By Amierielle Anne A. Bulan and Mary Adeline Dela Cruz IN LINE with the commemoration of the 44th anniversary of Martial Law, Senators Risa Hontiveros and Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino called for mandatory teaching of Martial Law in basic and tertiary education. Hontiveros urged schools and educational institutions to include the teaching of Martial Law history to avoid the tampering of the country’s history from revisionists who aim to “paint a rosy picture” of the dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos. “We must not allow them to rob us of our truth and sense of history,” Hontiveros said. “We must not allow the Marcoses to steal from us again.”
Hontiveros was backed by student council leaders from the Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines, De La Salle University and Adamson University. Aquino, chairman of the Education Committee, said teaching Martial law in schools must be monitored in the country to avoid “distortion” of truth and Philippine history. He added as the years pass, the knowledge of Filipinos about Martial Law gained different versions, compromising its truthfulness. “Nakakalungkot ang pangyayaring ito dahil tila kinalimutan na ang mga nagsakripisyo ng buhay noong panahon ng diktatorya,” he said. Aquino led an investigation on how Martial Law era is being taught in secondary and tertiary education. During the probing, old historical textbooks, now replaced by K-to-12 textbooks, were presented before the Senate. National Historical Commission of the Philippines chairperson Maria Serena Diokno noted that an attempt for neutrality and objectivity was visible in the prints of the old textbooks. “Walang nakalagay tungkol sa pagnakaw ng panahong iyon, walang nakalagay tungkol sa tens of thousands na kinulong, the thousands na pinatay,” Aquino added. E
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