News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(September 21-27, 2009)
Local News
RP to host robotics Olympiad
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/21/2009 Jerry Esplanada)
Filipino students gear up for the World Robotics Olympiad which will be hosted in the Philippines next year for the first time.
Cutting school hours meant for students’ safety, says DepEd
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/26/2009 Philip Tubeza)
The Department of Education ensures students’ safety by cutting school hours in overcrowded public schools.
Education drive on automated vote in Jan.
(Cebu Daily News 09/27/2009)
Amid reservations about the automation of next year's elections, both the Commission on Elections and Sen. Francis Escudero agreed that extensive voter's education and awareness are keys to protecting the integrity of the ballot.
No overprice, says Tesda supplier
(Inquirer Visayas 09/27/2009 Nestor P. Burgos)
The supplier of training equipment purchased by TESDA at an alleged overprice of P60 million challenges the government agency to conduct a thorough investigation so that the company can clear its name.
P2.5B for classrooms still unreleased–Lapus
(Philippine Daily Inqurier 09/26/2009 Leila Salaverria)
A total of P2.5 billion allocated of the building of classrooms under the government’s P330 billion stimulus package remains unreleased, and there seems to be no indication that the amount would be given to the Department of Education in the remaining months of the year.
Daily budget for education: P6 per student
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/25/2009 Philip Tubeza)
Militant students raise issues on government’s funding for public school students.
3 teachers freed after 6 months in captivity
(Inquirer Mindanao 09/24/2009 Julie Alipala)
Three public school teachers kidnapped six months ago and threatened with beheading by Abu Sayyaf bandits were released last week on Basilan Island.
Filipina wins bronze for RP in Math Olympiad
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/21/2009 Queena Lee-Chua)
For the first time, a Filipina, Carmela Antoinette Lao, won a bronze medal in the International Math Olympiad, the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world.
Poor test scores blamed on ARMM unrest
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/21/2009 Philip Tubeza)
Nestor Lemana, executive director of the Notre Dame Educational Association, says sporadic fighting, particularly in Maguindanao, is partly to blame for the poor test scores of students from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
6 law schools in provinces face closure
(Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/24/2009 Philip Tubeza)
The Commission on Higher Education will close down six law schools across the country because not one of their graduates passed the bar exams in the last 10 years, CHEd chair Emmanuel Angeles announces.
DepEd News
Updates
UNESCO approves Lifelong Learning Center for RP
Teaching Notes for English Grades 1 to 6 Textbooks -- IMCS
Statement of DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus on the release of the three (3) public school teachers
Explanation on the Reduced Contact Hours in Schools
Orders
No. 94 s.2009 Creation of a Regional Committee on Education for All
No. 95 s.2009 Guidelines on the Utilization of the Redesigned Tech-Voc Education Program Intervention Funds for FY 2008
No. 98 s.2009 Implementation of Administrative Service Operations Manuals
No. 100 s.2009 Launching Brigada Eskwela Plus and Directing Selected Public Schools to Volunteer in this Community Involvement in Education Initiative
No. 101 s.2009 Reiteration of the Prohibition on DepEd Official in Entering into a Memorandum of Agreement and to Act as Agents of Private Lending Institutions
Memos
No. 398 s.2009 Calendar of Activities and Periods of Prohibited Acts in Connection with the May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections
No. 399 s.2009 Training of Core Group of Year 1 Teacher Trainers in Career Pathways in Technology and Livelihood Education
No. 408 s.2009 National Training on the Second Level Coaching for DepEd School Sports Coaches
No. 417 s.2009 Participation of Schools in the Various Space Science and Technology Education Programs
(Published 28 September 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
