“too much indifference and hate” among the country’s youth, San Jose Del Monte City Rep.
Florida “Rida” Robes wanted to make Good Manners and Right Conduct or values education a stand-alone subject in both basic and higher education curricula.
“I particularly will push that we restore by legislation the study of values education as a stand-alone subject in basic and higher educational curricula. There is too much indifference and hate among our youth especially in social media,” she said in a statement Sunday. A survey of Filipino high school students age 13 to 17 years taken in 2015 revealed that 17 percent had attempted suicide in the previous year, with another 12 percent having contemplating suicide.
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