa law school, yun dinangnakapagpapahirap sa mga ordinaryong tao, sa mga hindi nakapag-

aral ng law

Ang pagiging abigado ay kailangan mong tignan nang wala kangmaaaping tao (never mapapantayan ng pera ang dignidad ng tao)

It's all about doing the right thing. Magis - do better. Cura personalis - take care of the whole person. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam - for the greater glory of God.

Kailangan mong may kakayanan ka financially para makatulong ka sa iba.Hindi mo kailangang naka-yapak o maging mahirap.


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Maghanap ka ng pera, makakahanap ka ng pera. Pero ang makatulong saiba, choice yun. - mahirap na desisyon.

It doesn't matter saan ka mapunta. All that matters is you do the right thing,you follow the guidelines Ateneo gave you.

LITIGATION IS NOT ALWAYS THE SOLUTIONASEAN Human Rights Declaration - Atty. Cervantes is in the drafting group.

Mechanisms to change the environment, not just Philippines.

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