BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION

Equal protection clause in the Constitution is a guaranty towards the people that no law
will be passed which discriminates certain groups or individual for the law shall apply to all and
rights must be enjoyed by each and every one. Hence, right to education may not be limited to
persons of a particular sex, religion, or national origin.

In the case of case was the consolidation of cases arising in Kansas, South Carolina,
Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to the segregation of public schools on the
basis of race. In each of the cases, African American students had been denied admittance to
certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race. They
argued that such segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause. It was held by the Courts that,
Separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities is inherently unequal therefore
violating the Equal Protection Clause. Separate but equal facilities are inherently unequal and
violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court
reasoned that the segregation of public education based on race instilled a sense of inferiority
that had a hugely detrimental effect on the education and personal growth of African American
children.

Thus, in International School Alliance vs. Quisimbing, the School hires both foreign and
local teachers as members of its faculty, classifying the same into two namely foreign-hires and
local-hires. The School grants foreign-hires certain benefits not accorded local-hires. These
include housing, transportation, shipping costs, taxes, and home leave travel allowance. Foreign-
hires are also paid a salary rate twenty-five percent more than local-hires. Hence, an issue of
whether or Not the grants provided by the school to foreign hires and not to local hires
discriminative of their constitutional right to the equal protection clause aroused because of the
said classification. The Supreme Court held that even if there is a need for the School to attract
foreign-hires, salaries should not be used as an enticement to the prejudice of local-hires. The
local-hires perform the same services as foreign-hires and they ought to be paid the same salaries
as the latter. For the same reason, the dislocation factor and the foreign-hires' limited tenure also
cannot serve as valid bases for the distinction in salary rates.

In the Philippines, equal protection clause is very important in order to prevent

deprivation of rights because of the corruption present in the Government. It is a known fact that
Philippines is a democratic country; people can be as free as they want so long as their exercise
of freedom is within the bounds of the law. The diversity and plurality of the Philippines must be
safeguarded through respect and tolerance. The State must respect and promote harmony and
understanding between and among individuals, communities and people. The present
Government must fulfill their obligation in ensure that every citizen has the opportunity to enjoy
basic human rights in order for the society become well as a whole. The Government must
uphold the Constitution and must enact rules that are not discriminatory among its constituents
regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, social
beliefs and political convictions. Cultural traditions and institutionalized power shall not serve as
justification for any form of violence, abuse, neglect, or deprivation of human and peoples’
rights. Just like in education. It was stated that should be no discrimination among people
regardless of ethnicity. Hence, it is evident that Indigenous people are discriminated specifically
of their right to education. In our country, millions of Indigenous children are not able to read
and write. They live mostly in remote areas where public schools offer limited services. The
Government should make concrete plans in order to aid this kind of dilemma in order to help our
deprived countrymen.