Where education meets identity

Inquirer.net - Oct 5, 2026

MANSALAY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — For generations of Mangyan children from remote mountain communities in southern Oriental Mindoro, going to high school was once a difficult journey—literally. Some had to walk for hours from their homes to reach a classroom. At the Mangyan Education Center Inc. (MEC) in Barangay Bait-Panaytayan, Mansalay, that long journey has,

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