SPELL-Solidarity for People's Education and Lifelong Learning

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SPELL-Solidarity for People's Education and Lifelong Learning Since 2014, SPELL Circles have self-organized themselves according to individual interests and have taken action in ways they enjoy most.

SPELL is a coming together of communities of learning that continuously sharpens thinking on what it means and what it will take to realize the right to transformative lifelong learning and quality education in a globalized and climate-challenged world. SPELL is a coming together of communities of learning in the Philippines that continuously sharpens thinking on what it means and what it will take to realize the right to transformative and inclusive lifelong learning and quality education in a globalized and climate-challenged 21st century and beyond. As a starting point, SPELL believes that quality learning in formal, nonformal and informal education should encompass the 5H - Head, Heart, Hands, Health and Home – with ‘Home’ referring not only to family but also to our communities, our country, and ultimately Earth itself. SPELL members invest their strength and their collective voices to craft and advocate for a rights-based education agenda that is anchored on the diversity of their life experiences and their individual, community, and national needs. SPELL has taken collective action, sought fresh ideas, and borrowed those that already work to tackle chronic and emergent inequities, bring about gender justice, pursue responsive education governance and financing and practice genuine partnerships. While striving to bring about a culture of solidarity and resistance, SPELL challenges the neoliberal concept of human capital development and its political economy and seeks instead to build sustainable human capacities for development towards a Life of Dignity. Programs are implemented through SPELL Circles, and currently these are:

1. Transformative Education Policy Advocacy (TEPA) -- engaging policy makers together with the underserved;
2. Empowerment Conversations (EC) -- learning sessions on education-related issues;
3. Narrative Creation and Sharing (NCS) -- documenting stories of learners, teachers, parents;
4. Catching Up and Enhancement Sessions (CUES) -- addressing learning deficits;
5. Arts, Music, Poetry and Performances (AMPP) – engendering a culture of solidarity and resistance;
6. Solidarity and Partnerships for Alternatives (SPA) -- co-organizing initiatives to test alternatives.

12/08/2026

🌍 INVITATION – WSF2026 Activities Series
Theme 6: Health, Wellbeing & Social Protection
Topic: “Social Protection Under Fire: Grassroots Voices and Collective Resilience”
📅 Date: 5–6 August 2026
5th August: from 9:00 to 11:30 (UTC+1 Cotonus); 15:00 - 17:30 (GMT+7),
6th August: from 9:00 to 10:30 (UTC+1 Cotonus); 15:00 - 16:30 (GMT+7),
📍 Location: Potocou, Benin (in-person – TBC)
💻 Online: Join via Zoom (same link for Part 1 & Part 2)
👉 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E6m7G9niRjCgc2nYDm5fdA
✨ Highlights:
Impact of wars & crises on workers’ social protection
Voices of migrant workers facing conflict, displacement & job loss
Community resilience & solidarity economy approaches
Advocacy strategies for vulnerable groups
Civil society united against militarization, austerity & inequality
🎤 Speakers include: Walden Bello (Philippines), Anwar Sastro Maruf (Indonesia), Sabreen AbeedAllah (Palestine), Oluwatoyin Towobola (Nigeria), Manjula Pradeep (India), Reshma Shakya (Nepal), Roberto Bissio (Uruguay), Vijaya Kumar (Sri Lanka), Suntaree Saeng-ging (Thailand) & more.
🗣️ Moderators: Raquel Castillo (Philippines), Om Thapaliya (Nepal), Pang Delgra (Philippines)
📢 Join us to strengthen collective resilience and demand ✊ ✊
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More than 6.5 million learners were affected by in-person class suspensions in eight regions amid the combined effects o...
12/08/2026

More than 6.5 million learners were affected by in-person class suspensions in eight regions amid the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone Maymay and the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). [GMA]

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More than 6.5 million learners were affected by in-person class suspensions in eight regions amid the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone Maymay and the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).

Kidlat Tahimik announced that he will return his National Artist medallion to protest the government’s Reframed General ...
17/06/2026

Kidlat Tahimik announced that he will return his National Artist medallion to protest the government’s Reframed General Education Curriculum (RGEC), where the educational mantra is “to export more skilled Pinoys to bring back more dollars to our ailing economy”.

He urges the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education to review the treatment of humanities and social sciences in the RGEC, which takes effect in 2028. General education subjects have been cut down from 72 to 36 units and will again be sliced down to 18 units under the new curriculum.

He laments that today it is seen as a “waste of time for classrooms to indulge in compassionate ethics (or pakipag-kapwa in Filipino), in communal inter-personal relations (ginhawa), in harmony with nature (kapwa-kalikasan) and in spiritual balancing (kagandang loob). That’s how econometrists and MBAs (individuals with a master’s degree in business administration) ideally frame our bagong bayanis (new heroes) for export.”

He will give up the privileges that come with the distinction including such as monthly stipends, healthcare, and the privilege to be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Photo by Vincent Cabreza BAGUIO CITY — Kidlat Tahimik on Tuesday announced that he will return his National Artist medallion and give up the privileges that come with the distinction to protest

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/benguet-students-rally-vs-joel-villanueva-heading-senate-education-panel/ar-AA23T0E...
25/05/2026

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/benguet-students-rally-vs-joel-villanueva-heading-senate-education-panel/ar-AA23T0EW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6a136cb9793c494f8953a0bb32c8defe&ei=16

BAGUIO CITY — The Benguet State University College of Information Sciences Student Government joined nationwide calls opposing the appointment of Sen. Joel Villanueva as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education (CHTVE), saying students need leaders “root...

13/01/2026

Alam mo ba na may scholarships para sa gustong maging specialized teachers sa 2026 national budget natin? Kasama na dito ang mga gustong mag-specialize sa Early Childhood Education, Values Education, at iba pa! 🧑‍🏫

28/11/2025

Major business and education organizations have expressed confidence in the leadership of Education Secretary Sonny Angara as they endorsed the proposed P1.38-trillion allocation for the education sector in the 2026 national budget. The endorsement came from the Philippine Business for Education (PB...

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