Former Senator Ernesto M. Maceda features Governor Jericho “Icot” Petilla of Leyte as an outstanding governor in his column Search for the Truth.
According to Sen. Maceda, Gov. Petilla was able to provide a revised teaching program for fourth year high school students, allowing them to use their IT skills to qualify for jobs. To upgrade the quality of instruction, private instructors were hired to teach four hours of Technology and Livelihood Education every week.
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Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino urged government to increase education spending. What’s new, Palatino?
Government allots P27M to strengthen elementary science schools.
Mindanao preschools were given learning materials.
A total of 144 public schools were commended by the Department of Education (DepEd) for exemplary performance in mobilizing community participation for the Brigada Eskwela (BE).
BUHAY party-list Representatives Mariano Michael Velarde, Jr. and Irwin Tieng has filed House Bill 5438 to give some 40,000 blind Filipino children a chance to pursue their studies. The same representatives filed House Bill 5439 seeking to prohibit convicted sexual offenders from entering school premises.
Math experts from the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Canada and other countries launched the International Mathematics Assessments for Schools (IMAS), a new world-class math assessment test to develop and measure students’ performance in different countries including the Philippines.
Australia will most likely increase its aid program to the Philippines.
Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo explains why schools are failing our children.
Philippine education is in crisis, according to Sec. Abad. That’s not news.
“There is nothing like teaching,” quipped John Clifford Sibayan. He is following the footsteps of his mother who is a teacher in a public school in Pampanga. Right.
Number of Children and their Education in Philippine Households (PDF), by Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr. of PIDS. Abstract: This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this link by focusing on the relation between number of children and school attendance of children 6 to 24 years old. It surveys the international literature to establish how the problem has been approached and what the results are for other countries. It then formulates and tests a model using a nationally representative household survey data for the Philippines to explain what determines the decision to keep children in school. The model specifically considered the endogeneity of the number of children school attendance equations.
Antipinoy has a very good albeit long piece on affordable v. free education.
Kindergarten education will soon be mandatory, according to Sen. Angara.
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Opinion&title=Back-to-basics,-please!&id=41981
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Contractors with the Department of Education are now required to sign “integrity” pacts.
DepEd will use “Virtual Campus” technology tool.
The Department of Education (DepEd) has included the nine schools divisions in Southern Mindanao or Region 11 in the agency’s P21,034,000 support financial assistance to its intensified reading program for elementary school children for School Year (SY) 2011-2012. DepEd finances R-11 reading program
Public-private partnership is needed to enhance education in Western Visayas. Of course it is not only needed in WV, but in the entire Philippines.
DepEd’s “Check my School” program was piloted in Buyagan Elementary School, La Trinidad Central School, and the Benguet National High School, all located in La Trinidad, Benguet.
Meanwhile, DepEd has assured that it has funds for school repairs.
Systems Technology Institute (STI) has bought 40% of the Philippine Women’s University (PWU).
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Cebu universities are specializing in specific areas of information technology to meet the demands of local companies, according to the Cebu Educational Develoment for Information Technology Inc.
The United States-Philippines Partnership for Growth includes increasing tax revenues to support additional spending for essential social services such as health and education. Meanwhile, the Philippines and India re-affirm partnership in, among other things, medical education.
Israel-Cebu education partnership is being considered.
Pagcor and Gawad Kalinga will build 100 classrooms for struggling communities.
In Sarangani, JeepneED, a mobile science laboratory that runs on used vegetable oil, was launched Nov. 14 to provide an outdoor learning area equipped with 10 netbooks, 3G hub for internet connectivity, and basic science materials. This is the first-ever science mobile and technology laboratory in the country.
In Bato, Catanduanes PLDT’s Gabay Guro is helping elementary and high school teachers.
Education is one of the top five priority areas in the East Asia Summit, currently held in Bali, Indonesia.
Here’s the write-up on Dr. Allan de Guzman, this year’s Metrobank Foundation outstanding teacher awardee.
