Education

It is not true, as some have been saying, that all the subjects in the first two years of college will be moved to the last two years of basic education. The subjects in the first two years of college belong to what is known as the General Education Curriculum (GEC). All Higher Education Institutions…

The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) challenged President Aquino to take action on several bills for teachers’ compensation pending before the houses of Congress. Benjo Basas, the group’s chairman said “this is the high time to discuss the pending bills on teachers’ salaries and this is far more important than the proposed K+12 program of the…

The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) challenged President Aquino to take action on several bills for teachers’ compensation pending before the houses of Congress. Benjo Basas, the group’s chairman said “this is the high time to discuss the pending bills on teachers’ salaries and this is far more important than the proposed K+12 program of the…

BONN, Germany — The low enrollment and literacy rate in Mindanao vis-à-vis the rest of the country is just among the many negative effects of decades of conflict and crisis in the region, an international expert on crisis and education said here at the 2012 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum.

Three Philippine universities have been listed as among the world’s best in teaching English, according to London-based research and ratings firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). QS’ World University Rankings by Subject included Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines, and De La Salle University on the Top 50 in its English list.

The objections to President Noynoy Aquino’s K+12 program continue to be aired by a few, despite the clear finding by SWS that majority of Filipinos support the reform.

MANILA, Philippines – Former education secretary Mona Dumlao Valisno said that letting private higher education institutions (HEIs) and tech-voc training centers to set up the additional two-year senior high school (SHS), will spare DepEd and private high school owners the financial burden of building the additional infrastructure and procuring the necessary resources, such as hiring…

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After crying over the latest blow to our academic ego by QS Asian University Rankings, let us look seriously at the top Asian universities and see if we can copy their best practices. Whether or not the rankings are correctly computed, it is clear that the top Asian universities indeed command the respect of academics…

ORANGE COUNTY — The recent attempt of the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) to start the ball rolling for the new Basic education program K+12 or Kindergarten plus Grade I to Grade XII is simply to re-label the current 10 years of elementary grade school I to VI plus the four years of high school…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd)’s ambitious Kindergarten to 12 (K+12) basic education curriculum program is getting more support from the public.

In 2004, the Department of Education tried to add one year to the Philippines’ basic education curriculum, but was stopped by massive protests from teachers, students and parents. Last Monday, despite more protests against the K-12 plan, which adds two years to basic education in the country, it went on with the implementation of the…

SOME 267 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are set to increase tuition this year, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Wednesday.

Manila, Philippines – A bill seeking to provide equal opportunities to adults and out-of-school youth of high school age to avail of free high school education through distance learning was approved yesterday on third and final reading at the House of Representatives.

THE subsidy to incoming Grade 7 students enrolling in private high schools outside Metro Manila has been increased to P6,500 from P5,500, the Education Department said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday issued the Child Protection Policy (CPP) guidelines for public and private school teachers in the administration of disciplinary actions against erring students.

MANILA — Generally, for parents, providing good education for their children is definitely a good investment. Thus, the thrust of the Department of Education’s K+12 program, a flagship education program of the Aquino administration which requires the mandatory implementation of Kindergarten and an additional two years of senior high school to the current 10-year education…

MANILA, Philippines – With almost two months left before another school year opens, Malacañang officially launched on Tuesday, April 24, the K to 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education (DepEd).

The basic education system of the Philippines faces two major problems: (1) high dropout rates in primary and secondary schools, and (2) lack of mastery of specific skills and content as reflected in poor performance in standard tests for both Grade IV and Grade VIII (second year high school) students. Unfortunately, the proposed K+12 curriculum…

Washington, D.C.: Two children of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) helped propel the University of the Philippines College of Law into the circle of the world’s top four law schools, after taking part in the most prestigious moot court competition in the U.S.

LOW STATE SPENDING in higher education may be blamed for the deterioration and underperformance of state universities and colleges (SUCs), a state-run think tank said, even as it lauded government for pushing reforms in basic education such as the K+12 program.

MANILA, Philippines – An estimated three million elementary and high school students in public schools across the country are graduating as school year 2011-2012 comes to a close this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) said.

EUREKA! The K to 12 Basic Education Program, a major part of the campaign platform of President Aquino, is also one of the most controversial administration initiatives.

Whatever shall we do with our education system? The central reform that the present administration wants to implement is the K to 12, a program that makes kindergarten mandatory and adds two years to the present 10-year basic education.

Out of school children and youth may have the chance to go back to school by passing the 2012 Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT), Educatio Sec. Bro. Armin Luistro announced.

CHURCH-RUN educational institutions may also increase tuition fees next school year as a nationwide group of Catholic schools backed its members’ assertion that a hike would be inevitable because “quality education is expensive.”

IT would be better for the government to work on improving the quality of education being given to students rather than increasing the number years a student spends in school because compared to other southeast Asian countries the Philippines has been allotting more time to science education alone.

After admitting that it cannot do anything to stop private colleges and universities from raising their tuition, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday appealed to the public for understanding, saying that quality education has a corresponding price.

THE Department of Education’s Kindergarten to 12 program (K-12) will only bear losses for private schools and colleges nationwide amounting to P128 billion, as the number of enrollees are expected to decline, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) said over the weekend.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has achieved impressive gains in expanding access to higher education among Filipinos but there remains a need for suitable skills that will enable the nation’s workforce to become more competitive and help bolster economic growth, according to World Bank Lead Economist Emanuela di Gropello.