News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(April 6-12, 2009)
Local News
Lapus voted President of ASEAN education ministers
(Philippine Information Agency 04/06/2009)
Education ministers of Southeast Asia elect Philippine Education
Secretary Jesli Lapus as President of the Council of Southeast Asian
Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).
DepEd invests P19M in Muslim schools
(Inquirer.net 04/07/2009 Philip Tubeza)
The Department of Education allots P19.2 million for selected “madaris”
in Mindanao to advance the financial grants and education initiatives
in the region.
‘Lumad’ kids given chance to learn
(Inquirer.net 04/12/2009 Jeffrey Tupas)
With the help of missionaries and private organizations, lumad children
are provided the education that had been deprived of them for a long
time.
QC mayor urges new grads to go into business
(Inquirer.net 04/06/2009 Julie Aurelio)
Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. advises recent college
graduates to try their hand at being entrepreneurs and open up their
own businesses.
DSWD gives service training to students
(Inquirer.net 04/07/2009 CDN)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas
opens the National Service Training Program for tertiary students,
would-be caregivers and foreign students.
Parents start public school, form green army
(Inquirer.net 04/06/2009 Tonette Orejas)
Graduating students of Tarik Suliman High School in Pampanga plant
mangroves at the Pampanga River and become part of their communities’
green army.
DBP program offering scholarships
(Cebu Daily News 04/06/2009)
The Development Bank of the Philippines eyes to send more
underprivileged but promising Filipino students to school in the second
year of its Endowment for Education Program.
Kalinga colleges integrates human rights education in school curriculum
(Philippine Information Agency 04/06/2009 Peter Balocnit)
The Kalinga-Apayao State College signs an agreement with the Commission
on Human Rights for the integration of human rights education in school
curriculum.
DepEd News
Updates
DepED earmarks P19.2 M for Madaris in Mindanao
Lapus voted President of ASEAN education ministers
DepED, partners team up to make robust school kids
Hi-tech, higher level of competition at 2009 Palarong Pambansa
(Published 13 April 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
