In spite the grim apathy that seemed to shroud most of today's youth, there are still those who get involved and engage in the politics of change. Students from state-run Polytechnic University of the Philippines have shaved their heads in protest of an alleged misuse of funds by officers of their student council.

Five male students and a lone female, an alumna of PUP, staged their protest on Monday to bring out a corruption issue allegedly involving the student council of the university since 2006.

An audit report from the government-led Commission on Audit showed that some Php4.3 million or (USD $102,380) was missing or unaccounted for in the last 6 years and no proper investigation has been done.

A spokesperson for the protesters Emil Samaniego says that they want the administrators and fellow students to take note and eventually investigate the matter at hand.

Students like Samaniego are convinced that good governance and accountability, which are being pushed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, should really start early and in schools.

Jaded with the kind of corruption bred in local institutions, some students see it fit that reforms could only be ingrained if students and schools are involved.

"We must find a way to involve students and schools in facilitating these reforms," adds Vinouel Lim, a political science major in the same university.