Education

30 Jan 2023 – Duterte lists basic education ills, lays reform agenda

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2023
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7 Sept 2022 – CHEd halts Study Now, Pay Later Program

Published by rudy Date posted on September 9, 2022
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15 May 2022 – DepEd eyes completion of K to 12 curriculum enhancement in July 2022

Published by rudy Date posted on May 16, 2022

Published May 15, 2022, 9:05 PM by Merlina Hernando-Malipot The Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to complete the K to 12 curriculum enhancement in July this year to address congestion, redundancies, and overlaps in the current curriculum. “The 2022 Basic Education Curriculum is envisioned to be responsive and attuned to the dynamic changes in the…

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29 Nov 2021 – World Bank: 90% of 10-year-old PH kids can’t read

Published by rudy Date posted on November 29, 2021

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Coursera is looking to strengthen its presence in the Philippines after eye-popping growth in enrollment during the pandemic. Check out which courses Filipinos have been enrolling in here.

Published by rudy Date posted on November 17, 2021

Coursera is looking to strengthen its presence in the Philippines after eye-popping growth in enrollment during the pandemic. Check out which courses Filipinos have been enrolling in here. pic.twitter.com/qPBscM8WYg — Warren de Guzman (@wddeguzman) November 17, 2021

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Group bats for teachers’ ‘better protection’ as PH schools reopen

Published by rudy Date posted on November 17, 2021

by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, 17 Nov 2021, Manila Bulletin While teachers are ready for the partial reopening of schools during the pilot run of limited face-to-face classes, a group urged the government to protect their welfare by giving them less non-teaching duties.

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10 Nov 2021 – 1 million more students enrolled this year – DepEd

Published by rudy Date posted on November 10, 2021

by Romina Cabrera – The Philippine Star, 10 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education said a million more learners have enrolled for the current school year compared to 2020 at the height of the pandemic.

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8 Nov 2021 – Students, teachers can get mental health support through new DepEd helpline

Published by rudy Date posted on November 8, 2021
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PH rates high in remote learning readiness

Published by rudy Date posted on November 5, 2021

By Kaithreen Cruz, 5 Nov 2021, Manila Times THE Philippines was given a five-star rating by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on its Remote Learning Readiness Index (RLRI).

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1 gigabyte enough per day, DepEd says after teachers air gripes

Published by rudy Date posted on November 4, 2021

By: Jane Bautista, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday maintained that the daily 1-gigabyte data capacity provided to public school teachers was enough to access e-learning and department applications.

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Pandemic to push more children into learning poverty

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2021

by Louise Maureen Simeon, The Philippine Star, 1 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The pandemic will push more children into learning poverty, especially in low and middle income countries like the Philippines, due to the prolonged closure of educational institutions, according to the World Bank.

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Crisis of a generation: Shuttered schools in the Philippines could mean a lifetime of poverty

Published by rudy Date posted on October 25, 2021

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Our education crisis: Why and what next?

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2021

by Andrew J. Masigan – The Philippine Star, 13 Oct 2021 (Part 2) First, allow me to provide some context for those who missed the first installment of this series. The country is facing an educational crisis. In 2018,15-year-old Filipino students were ranked dead last in reading and second to the last in science and…

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Teaching on Zoom

Published by rudy Date posted on October 6, 2021

By: Ambeth R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Oct 2021 For those that could, work from home was a life-changing adjustment born out of pandemic lockdown. Online teaching was a challenge that could be delayed but not avoided so I took the Ateneo online course “Adaptive Design for Learning” and jumped straight into an online…

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6 Oct 2021 – Our education crisis. Why and what next?

Published by rudy Date posted on October 6, 2021

by Andrew J. Masigan – The Philippine Star, 6 Oct 2021 (Part 1) We are in the midst of an educational crisis. Philippine educational standards have deteriorated to such an extent that Filipino children are ranked the least proficient in reading, math and science among 87 nationalities evaluated. This was validated by global academic rating…

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21 Sept 2021 – Private schools appeal for gov’t aid amid dwindling enrollment rate

Published by rudy Date posted on September 21, 2021

by Christian Deiparine – Philstar.com, 21 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A network of private schools on Tuesday sought for financial aid from the government amid another low turnout in enrollment during the second year of distance learning in the country.

