News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(September 14-20, 2009)
Local News
More schools yet to have computers -DepEd
(Inquirer.net 09/14/2009 Alex Villafania)
The Department of Education (DepEd) calls for more private sector support to build the country’s education system through information technology.
DepEd cuts class hours in overcrowded schools
(Cebu Daily News 09/16/2009)
Alarmed by the overcrowding in some public elementary schools, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus has ordered classes in those schools reduced to four or five hours.
Students tapped to watch pols’ ad spending
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/18/2009)
University students in the Cordillera Administrative Region have been to help a nonpolitical movement unmask interest groups influencing Philippine politics today.
Solon takes up heavy schoolbag issue
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/15/2009 Leila Salaverria)
Pampanga Rep. Carmelo Lazatin has filed a bill seeking to limit the size and weight of textbooks school children have to carry.
Nix profit motive, Catholic schools told
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/20/2009 Dona Pazzibugan)
Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal exhorted Catholic schools not to lose sight of their original purpose in the course of competing with other schools – evangelization, not profits.
DepEd News
Updates
Vacant Position - Technical Adviser for Advocacy and Communications
DepEd's Project ReACh targets 5M out of school kids
Campus journalists join fight vs. extreme poverty
Lapus urges private sector to support ICT-enhanced education
3 RP pupils go for gold in ASEAN drawing competition
DepEd to conduct A & E exam in October
2008 ALS Accreditation and Equivalency Test Passers -- (Elementary Level - 2,514 passers out of 12,486; Secondary Level - 22,430 out of 97,756
DepEd Announces the October 2009 ALS Accreditation & Equivalency Test Registration
DepED Internet Connectivity Project (DepED Order No. 50, s. 2009) - Enclosures
Memo
No. 383 s.2009 2009 World Food Day Nationwide On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest
No. 386 s.2009 Utilization of Manuals relevant to School-Based Management
No. 388 s.2009 Nationwide Storytelling for Peace
No. 392 s.2009 UNESCO Next Generation of Teachers: First Philippine Conference on ICT in Teacher Education
(Published 22 September 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
