A group fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) lambasted the Department of Education (DepEd) for ignoring the long-standing demand of lumad students to put an end to military abuses in their schools and communities.

Around 50 students from various lumad community schools in Mindanao belonging to the Save our Schools (SOS) Network, accompanied by their teachers and supporters, demonstrated in front of the central office of DepEd in Pasig City to denounce the displacement of hundreds of families, including students by the military presence in their communities.

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