MAGUINDANAO: Ten-year-old Dino and two younger boys were harassing a hapless chicken under a neighbor’s nipa house. Covered with dust, the boys obviously hadn’t had a bath just yet that day, and had chosen to go after the chicken, while other children in this village trooped to a nearby river to soak and to play.
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Davao City (14 May) — Education Secretary Jesli A. Lapus has institutionalized Brigada Eskwela (BE), a program that bridges linkages with private sectors for possible resource generation to improve public education. This year’s Brigada Eskwela or the National Schools Maintenance Week (NSMW) is set on June 2-7, 2008 with the MANDATORY participation by ALL public [...]
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MANILA, May 14 (PNA) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was assured Wednesday that the repair of the burnt Teodora Alonzo High School building in Sta. Cruz, Manila will be completed before the opening of classes next month. The assurance came from the school’s authorities who welcomed the President when she visited the school this morning to [...]
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Davao City (14 May) — One of DepED’s desires is to teach schoolchildren not only the basic foundations of life skills but also awareness in everything that possesses value. With this, the Tulong-Barya Para Sa Eswela (TBPSE) campaign, which was successfully launched in CY 2006, will continue this year to give emphasis on the value [...]
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Palo, Leyte – The Department of Education (DepEd) office in Region VIII has recently approved the petition of five private schools in Leyte for increases in their tuition for this coming school year. These schools were identified as Leyte Institute of Barugo, St Theresa School of Hilongos, Sto Niño Academy of Malitbog, Albuera Private High [...]
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MANILA, May 12 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday said that they are planning to set “speech laboratory” in every province of the country to further improve the delivery of quality English education among public elementary and secondary students.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education has assured parents and students alike that the department will address the shortage in classrooms and textbooks in public schools in time for school year 2008-2009.
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MANILA, Philippines–After food and electricity, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is now looking at ways to hold down the cost of education to help people cope with the rising cost of living. Presidential Management Staff Secretary Cerge Remonde said on Sunday that President Gloria Macapgal-Arroyo ordered education officials to explore ways to prevent tuition increases in state [...]
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MANILA, May 11 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) and Philip Morris recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) as an expression of the growing cooperation between the public ad private sectors at the DepEd Central Offce, Pasig City.
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BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) said here yesterday that the student population will go up in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide due to the anticipated tuition hike in many private schools in the country this school year.
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EDUCATION SECRETARY JESLI LAPUS on Saturday voiced his support for a bill filed by an opposition congressman that seeks to penalize parents who refuse to send their children to school.
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MANY PRIVATE ELEMENTARY and secondary schools have applied for tuition increases ranging from 2 to 10 percent for the incoming school year, an education official said Saturday.
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MANILA, May 10 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) is marking the 100 years of Baguio Teachers Camp (BTC) with physical enhancements worthy of the 21st century but retaining its reason for being as the center for public school teachers’ training and recreation.
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MANILA, May 8 (PNA) – Young Filipinos are becoming too obsessed with online games that they tend to neglect their studies, an expert warned.Ester Ogena, Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DoST-SEI) director, said that youngsters nowadays are spending too much time in front of the computer to play online games, most of which [...]
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