News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(October 13-19, 2008)
Local News
Computers help teachers, students
(Inquirer.net 10/19/2008 Vicente Labro)
Intel Technology Philippines provides computers and Internet connection to public schools in Samar.
DepEd, Rotarians scale up Megumi Project; 1.8-M Grade 3 pupils expected to benefit
(Philippine Information Agency 10/13/2008)
DepEd’s Megumi Reader project helps elementary students read through a low-cost electronic reader.
Ateneo tops UP in world list
(Inquirer.net 10/16/2008 Kristine Alave)
Ateneo de Manila University emerges as the leading tertiary school in the country, based on The Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2008.
700 Mindanao students get new buildings
(Inquirer.net 10/14/2008 Abigail Kwok)
The Department of Public Works and Highways builds five school buildings in Mindanao.
Capability building for early childhood education teachers undertaken
(Philippine Information Agency 10/15/2008)
Early Childhood Education teachers and supervisors receive training on effective teaching of reading, language and arts for pre-schoolers.
DepEd: Early registration to reduce high school drop-out rate
(Philippine Information Agency 10/14/2008)
The Department of Education encourages graduating Grade 6 students to register in their schools of choice as early as January 2009.
Over 4,000 OSYs in Eastern Visayas avail of DepEd equivalency test
(Philippine Information Agency 10/13/2008)
DepEd’s Accreditation and Equivalency Test gives Eastern Visayas out-of-school youth a chance to acquire a high school diploma.
DepEd holds gardening, tree-planting activities to celebrate Nat'l Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
(Philippine Information Agency 10/13/2008)
The Department of Education joins UN’s National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty through gardening and tree planting activities.
DepEd News
DepEd: Early registration to reduce high school drop-out rate
DepEd, Rotarians scale up Megumi Project - 1.8 M Grade 3 pupils expected to benefit
School kids bite into oral health awareness
Memos
No. 474 s.2008 Dissemination of Administrative Order No. 233
No. 475 s.2008 Midterm review and work and financial planning for Adopt-A-School Program
No. 477 s.2008 Creation of a Task Force on Inventory of Information and Communication Technology and Multimedia Equipment
No. 478 s.2008 7th Batch of Scholars to the Asian Institute of Management Leadership and Management Development Program for Education Leaders
No. 479 s.2008 Smart Schools Program 21st Century Leadership Training Program
Orders
No. 63 s.2008 Guidelines in the utilization of the allocation to the pilot schools of SPA and SPS and SPED
(Published 20 October 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)