Tomorrow, November 18, 2011, will be the 7th QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference and Exhibition at the University of Sto. Tomas. On Nov. 28 and 29, the Center for Learning and Teaching Styles Philippines will be holding the ”Edu Aksyon: Edu-Leader-Ako Congress”.
Strengthening the basic education sector and technical-vocational education is the way to maintain our lead in business process outsourcing (BPO).
Sen. Angara has urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to monitor excessive miscellaneous fees.
Real education is everybody’s concern.
Plurality in Unity: Challenges Toward Religious Education in the Philippines - This article reviews the challenges provided by a plural condition toward doing religious education in the Philippines. The problem of Philippine religious education hinges on the fact that the growing plural condition in the educational system remains until now “un-discussed” or integrated in many schools. Not much is heard about proposing a platform of dialogue within religious education. Dialogue is more often associated with inter-faith initiatives beyond the learning environment. If religious education should be an instrument in the formation of the right Christian attitudes among the young, dialogue must be an urgent Christian agenda in Philippine religious education.
The Leyte Normal University (LNU) in partnership with the Visayas State University (VSU) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is conducting a two-day summit dubbed as Eastern Visayas Summit on Research, Development and Extension in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on November 17-18 at the LNU gymnasium. Read more.
The UP School of Economics has written why boys are falling behind girls in schooling.
Australia Philippines Muslim and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Program—Annual Plan 2012 (downloadable materials)
The Centro Escolar University will be building a new campus in Cebu.
Bosch Inc. Philippines extends its educational sponsorship to fund 100 students from the Class of 2010 in Siena College Quezon City and Taytay, Rizal.
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This is the quality of Yahoo answers:
Q: Are the teachers in public schools (philippines) are LET passers?
Best answer chosen by asker:
nope, most teachers in Public schools are education graduates. minimum requirement, there’s no need for the to certify for LET unless they want to go abroad or teach or train students in an English learning center for international students.
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most of LET passers are now abroad. so no more good teachers are left in the Philippines
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A Life Skills Training-Workshop on HIV and Aids in the Challenges of the New Era will be held on November 25-26, 2011 at the Prince Hotel, Butuan City. This is sponsored by the Caraga Youth Leaders’ Network Inc. (CYLN), Office of the Vice President for External Affairs of the United Nations Youth Association of the Philippines (UNYAP), and Institute for Youth Development Affairs of the Philippines in partnership with AIDS Society of the Philippines, Department of Health, and Commission on Higher Education. More information.
DepEd says it is addressing hunger among poor students in public schools. Good effort, but how long will the resources last?
DepEd does its part in raising consciousness about environmental issues by launching photo-essay and video-making contests.
The Kapuso School Development (KSD) project of the GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF) relies on bayanihan to create more classrooms for the public school system. More initiatives like this should come from the private sector, education being the concern of the entire nation, not just the Department of Education.
Dolores, Abra mayor promised to improve delivery of educational services in his town. Way to go Mayor Seares!
There is a shortage of mining engineers and related professionals, prompting the United States Assistance for International Development (USAID) to provide scholarships for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering (BSME). The scholarship is targeted towards Muslims and indigenous peoples – after all, they are expected to care more for their environment.
How could we promote ballet among the young? Expose them, even those in the public schools. Ballet is not just for the rich.
How about those with an autistic child in the family? Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) seems to be a bright option.
How important is kindergarten? You can teach everything in kindergarten. “But the single step that would do the most to reduce inequality has nothing to do with finance at all. It’s an expansion of early childhood education.” - New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof. “The reason early education is important is that you build a foundation for school success. And success breeds success.” - Kathleen McCartney, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
On the other hand, the Business Outsourcing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) is proposing an inclusion of a “service management core” in college. The BS HRM program is a good start.
Dr. Bernardo Villegas of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) writes about a multidisciplinary approach to values education. Mr. Angelo Garcia writes about inclusion education in the Philippines.
