Hontiveros to DepEd: Keep children out of state surveillance operations

September 6, 2023 | 3:14pm

Students of the Araullo High School in Ermita, Manila attend their first class during the opening of the new school year on June 3, 2019

The STAR / Miguel de Guzman, File photo

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education’s conduct of surveillance activities in school should not inadvertently subject children to state “spying” and its possible abuses, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said.

The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality stressed that DepEd should comply with international and local laws that entitle students to an “environment of freedom and dignity.”