THE month of June marks the various dates of class openings of several schools in the country. Traditionally, elementary public schools are the ones that initiate or signal the start of the school year. There may be major changes in the calendar year introduced by some tertiary schools, done in the guise of keeping abreast with the educational program of the rest of ASEAN, but beyond that is the great concern and awareness of the Filipinos with regard to providing good education to their children. That is in keeping with the age-old adage that education will give them a better life. Such concern is an affirmation of the fact that Filipinos view education as the most effective mechanism to bail them out of the lethargy and suffering inherent in an uneducated society.