Filipinos in the United States support DepEd’s “Ten Moves” program that aims to raise funds for the building of 10,000 classrooms in Philippine public schools.
Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas recently launched the “We Can Be Anything” campaign in the Philippines which aims to help reverse the education crisis by building more classrooms nationwide.
Budget Secretary Butch Abad tells state universities and colleges to shape up or prepare to have their budgets slashed some more. The drain in the government’s education resources, which has been attributed to low-performing SUCs, has also compelled it to keep the number of state colleges to a minimum, Abad said.
The National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) lambasted CHED for closing down two maritime programs of the Philippine Maritime Institute. They think it was unjust because it will displace 4,000 students of working class origins. Yeah, right.
Cong. Relampos et al. thinks it is possible to have our own version of Silicon Valley.
Implementing Education and Youth Development Programming in the Fragile Context of Mindanao, Philippines (PDF; edc.org) – good read.
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Starting today, November 14, 2011, I will not be commenting lengthily on education news. (Second semester has started up, and I have to focus on my studies. 
) Instead, I will just be making “education news roundup” everyday. Here is the news roundup for today:
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The Intercommunication Center for Asia and Nippin (ICAN), a Japanese non-government organization (NGO) has granted 24 million pesos to add eight classrooms to the Sultan Kudarat Memorial High School, Pikit, Cotabato. Sultan Kudarat MHS has more than 300 students but only five classrooms. About 75% of Pikit’s population are Muslims, while the rest are Christians. It has witnessed armed conflicts in the past, and residents were forced to evacuate.
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The Bohol Standard, in their editorial for Volume 8, No. 373, November 6, 2011, wrote:
Instead of adding more funds to the country’s education budget, the government is slashing what is already an insufficient budget pie.
Actually, The Bohol Standard got this wrong. Their was an increase in the education budget from 2010 to 2011, as well from this year to next year. (The actual figures just escape me right now.)
The hosts of education problems in the country are nothing new. We simply lack resources. If DepEd’s intention is to pattern after the educational system of other countries, it must also consider its existing resources and capabilities. Imitation is such a poor choice. It is not flattery; it is suicidal. (emphasis supplied)
The intention of the Department of Education is not simply to pattern after the educational system of other countries. The 12-year cycle is the universal standard, backed by years of research as to its effectivity. If we ask ourselves why our education system is not producing top-notch graduates, perhaps our 10-year cycle, the shortest in the world, is the very reason.
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Ambeth Ocampo writes that Rizal “enjoyed school, at least in the Jesuit-run Ateneo Municipal, resulting in straight sobresaliente or “excellent” in all his subjects. Rizal’s Spanish grade is the equivalent of today’s 100 percent. ” On the decline of Rizal’s grades when he went to the University of Sto. Tomas was explained by Ocampo:
Rizal’s exceptional Ateneo grades stemmed from his interest in the humanities and the classics that are the backbone of the Ateneo curriculum. When Rizal went to UST it was like moving into a different milieu. He had to take subjects he did not like, subjects he was not good at. Unlike his Ateneo record that overflowed with sobresaliente, his UST grades were Aprovechado or Notable (Very Good), Bueno (Good), and one Aprobado (Passed) in General Pathology. Based on the records, summarized by the eminent Dominican historian Fidel Villaroel, OP, Rizal was awarded: one “Passing” grade, eight “Good,” six “Very Good” and six “Excellent” in 21 subjects taken in UST. Not bad, actually, and not to be unfairly compared with his Ateneo grades.
On Bonifacio Ocampo has this to say: We have no school records for Bonifacio; most likely he did not have formal education. (According to the late Teodoro Agoncillo, Bonifacio barely finished the equivalent of today’s grade four.) According to Ocampo,
“His father may have been a tailor, but in the 19th century tailors were paid quite well and Bonifacio had a private tutor who taught him to read, write and do simple math. What the Supremo lacked in formal education he covered with a lot of reading.”
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