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Enrollment in K-12 surpasses pre-pandemic level — DepEd

Published by rudy Date posted on September 21, 2021

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Unlock the secret to learning: The power of 3

Published by rudy Date posted on September 16, 2021

3 goals 🎯3 months 📆3 other people 👤 Unlock the secret to learning here: — McKinsey & Company (@McKinsey) September 16, 2021

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DepEd: Enrollment breaches 26 million

Published by rudy Date posted on September 16, 2021

by Romina Cabrera – The Philippine Star, 16 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Over 26 million students have enrolled for the current school year, surpassing last year’s figures and indicating that learners who skipped classes are returning to the basic education system, according to the Department of Education.

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‘Critical state’: Private schools seek Senate passage of bill vs tax rate hike

Published by rudy Date posted on September 14, 2021

by Philstar.com, 14 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Private school groups have urged the Senate to fast track the passage of a bill rectifying a tax rate hike on their members, as they said enrollment in their sector this year has plunged anew.

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With virtual schools, students face more of the same worries

Published by rudy Date posted on September 13, 2021

by Jimbo Owen B. Gulle, Manila Standard, 13 Sep 2021 With a year of distance and modular learning under their belt, students in public schools return to class today under a still-challenging setup, as the Philippines remains one of only two countries that has not conducted partial or full school reopening since the start of…

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Enrollees in public, private schools reach 17.9M so far

Published by rudy Date posted on September 7, 2021

By Krixia Subingsubing, 7 Sep 2021 Less than a week before this year’s opening of classes, the number of enrolled students in both public and private schools have only reached 17.96 million thus far—or 45 percent less than last year’s 26.2 million students, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).

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Ensuring quality education in online format

Published by rudy Date posted on September 6, 2021

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Tips para magkasya ang buwanang sahod ni titser

Published by rudy Date posted on September 3, 2021

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Looking for readers

Published by rudy Date posted on September 2, 2021

by Estanislao C. Albano, Jr. casigayan@yahoo.com, The Philippine Star, 2 Sep 2021 True to its laughable pretense that there are no non-readers in high school despite strong evidence to the contrary, the Department of Education (DepEd) never refers to the need to identify and belatedly teach reading laggards to read in its preparations for the…

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Teachers hit DepEd over one-week virtual training

Published by rudy Date posted on August 31, 2021

by Ranier Allan Ronda – The Philippine Star, 31 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers yesterday bewailed the Department of Education (DepEd)’s conduct of a one-week virtual training for mentors before the opening of remote learning in public schools on Sept. 13.

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After COA flags ‘deficiencies,’ Senate to probe DepEd readiness for more distance learning

Published by rudy Date posted on August 20, 2021

by Philstar.com, 20 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The chairman of the Senate’s basic education panel will launch an inquiry into the Department of Education’s readiness for a prolonged distance learning scenario ahead of the opening of School Year 2021-2022.

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Enrollment for 2021-2022 set August 16-September 13

Published by rudy Date posted on August 10, 2021

by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star), 10 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) will start the enrollment period for school year 2021-2022 on Aug. 16, again with public school teachers expected to take the initiative in enlisting students to pursue remote learning.

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Angara bill seeks to produce quality public school teachers

Published by rudy Date posted on August 9, 2021

by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 9 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — To improve the quality of basic education and learning outcomes of students, Sen. Sonny Angara is pushing a program that aims to produce the best teachers for the public school system in the country.

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An EdCom is not an education strategy

Published by rudy Date posted on August 7, 2021

by Edilberto C. de Jesus, 7 Aug 2021 Not in or by itself. But, given the tightly-centralized structure of the system, an Education Commission (EdCom) is arguably essential to crafting a strategyʍand required by international assessment test results that showed the Philippines with the lowest student competencies in Science, Math, and Reading. It was thus…

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