To the parents who are worried about sending their children to UP because of the potential "NPA recruitment" that's allegedly going on there, I'd say there's nothing to worry about. In the '70s and '80s, at the height of its powers, the NPA supposedly had around 25,000 active guerrillas (thanks -- or no thanks -- to its biggest indirect recruiter, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his Martial Law). Now government estimates peg the NPA's armed members at around 1,000 or fewer. If these recruitment drives by the communists were really that effective, shouldn't they still have 25,000 guerrillas now -- or more?
I'd actually argue that if your child decides to go to the PMA rather than UP, you have a BIGGER PROBLEM on your hands.
