Education

by Alexis Romero (Philstar.com), 5 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a program that seeks to review the K to 12 program and enhance the skills of teachers after the Philippines got low scores in an international study that gauged students’ knowledge in reading, science and mathematics.

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By Jan Arcilla, Manila Times, 9 Jan 2020 STATE think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) urged the government to take several measures to make education more accessible to persons with disabilities (PWDs).

By Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, Jan 3, 2019 To improve the chances of achieving the objectives of the Free Tuition Law, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was urged to strengthen the monitoring of the quality of higher education institutions (HEIs), both public and private, as well as the quality standards it advocates.

By: Katrina Hallare, INQINQUIRER.net, 14 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines —With the Philippines having a high rate of students being bullied, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday called on the Department of Education to enforce anti-bullying measures in schools.

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, 14 Dec 2019 MANILA – At least 6 in 10 Filipino students are being bullied regularly, a recent study showed, noting that the prevalence of bullying in Philippine schools is nearly 3 times higher compared to developed countries.

by Joviland Rita/LBG, GMA News, 8 Dec 2019 The Department of Education on Sunday urged parents to teach their children to use the internet as a “learning environment” and not as a distraction for their studies.

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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 20 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will allocate P100 million every year to provide an education subsidy for college students who are children or dependents of its low-income members.

If passed into law, the bill would integrate labor education into the mandatory social science subjects under the general education curriculum by Mara Cepeda, Rappler, 23 Sep 2019 MANILA, Philippines – A bill that would require higher education institutions to integrate into their general education curriculum the rights of Filipino laborers hurdled the House of…

(The Philippine Star), Sept 12, 2019 Tuition is now free all the way to the tertiary level, following the enactment in 2017 of Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education law. With two more years of basic education plus kindergarten, the government should be appropriating a lot more funding for universal…

by Krissy Aguilar, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sep 12, 2019 MANILA, Philippines—Poverty has been dislodged by marriage and family matters as the top reasons girls drop out of school, according to Education Secretary Leonor Briones.

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor, Jul 25, 2019 MANILA – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday said it has approved the inclusion of 27 additional Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) to implement the Free Higher Education (FHE) and Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) programs of Republic Act 10931 for academic year 2019-2020.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), Jun 27, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has rolled out an enhanced Alternative Learning System (ALS) program that is aligned with the K-12 basic education curriculum.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), Jun 27, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) scored the Department of Education (DepEd) over the supposed lack of printed learning materials documented in various public schools nationwide.

by Krissy Aguilar, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The application for Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) is extended until June 7, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced Monday.

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by Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News, May 28, 2019 MANILA – In the coming school year, more than 1.3 million children in the Philippines will remain out of school, according to the latest report of London-based child aid agency Save The Children.

Like most poor students in the Philippines, Mela Jane Catacho, 19, dreams of helping her family break out of poverty.

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by Elfren S. Cruz (The Philippine Star), May 5, 2019 When I recently wrote a column titled “ History of China’s Invasions,” I was pleasantly surprised at the number of reactions I received from readers. I did not think that a column on history was going to elicit much response considering that the average readers…

A study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies warns actual teaching hours have been ‘increasingly sidelined’ by the heavy workload teachers had to deal with by Sofia Tomacruz, Rappler, May 3, 2019

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by Louis Volante, Apr 29, 2019 Since 2000 when the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched a global academic benchmark for measuring student outcomes by testing 15-year-olds, many global education systems have been impacted by what sometimes looks and feels like a race to rank high.

https://www.pids.gov.ph/press-releases/438 In terms of education, advocates of gender equality in the Philippines should also pay attention to enhancing boys’ wellbeing, without compromising girls’ educational progress.

By: Maila Ager, INQUIRER.net, Mar 06, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian disclosed on Wednesday the “alarming” state of the quality of education in the Philippines, particularly the deteriorating performance of students and teachers, which he blamed largely on the implementation of the K to12 program.