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Many teachers deputized for poll duty still unpaid

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Calling Comelec chair Sixto Brillantes Jr.  RYAN LEAGOGO/INQUIRER.net

Many of the public schoolteachers who were deputized for election duty last May 13 have not received their honoraria from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to a teachers’ group.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

CHEd eyes revised college curriculum by 2016

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The revised general education curriculum (GEC) for college students should be in place by 2016 because some private schools will be graduating their first batch of senior high-school students by then, according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

DepEd: No fee collection when schools open in June

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Education Secretary Armin Luistro reminded public school officials that there should be no collection of any kind of fees, even on a “voluntary” basis, when schools reopen on June 3.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

CHEd: Revised college curriculum to be implemented earlier

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The revised general education curriculum (GEC) for college students should be in place by 2016 because some private schools will graduate their first batch of senior high school students by then.

Posted: May 24th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Public schools told not to collect any fees at start of classes

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Education Secretary Armin Luistro: We do not need dead heroes. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Education Secretary Armin Luistro reminded public school officials that no fees should be collected from parents or guardians even on a voluntary basis when public schools reopen on June 3.

Posted: May 24th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

CHEd asks maritime schools to phase out substandard courses

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Maritime schools that continue to defy government orders to close down substandard training programs are putting all Filipino seafarers in danger of being banned from European Union (EU) member flagged vessels.

Posted: May 23rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

CHEd to decide Monday on tuition hike petitions of 451 schools

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The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) will formally decide on Monday, May 27, whether to approve the application of 344 private colleges and universities to increase their tuition and other fees this school year.

Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

DepEd plans to send more students to private schools

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OUTREACH PROGRAM  A Quezon City policeman helps clean a classroom at Ramon Magsaysay High School in the Cubao district under the “Brigada Eskwela” program before the start of classes in June.  MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

The Department of Education (DepEd) is mulling over entering into more service contracting schemes with private schools to absorb more than a third of the expected one million students who will be entering senior high school in 2016.

Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Nation,Photos & Videos | Read More »

LET-ting them be what they want to be

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Conrado T. Sotelo, who got the second-highest score (92) among the 15,223 examinees who passed the March Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) secondary level, is a licensed nurse.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Headlines,Learning | Read More »

DepEd scrambles to fill 61,510 teacher vacancies

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MANILA, Philippines—Despite a glut of licensed teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) is finding it hard to fill all 61,510 vacancies in the public schools this year due to a lack of qualified teachers in some areas.   The DepEd’s P293.32-billion budget this year includes an allocation for the hiring of 61,510 new teachers to [...]

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Comelec move to suspend unofficial count alarms watchdogs

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With more than 11.5 million votes still unaccounted for three days after Monday’s balloting, the official poll watchdogs are alarmed at the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend the unofficial count until all 12 senatorial winners are proclaimed.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

PPCRV suspends unofficial tally upon Comelec’s orders

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The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)’s partial and unofficial election tally went dark Thursday night as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) proceeded with the proclamation of winning senatorial candidates.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Unofficial vote count slows down

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It’s all systems go at the headquarters of election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting at the Pope Pius XII Center in Manila. PPCRV will conduct a parallel count of the votes in the national and local elections starting at 7 p.m. Monday when precincts close.  RICHARD A. REYES/INQUIRER

The “quick count” by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting of the results of the country’s second national automated elections continued to move at snail’s pace for the second day on Wednesday.

Posted: May 15th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

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