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Philippine Education News Round-up
(September 29 – October 5, 2008)

English bill soon to get Congress’ nod
(Inquirer.net 09/29/2008 Vincent Mayol)
The bill proposing to make English as the medium of instruction in schools will soon go through the process of approval in Congress.

Preventive health care given focus in public schools
(Philippine Information Agency 09/30/2008)
DepEd partners with public and private sectors to bring preventive health care into the education system.

Aboitiz Group continues to invest in education
(Philippine Information Agency 09/29/2008)
DepEd lauds the Aboitiz Group of Companies for their advocacy for education.

OFW’s faithful service builds 10-room school
(Inquirer.net 09/30/2008 Bong Ventura)
An overseas worker gives back to her community through helping a public school.

How history teachers got their groove back
(Inquirer.net 09/29/2008 Linda Bolido)
History teachers attend seminars to improve their teaching skills and to gain a better appreciation of the subject they are handling.

Misamis Oriental inks agreements for out-of-school youth
(Philippine Information Agency 09/30/2008)
Misamis Oriental provincial government provides interventions to help the province’s out-of-school youths become productive and responsible citizens.

DepEd News

Updates

Preventive health care given focus in public schools  
Aboitiz Group continues to invest in education

Memos

No. 445 s.2008 Training-Workshop for the Department Heads on Teaching Strategies Methodology and Pedagogy in Contextualizing Tech-Voc Subjects in English, Science and Math
No. 446 s.2008 Conduct of Content Evaluation Workshops for Elementary Filipino Textbooks and Teacher’s Manuals
No. 448 s.2008 The Ninth Congress of the Asia and Oceania Thyroid Association
No. 449 s.2008 4th National Convention of Physical Facilities Coordinators and DepEd Project Engineers
No. 450 s.2008 Pagbabago at Karagdagang Impormasyon sa Memo Bilang 401, s. 2008
No. 451 s.2008 Comics Scriptwriting Contest on Migration

Orders

No. 61 s.2008 Strict Adherence to Constitutional Provisions and DepEd Orders

(Published 6 October 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)