News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(March 23-29, 2009)
Local News
‘Turo-turo’ tech allows better learning
(Inquirer.net 03/29/2009 Jerry Esplanada)
Grade 5 pupils in five public elementary schools nationwide are learning mathematics the Microsoft way.
Microsoft eyes more schools for teaching tool
(Inquirer.net 03/24/2009 Alexander Villafania)
Following last year’s successful implementation of its “Multipoint”
project, Microsoft Philippines is planning to expand this project to
other schools this year and until 2010.
New grads told not to be choosy with jobs
(Inquirer.net 03/24/2009 Joel Guinto)
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque urged graduates not to be “choosy” and
consider jobs in the technology, engineering, and other sectors with a
high demand for workers.
UST coed jumps to her death during party
(Inquirer.net 03/28/2009 Julie M. Aurelio)
A college party turned tragic when a 20-year-old student of the
University of Santo Tomas jumped from the roof of a 14-story hotel late
Friday night in Cubao, Quezon City.
Visit to Philippines did Chinese kids good
(Inquirer.net 03/27/2009 Cynthia Balana)
Some 100 students from China’s earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province
express their gratitude for the reception they got at Malacañang.
ROTC should be made mandatory
(Inquirer.net 03/26/2009 PDI)
The government mulls reviving the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Incentives Bill.
P491-M budget for UP-SRP campus
(Inquirer.net 03/26/2009 Jully Cuizon)
The proposed graduate school of the University of the Philippines plans
to offer tertiary education for workers of a growing Business Process
Outsourcing industry in Cebu.
DepEd News
Updates
October 2008 ALS Accreditation and Equivalency Test Passers -- (Elementary Level-2,514 passed out of 12,486; Secondary Level-22,430 passed out of 97,756
DepED Investment in Tech-Voc Paying Off
Executive Order No. 782 -- Instituting
Measures to Assist Workers Affected by the Global Financial Crisis and
Temporary Filling Up of Vacant Positions in the Government
Directive on Graduation
Cell phone teachers reach Ilagan, Isabela
School coops can cushion financial crisis
Memos
No. 111 s.2009 2009 Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees
No. 112 s.2009 First National Convention of Records Officers, Records Custodians/Handlers
No. 113 s.2009 “One Town, One Scholar” Scholarship Program
No. 114 s.2009 Winners of the 2nd National English Jazz Chants Festival 2009
No. 115 s.2009 Philippine Home Economics Association Enhancement Workshop in Needlecraft
No. 116 s.2009 ASEAN Scholarships for the Philippines
No. 117 s.2009 2009 Philippine National Red Cross National Membership and Fund Drive Program
No. 118 s.2009 Mga Nagwagi sa Pambansang Balagtasan sa Filipino
No. 124 s.2009 Fourth National Congress of Public Secondary School Heads
No. 129 s.2009 Scholarship Program for SPED teachers on Hearing Impairment and Children with Intellectual Disability
Order
No. 26 s.2009
Amending DepEd Order No. 1, s. 2007 (Strengthening the Information
Communication Technology Governance of the Department of Education)
(Published 30 March 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
