They were later joined by a number of UPSE professors who waved the flag of "decency and courtesy" yet are pathetically silent on the matter of corruption and pork barrel and the key role played by Abad in concocting the DAP. Indeed, Abad was provided a forum at the UPSE sponsored by groups that find more congruence than discord with the ruling regime. They shrouded Abad with the mantle of "academic freedom" to provide him all the leeway to justify the regime's corruption and policy of liberalization, privatization, deregulation and denationalization with nary a critical voice.
Binatikos ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) ang rehimeng Aquino sa patuloy nitong pagkabigong harapin ang malalang krisis sa sistemang pang-edukasyon ng Pilipinas na pinatampok ng laganap na kakulangan ng mga silid-aralan sa mga pampublikong paaralan at ng malalang pagsisiksikan dahil sa paggigiit nito na bawasan ang bahagi ng edukasyon sa pambansang badyet at pagbibigay-prayoridad sa mga proyektong nakatuon sa interes ng kanyang mga kroni at mga oligarko.