The essence of education

Recently, I'm digging myself into research about the current situation of the Philippine education. The facts are overwhelming, the numbers are stunning. Like what most people say, these problems seem improbable to solve, especially that we also have serious economic and political crisis in our country.
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Last Monday, I woke up early just to have my online enlistment for the second semester. The process went smoothly, and I was able to finish it in less than 3 minutes. And this is the result of my enlistment/assessment:

Every enrollment, I can't help but be overwhelmed by the sum of this assessment (minus the LESS portion). Aside from the expensive cost of units, (I think each unit costs around 2,300 pesos, some say it's 2,500, and they say that Ateneo has the most expensive unit cost), there are still lots of other fees to be paid. Just imagine how much the school gets from all the students (except to some like me of course, and thank you for the scholarship by the way) so the former can provide good education to the latter.

But, do we really need to pay that much just to have good education?

We all know that it's not, but it seems that most of us are not doing anything to make this happen.

Education is a right, not a privilege. Let's do something to make this a fact.

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And wish me luck about my research, I'm doing this with my group hoping that it will help us help our country solve some of the education sector's problems. More on this soon, hopefully.

Second semester is fast coming. I might not be able to update this site every now and then already.