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By: Tarra Quismundo
In hopes of averting a catastrophe in the education system, a former education secretary has charted what she calls “fault lines” in education policy, drawing from her experience working under five Philippine presidents.
Posted: February 19th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The government is moving to strengthen a kindergarten system to comply with a law making preschool a requisite for entry to Grade 1.
Posted: February 18th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
If you’re a graduating sixth grader this March, then you may as well be among the first to undergo two more years of public high school.
Posted: February 16th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has ordered the closure of a business school on Metropolitan Avenue in Makati City for failing to comply with education quality standards.
Posted: February 15th, 2012 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has ordered the closure of a business school in Makati City for failing to comply with the standards.
Posted: February 15th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Metro | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The Department of Education has sent its field engineers to Central and Western Visayas to determine the extent of damage inflicted by Monday’s 6.9-magnitude on to public schools structures the regions.
Posted: February 9th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
Prying open Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank accounts as part of the evidence in his impeachment trial may scare away investors and have “devastating” effects on the economy, Senator Miriam Santiago said Wednesday.
Posted: February 8th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) has deployed a team of experts to conduct post-disaster assessment in Negros Oriental following the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that shook parts of Western and Central Visayas on Monday.
Posted: February 7th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
For presenting a clear vision of Japan as an “innovation superpower,” a Filipino graduate student won the Prize of Excellence in the Japan Foreign Trade Council Inc. (JFTC) essay writing contest.
Posted: February 5th, 2012 in Headlines,Learning | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The K-12 (Kindergarten to 12) program is being designed to strengthen instruction of science in Philippine schools.
Posted: February 5th, 2012 in Headlines,Learning | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The government’s flagship education program that would extend the basic education cycle by two years seems to be geared toward supplying “semi-skilled workers as cheap labor” for foreign firms, an organization of college editors said.
Posted: February 5th, 2012 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
The Department of Education (DepEd) is inviting parents, members of the community and other education stakeholders to a monthlong planning session on how to address resource gaps this coming school year.
Posted: January 29th, 2012 in Headlines,Learning | Read More »
By: Tarra Quismundo
Insurgency once blocked progress in Sitio Lantad, Misamis Oriental. But now development is in full swing, with new roads promoting not only trade but also community understanding.
Posted: January 29th, 2012 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »