Center to give research support for K to 12
By Tarra QuismundoAustralian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell and Philippine education officials opened recently the Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre (ACTRC).
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell and Philippine education officials opened recently the Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre (ACTRC).
Win first, study later? Fresh from her victory in last Monday’s elections, Senator-elect Nancy Binay plans to enroll in a short course at the University of the Philippines to prepare her for the tough legislative work ahead.
Thanks to a bystander and a motorcycle rider who alerted the police, a University of the Philippines student recovered her cell phone from a pickpocket who unzipped her bag as she crossed the Philcoa footbridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
Taking a break from his busy election-campaign itinerary, President Aquino on Monday tried out a locally developed monorail service now undergoing tests on the University of the Philippines campus in Quezon City, and found the ride bumpy.
The next suicide to rock the country’s education system might be that of an underpaid teacher.
The University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman was named a Center of Excellence in journalism and in broadcasting by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz, the 13th president of the University of the Philippines, died on March 23 at the age of 86.
Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad clarified on Monday that far from experiencing budget cuts this year, state colleges and universities received a 44-percent hike to get a total of P37.1 billion.
The funeral Mass for the cash-strapped University of the Philippines student who committed suicide saw the Catholic church launching a project that could hopefully prevent another Kristel Tejada.
Senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño on Tuesday urged the Aquino administration to reinstate the P17 billion slashed last year from the budget proposal of state universities and colleges (SUCs), and to incorporate that amount in the 2014 budget.
Officials of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) suspended classes on Monday and called for sobriety amid public dismay and outrage over the suicide of a freshman forced to put her studies on hold because she could not pay the tuition.
In death, Kristel Pilar Mariz Tejada has definitely grabbed her school’s attention. A day after the student’s suicide put the University of the Philippines and its student support system under scrutiny, UP president Alfredo Pascual on Saturday said the state-run institution “can turn the tragedy into a greater resolve to act and make UP accessible to the poor.”
As the ninth dean of the University of the Philippines-Cebu, lawyer Liza Corro said her installation is a “homecoming” of sorts for her. “I’m sure that having accepted this position, I have come home. This is where I belong. This is where I am needed. This is where I can make a difference,” she told [...]
