The ISABELA State University has pulled out books donated by the National Democratic Front or written by its founding chairman, Jose Maria Sison, to “protect” the students from the communist ideology.

ISU is the second school to remove NDF handbooks after the Kalinga State University.

ISU President Ricmar Aquino ordered the removal of handbooks from NDFP and books by Sison from the libraries in the university’s main campus in Echague town and 10 other campuses.

Among the books pulled out were 23 NDFP handbooks and works by Sison, including “Building People’s Power,” “Defeating Revisionism & Opportunism,” “Crisis Generates Resistance,” “Building Strength through Struggle” and “Continuing the Struggle for Liberation.”

“ISU supports the government’s ‘whole-of-nation’ approach against [communist insurgency]. As an academic institution, ISU has its mandate to protect the Filipino youth and ensure their future by providing them quality and relevant education,” Aquino said.