Education

By Meg Adonis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 Apr 2021 (First of two parts) KJ Catequista suffers panic attacks whenever she receives text messages on her mobile phone from teachers of what could well be simple reminders to parents about their children’s missed deadlines.

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(Agence France-Presse), 16 Mar 2021 Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school’s online lessons.

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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, 16 Mar 2021 While it managed to provide opportunities for students amid a school year filled with challenges due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) maintained that the conduct of physical classes is still necessary for the overall growth of learners.

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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 3 Mar 2021 If schools all around the world were just one big classroom, 168 million children would be marked “absent” in the class attendance due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQINQUIRER.net, 22 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that would mandate all public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) to integrate labor education subjects in their general education curriculum.

by Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News, 17 Feb 2021 MANILA – A majority of Filipino teachers doubt whether their students learn under the current distance education setup, according to a survey conducted by experts, who raised concerns over what they called a “looming learning crisis.”

By Javier Joe Ismael, Manila Times, 7 Feb 2021 SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday opposed a “no fail policy” in distance learning, saying that its long-term impact might do more harm than good to the academic performance of learners.

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by Ranier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star), 4 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) will not adopt the pass or drop grading system even as Congress has shown its full support toward a push for academic ease and leniency amid the new normal where face-to-face classes are prohibited and distance learning…

By Charmaine A. Tadalan, BusinessWorld, 1 Feb 2021 JIRO A. NOBLE, 14, has been trying to learn Algebra on his own since classes started in October amid a coronavirus pandemic.

by INQUIRER.net, 13 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 55,000 private school students with unpaid tuition fees have received financial assistance under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has said.

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by Richa Noriega, Manila Bulletin, 12 Jan 2021 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that if children faced another year of school closures, the effects will be felt for the next generation.

by Christian Deiparine (Philstar.com), 5 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A non-government organization on Tuesday sought for solutions to what they said has become a “learning crisis” in the country following students’ dismal showing in recent international assessments.

By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco, 14 Dec 2020 THE serial “flunking” of Filipino learners in several international academic examinations shows the “sudden death” of education in the country, according to the Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (Fapsa).

by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s functional literacy among Filipinos aged 10 to 64 years old improved in 2019 as it reached 91.6 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported over the weekend.

By: Consuelo Marquez, INQINQUIRER.net, 10 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education on Thursday said it is addressing the education quality by investing in educational facilities and reviewing its curriculum after a 2019 study showed the country’s poor performance in math and science tests.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 10 Dec 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 10) – Filipino Grade 4 students finished dead last in an international study assessing their mathematics and science proficiency.

by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 6 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Learning outcomes of Grade 5 students showed that a large number of Filipino learners are not proficient enough in reading, writing and math to advance to secondary school, a Southeast Asia-wide study showed, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is eyeing a law that would provide every learner in the country with a laptop and access to the internet.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 27 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines —Fourteen Philippine academic institutions have made it to top 650 universities in Asia – according to education information provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) – with the University of the Philippines still on top with its improved ranking from 72nd last year to 69th this year.

Government must do more & better for students and educators. But some of these “minimum demands” are simply impossible. pic.twitter.com/FiSNCTZxrG — Miguel R. Camus (@miguelrcamusINQ) November 23, 2020

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Citing difficulties in attracting new students and ramping up enrollment, the 107-year-old College of the Holy Spirit of Manila (CHSM) will be ceasing operations after school year 2021-2022.

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