News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(March 30 to April 5, 2009)
Local News
Use of mobile phones for quality education
(Inquirer.net 04/04/2009 Marisse Catangay)
BridgeIT, an international collaborative effort of Nokia, International
Youth Foundation, Pearson, and the United Nations Development Programme
selects the Philippines as a pilot country for a program aptly called
Text2Teach.
16% of public school pupils undernourished
(Inquirer.net 04/03/2009 Erika Tapalla)
About 16 percent of students in public schools are undernourished and
absenteeism due to this health condition is a major deterrent to their
consistent productivity, DepEd reports.
Arroyo orders socially sensitive tuition plan
(Inquirer.net 04/01/2009 Joel Guinto)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed an executive order (EO)
for the drafting of “flexible, socially sensitive” tuition fee payment
plans in state colleges and universities.
DepEd to cut absenteeism with health packs
(Inquirer.net 03/31/2009 Philip Tubeza)
The Department of Education aims to curb absenteeism through a comprehensive oral health care and hygiene program.
Tuition freeze in 178 C. Luzon schools
(Inquirer.net 03/30/2009 Tonette Orejas)
Majority of 200,000 college students and their parents in Central Luzon
will enjoy a respite from increases in tuition and other fees in school
year 2009-2010.
Arroyo sets P35-M for school buildings
(Inquirer.net 04/03/2009)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announces that she would give P35
million to the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FFCCII) to build low-cost school buildings for grade school
students.
PAGASA chief wants more Filipino Galileos
(Inquirer.net 03/02/2009 Alcuin Papa)
PAGASA chief Prisco Nilo observes a waning interest in the pursuit of
science and technology as a specialized field in the country.
1,310 pass bar exams
(Inquirer.net 04/03/2009 Tetch Torres)
A total of 1,310 have passed the 2008 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
CITE conducts training for incoming freshmen
(Inquirer.net 04/03/2009 CDN)
At least 940 applicants are expected to join the Summer Technician
Orientation Program of the Center for Industrial Technology and
Enterprise (CITE) this summer.
Bigger center for tourism scholars
(Inquirer.net 04/03/2009 Cris Evert Lato)
More students can have a chance of working in the tourism and
hospitality industry in Cebu with the opening of a new
technical-vocational school in Cebu City.
Grandma, 71, graduates from grade school
(Philippine Star, 04/01/2009 Eva Visperas)
71-year-old Filomena Zamora of Urdaneta City realizes her dream of earning an elementary diploma.
DepEd News
Updates
List of Participants to the 2009 Asian Institute of Management (AIM) -- "Basic Management Program for School Managers (Batch 1 and 3)
DepED to stop absences by focusing on kids health
October 2008 ALS Accreditation and Equivalency Test Passers -- (Elementary Level-2,514 passers out of 12,486; Secondary Level-22,430 passers out of 97,756
DepED Investment in Tech-Voc Paying Off
Executive Order No. 782 -- Instituting
Measures to Assist Workers Affected by the Global Financial Crisis and
Temporary Filling Up of Vacant Positions in the Government
Directive on Graduation
Cell phone teachers reach Ilagan, Isabela
School coops can cushion financial crisis
Memo
No. 130 s.2009 Pambansang Seminar-Worksyap sa Pagtuturo ng Pilipino
No. 131 s.2009 Ikalawang Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Panitikan Pambata
No. 132 s.2009 Organizational Structure of the 2009 Palarong Pambansa
No. 133 s.2009 2009 Summer Training Programs on Visual Impairment
No. 134 s.2009 Lakbay-Seminar para sa Pagpapalaganap ng Wika at Panitikan
No. 135 s.2009 National Summit on Early Childhood Education
No. 136 s.2009 2009 National Conference on Learning Difficulties
No. 138 s.2009 Series of ICT Trainings for the Top 3 Regional ICT Tech-Voc High Schools for Summer 2009
No. 142 s.2009 Teacher Training on Philippine History and Heritage
No. 143 s.2009 7th Philippine Elementary School Principals Congress
No. 145 s.2009 Scorecard for Spanish Teachers
No. 146 s.2009 New Site of Region IV-A
No. 147 s.2009 Pambansang Lektyur-Demo sa Filipino
Orders
No. 27 s.2009 Prescribing the DepEd Uniforms for Teachers and Non-Teaching Personnel for SY 2009-2011
No. 28 s.2009 Guidelines in Accepting ICT Equipment and Internet Access Services for Classroom Instruction and Administrative Use
No. 29 s.2009 Regulating the Collection of Voluntary Contributions of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
(Published 07 April 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
