News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(March 10-16, 2008)
Local News
Teachers could get pay raise by midyear--Arroyo
(Inquirer.net 03/13/2008 Joel Guinto)
President Arroyo announces budget provision for teachers’ salary increase by the middle of the year.
Promoting literacy thru Filipino-made educational gadget
(Philippine Information Agency 03/13/2008 T. Villavert)
DepEd employs “Megumi Reader,” a low-cost Filipino-made electronic book, to promote literacy in public schools.
Beauty queen’s English proof of sliding RP education--solon
(Inquirer.net 0-3/15/2008 TJ Burgonio)
Representative Eduardo Gullas pushes for English as the medium of instruction to address Filipino youth’s declining proficiency in the language.
Tourism, ICT drive Central Visayas economy
(Philippine Information Agency 03/14/2008 Minerva Newman)
Central Visayas economy booms because of the region’s promotion of tourism and industries.
Teachers' coop to help teachers buy more for less
(Philippine Information Agency 03/11/2008)
Seeking to improve the living standards of teachers, the PUP College of Cooperatives launches “Negosyong Pangeskwela for Teachers’ Cooperatives.”
Students walk with Arroyo ‘thru the storm’
(Inquirer.net 03/14/2008 Michael Lim Ubac)
More than a thousand students, teachers, campus leaders, and government schoolars walked along President Arroyo in Malacañang to show their support.
Home study for Baguio’s pregnant teeners
(Inquirer.net 03/11/2008 Desiree Caluza)
Baguio City National High School offers home study program for pregnant teenagers who want to finish high school.
Student who fell to death remembered online by classmates
(Inquirer.net 03/10/2008 DJ Yap)
Grieving students of De La Salle-Santiago Zobel post messages on the Internet for Ambrosio Robles.
Neri agrees to meet student groups on tuition issue
(Inquirer.net 03;/10/2008 Jerry Esplanada)
CHEd acting chairman Romulo Neri expresses willingness to convene with student organizations and discuss tertiary education issues.
Pampanga nurtures the youth
(Philippine Information Agency 03/10/2008)
Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio spearheads feeding program in elementary schools in the province.
Knowing how to read develops better citizens
(Inquirer.net, 03/16/2008 Cris Evert Lato)
“Reading empowers,” says Philippine Daily Inquirer president Sandy Romualdez in the Rotary International District Conference.
Defense chief to cadets: Understand cyberspace, new media
(Inquirer.net, 03/16/2008 Vincent Cabreza)
PMA’s modernization plan and experimental curriculum worked on this year’s graduating cadets.
Deped News
Update
Implementation of the 2003, 2004, and 2006 DepEd Computerization Program
Memos
No. 112 s.2008 Enriching Science Education through the Programs and Activities of MAD Science Philippines
No. 113 s.2008 Dissemination of Presidential Proclamation No. 1463 (Declaring the Regular Holidays and Special Non-Working Days for the Year 2008)
No. 115 s.2008 2008 Anti-TB Education and Fund Campaign
No. 116 s.2008 2008 National Folk Dance Workshop for Teachers
No. 117 s.2008 Corrigendum to DepEd Memo No. 58, s. 2008 (Second DepED-MTAP National Conference on Mathematics Education)
No. 118 s.2008 Lifting of the Moratorium on the Issuance of Automatic Payroll Deduction Lending Codes to Private Lending Institutions
No. 123 s.2008 Ika-36 na Pambansang Gawaing-Kapulungan sa Filipino
No. 125 s.2008 Implementation of the 2003, 2004, and 2006 DepEd Computerization Program
Orders
No. 15 s.2008 Payment of Productivity Incentive Bonus and Uniform/Clothing Allowance for Fiscal Year 2008
No. 16 s.2008 Coordinating Mechanisms for Implementing the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)
(Published 17 March 2008, Smart Schools Program)
