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In a press briefing, Roco said that field trips should be optional for students because they tend to discriminate againsts those who could not afford such an activity.


"Field trips somehow give a social pressure for the poor students. Making it compulsory would be like punishing a students for being poor," he noted.


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Roco, in a memorandum addressed to DECS District Supervisors and Superintendents, urged all public school officials to avoid any form of educational trip as they add more financial burden to families of children in public schools.  


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School field trips not banned — Roco

November 21, 2001 - 12:00am

Education Secretary Raul Roco denied yesterday that he banned educational field trips in public schools but insisted that these should not be mandatory among students. In a press briefing, Roco said that field trips...

Nation

Parents lament Roco’s ban on school field trips

November 20, 2001 - 12:00am

"Learning should never have limits." This was the clamor of concerned parents of public school students and representatives of institutions such as the National Museum, Museo Pambata, Fort Santiago Shrine,...

Metro