Value of Education

EXPLAINING TO A YOUNG PUPIL THE VALUE OF EDUCATION: A sixth grader Victor Nepomuceno listens attentively to Independent Senator Richard J. Gordon who explained to him the value of education during a brief interview at the Senate, Nov. 12. Stressing that a lot of pupils in public schools are not given quality education due to lack of government resources, Gordon said he is vigorously pushing for the immediate passage of the Health and Education Acceleration Program (HEAP) that aims to zero in backlogs in education and health infrastructures by requiring telecommunications companies to remit part of their net income from local text messages.