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UP faculty call to ‘end semester immediately’
At least 228 faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) are calling for the immediate end of the current semester.
This call comes amid remote learning challenges, exacerbated by recent typhoons.
The faculty highlighted that the shift to online learning, without adequate infrastructure, disadvantages students based on their location and access to information.
They stated that both students and faculty are burdened with unjust workloads and mental stress, on top of pandemic-related anxieties.
Recent calamities have further disrupted students' access to education due to loss of electricity, internet connection, destroyed properties, and fatalities.
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