Quezon City, Philippines. 6th March, 2015. Filipino activists hold up papier-mache chains and stop signs calling for the repeal of the Education Act of 1982, during a rally outside the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) office along Garcia Avenue. Activists assailed present government policies on education, which they allege is driving students to kill themselves, including the suicide of Rosanna Sanfuego. Sanfuego, a 17-year old freshman from Cagayan State University, killed herself after reportedly unable to pay for her educational expenses. © Richard James Mendoza/Pacific Press/Alam

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