News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(October 27 to November 2, 2008)
Local News
eSkwela jazzes up learning with ICT
(Inquirer.net 10/30/2008 Anna Valmero)
Alternative Learning System policymakers adopt information and communication technologies to enhance distance learning.
Education wants bigger budget
(Inquirer.net 11/01/2008 Edson Tandoc)
Education undersecretary Vilma Labrador discusses the education sector’s need for budget increase to sustain the growing student population.
War’s biggest casualty: education
(Inquirer.net 11/02/2008 Yul Olaya)
A Maguindanao information officer talks about the effects of armed conflicts to the young children in Mindanao.
RP educational system hasn’t improved
(Inquirer.net 10/30/2008 Jeoffrey Acac)
USAID education office chief Tom Crehan says the Philippine educational system has failed to improve compared to those of other Asian countries.
Village chiefs monitor errant teachers
(Inquirer.net 10/27/2008)
The Cebu City Council committee on education orders barangay captains and school personnel to monitor and report the performance of teachers in their respective barangays.
Mother-tongue education is way to go
(Inquirer.net 11/01/2008 Isabel Martin)
Educators and members of various educational and non-government institutions convene to discuss “Language of Learning: Models and Best Practices” in a policy research forum hosted by SEAMEO Innotech.
Training youth will save RP from crisis
(Inquirer.net 10/29/2008 Katherine Evangelista)
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) aims to help save the country’s economy by focusing on training and skills development for the youth.
Dare to say no, dare to be a parent
(Inquirer.net 10/27/2008 Queena Lee-Chua)
Educator Queena Lee-Chua shares tips on setting the limits on children’s needs and wants.
Brighter smiles for public school kids
(Inquirer.net 10/27/2008 Jerry Esplanada)
DepEd’s “7 o’clock daily tooth brushing habit” aims to improve schoolchildren’s oral health and hygiene.
DepEd News
Updates
Eighth reading hub in Lanao opens today
DepEd Region 10 spearheads 4th Northern Mindanao Youth Peace Village
A ‘window of opportunity’ opens for Muslim OSYs
DepEd reduces unliquidated cash advances
Public schools get free ICT learning tool
DepEd leads in record-breaking stand vs. poverty
DepEd: 300M withholding taxes remitted on time
Memos
No. 495 s.2008 Third Year Component of the Whole School Approach Mastery Reading and Writing for Successful Learning in the Secondary Level
No. 497 s.2008 First NASSPHIL Conference for Teachers
No. 498 s.2008 5th Eco-Products International Fair (EPIF)
No. 499 s.2008 10th Year Moral Recovery Officers National Convention
No. 500 s.2008 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sarsuwela
No. 501 s.2008 Dissemination of Administrative Order No. 239
No. 502 s.2008 Dissemination of Administrative Order No. 241
No. 503 s.2008 2008 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week
No. 504 s.2008 National Seminar-Workshop on Managing a Mini-Library and Reading Center in the 21st Century
(Published 03 November 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)
