Reach Beyond Your Limits: Education

Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

20 October 2012

Congress Ready To Pass ‘K-To-12’

Congress has assured that the “K-to-12” bill or the measure seeking to institutionalize the 12-year basic education cycle would be immediately passed on third and final reading when it buckles down to work next month.

Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr., one of the principal authors of the House Bill 6643, expressed the 284-man Lower Chamber’s readiness to pass the bill on third and final reading before Congress goes on Christmas break, which starts on Dec. 21 despite the strong opposition of party-list groups from the Makabayan bloc of the House.

16 October 2012

The worst place on earth to be a woman

Ban Ki-Moon is credited with the statement that “investing in women is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do.”

The UN secretary general continues: “In women, the world has at its disposal the most significant and yet largely untapped potential for development and peace. Gender equality is not only a goal in itself, but a prerequisite for reaching all the other international development goals.”

Don’t talk to strangers, offline or online

Onel de Guzman is probably the most famous Filipino cybercriminal in the world. In May 2000, he launched the infamous “I Love You” virus via an email, and this spread to millions of computers around the world. The virus became one of the most destructive at that time, costing $5.5 billion in damages.

Today, cybercrime is everywhere, from identity theft to cybersex trade. Recently, the Philippines passed Republic Act No. 10175 or the Anti-Cybercrime Law that aims to penalize people who are involved in cybercrimes. The law is currently being reviewed due to nationwide protests and is now under temporary restraining order handed by the Supreme Court.

07 October 2012

Too much media known to harm language learning

RPN old-timer Edith del Rosario is letting God take over the turbulence and uncertainties at her station which she has loyally served for 38 years. She is more concerned that his charming two-year-old grandson Manu was diagnosed by a child development specialist as having the intelligence of a four-year-old but still unable to construct sentencaes longer than four words.

08 September 2012

MBA in China, anyone?

It present, there is a significant shortage of about one million managers and business leaders in China and business schools all over this nation are scrambling to get their share of professionals who can ably fill the gap.

11 July 2012

Education Gets Biggest Budget Allocation

The Department of Education (DepEd) gets the biggest allocation in the proposed P2.006-trillion national budget for 2013 as the Aquino administration aims to solve the shortage in teachers and classrooms by next year, according to Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad.

The DepEd gets P292.7 billion for 2013, or P55.9-billion more than its P238.8-billion budget this year.

10 July 2012

Trillanes seeks to hike teachers’ pay

SENATOR Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV has filed a bill seeking to raise the minimum pay of public school teachers to salary grade 20 or equivalent to P36,567.00 per month.

The proposed salary grade is in accordance with the 4th tranche of the implementation of the Salary Standardization Law scheduled this month. At present, the basic salary of public school teachers is pegged at grade 11 or about P18,549.00 a month.

05 June 2012

K To 12 Grading System

With the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program, the traditional numerical values in the report cards of students will no longer appear. Instead, the Department of Education (DepEd) will be using a new grading system to assess and rate learning outcomes of students in public elementary and high schools.

Classroom Shortage Forces Triple Shifting

As school year 2012-2013 opened on Monday, the call to stop the implementation of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) “K to 12” basic education program began to gain support in the House of Representatives over concerns the government is ill-prepared to pursue the program.

03 June 2012

K-To-12 Kicks Off

For the parents of the close to 2 million children who will start kindergarten classes on Monday, the key phrase is “K-to-12.”

K-to-12 is the government’s bold new education program it is launching this school year. It re-structures the curriculum, incorporating kindergarten, six years of elementary, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school (SHS).

School Merges Farm And Classroom

It’s a school where a student spends equal time in the classroom and the farm.

The Family Farm/Rural Schools (FFS/FRS) concept has been around for quite a while, but with little fanfare it has helped changed the lives of rural youths and their families.

Impressed by the success of FFS/FRS, the Department of Education (DepEd) is considering weaving the K to 12 Basic Education Program into their curriculum.

02 June 2012

Judy Ann Santos to put up learning centers for Aetas

Judy Ann Santos has apparently been an ardent supporter of the Aeta community in Zambales for many years now, and she wants to further her cause by helping with their education.

15 May 2012

Watch Out For Toxic Chemicals In School Supplies, Public Told

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised the public yesterday to buy school supplies only from reputable vendors and those that are properly labeled.

The FDA issued the advisory after the environment group Eco-waste Coalition announced that it found toxic chemicals in school supplies bought from street vendors and bargain stalls in Divisoria and from a bookstore.

06 May 2012

DepEd To Train Science HS Teachers For K To 12

The Department of Education (DepEd) has lined up a series of trainings to further equip science high school teachers with enhanced skills and proficiency in teaching core subjects such as English, Science and Mathematics.

“This is in line with our thrust to fully prepare our teachers for the roll out of K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) which seeks to produce globally competitive and science and technology-oriented graduates,” said Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC.

03 May 2012

Breakthrough Education

The K-12 challenge begins with education, at home, in school and in the community all pouring concerted, conscious and continuing efforts into a review and reformulation of the educational systems.

There is no stopping global development. It can only be met and welcomed with new ways of thinking which in turn must be nurtured through new ways of learning. Both the thinking and the learning must be equal to the challenges the opportunities unforlding in the global village.

DepEd: It’s 'K To 12'

“We call it officially ‘K to 12’ not ‘K+12’.”

This is what Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro said while explaining the department’s preference for “K to 12” to refer to DepEd’s flagship “Enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program.”

While there are several variations of the 12-year basic education model used abroad with different names such as “K-12”, “K+12”, and “K12”, Luistro said that the DepEd Steering Committee preferred the use of “K to 12” as it “captures the fact that not all features are new.”

02 May 2012

Gov't Offers P4,000 Educational Loan

Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) can now borrow money from the government so they or their children can complete college or get vocational courses.

The P11.2-billion education assistance fund was among the benefits announced by President Benigno S. Aquino III during the Labor Day celebration yesterday in Malacañang.

01 May 2012

Should Teachers And Students Be Facebook Friends?

Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook?

School districts in the United States are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking.

At least 40 school districts nationwide have approved social media policies. Schools in New York City and Florida have disciplined teachers for Facebook activity, and Missouri legislators recently acquiesced to teachers’ objections to a strict statewide policy.

27 April 2012

10 Outstanding Public High School Students named

The Ten Outstanding Public School Students (TOPS) in ceremonies held at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Academic excellence awardees are Freddie More Pablo (Sablayan National Comprehensive High School in Occidental Mindoro), Roma Jane Hechanova (Bacolod City National High School), Geila Mae delos Angeles (Gusa Regional High School in Cagayan de Oro City) and Ella May Maano (Muntinlupa High School).

25 April 2012

P8.5-M Subsidy For 17 Schools

Half a million pesos from the Department of Education (DepEd) awaits selected public high schools in the country that continue to support and train athletes to represent the country in various local and international competitions.

DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro said that the DepEd has earmarked P8.5 million as subsidy to the 17 regional schools that offer a special program in sports to enable them to effectively deliver services to student athletes who will one day stand out in competitions here and abroad.

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