Student protesters held a short program at historic Plaza Miranda to condemn the proposed budget cuts on state universities which would surely result in tuition and other fee increases in campuses nationwide

In a symbolic expression of outrage, student demonstrators burned an effigy of President Noynoy Aquino whom they called Noynoy the Slasher for cutting the budgets of state universities nationwide. It was the first time an effigy of the new President was burned in a protest rally during his term

Kabataan Party-List Rep. Mong Palatino and National Union of Students of the Philippines Secretary General Ipay Bolibol lead the march of the students, along with other student leaders from state universities in Metro Manila

From Plaza Miranda, the thousands of students who joined the protest marched towards Malacanang Palace through Quezon Boulevard