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In 2016, in the first UPCAT conducted in the fully enforced K+12 system in the country, out of 10,000 applicants, only around 1,500 passed. [4] The university has since seen applications for the UPCAT exceeding 100,000 annually since 2017, the first time that the first full K+12 system graduates have taken the examinations.
The first known documented protests aimed directly against Duterte was held in Philippine consulate in New York City on October 11, 2016, condemning the war on drugs. [1] Following the shooting of 17-year-old student Kian delos Santos on August 16, 2017, massive protests were held in several countries. [391]
Diwata-1, its first micro-satellite, was launched on the United States' Cygnus spacecraft in 2016. [502] The Philippines has a high concentration of cellular-phone users, [503] and a high level of mobile commerce. [504] Text messaging is a popular form of communication, and the nation sent an average of one billion SMS messages per day in 2007 ...
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines ( PUP; Filipino: Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas[ 4][ 5]) is a coeducational state university in Manila, Philippines. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public school system. It was eventually promoted to a chartered state university ...
National Achievement Test. The National Achievement Test ( NAT) is a standardized set of examinations taken in the Philippines by students in Grades 3,6,10 to 12. The test is designed to determine their academic levels, strengths and weaknesses, as well as their knowledge learnt in major subjects throughout the year. [ 1]
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September 29: Student activists stormed the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) president's office. The students also accused PUP for being Duterte's "puppet". October 10: A group of farmers, led by former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano, protested the alleged killing of farmers and call for a stop to the ongoing martial law.
Student activism in the Philippines saw a surge during the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the late 1960s and early 1970s during the First Quarter Storm before the declaration of Martial Law. Until today, student activism continues for various causes such as for free education, corruption within the government, and extrajudicial killings.