News
Philippine Education News Round-up
(April 13-19, 2009)
Local News
QC public libraries get 38 new computers
(Inquirer.net 04/16/2009 Julie Aurelio)
A total of 38 computers with an Internet connection were distributed to
the Quezon City’s public libraries as part of local officials’ efforts
to encourage more students to visit libraries.
DepEd gets ‘proof of life’ of Zambo teachers
(Inquirer.net 04/14/2009 Jerry Esplanada)
All six public school teachers abducted in groups of three by bandits
in January and March are alive and “have remained unharmed,” Education
Secretary Jesli A. Lapus reports.
DepEd urges teachers to lobby for pay hike
(Inquirer.net 04/17/2009 Philip Tubeza)
The Department of Education mobilizes teachers to lobby Congress to
approve a P9,000 salary increase for teachers and non-teaching
personnel.
Solon opposes ROTC revival
(Inquirer.net 04/19/2009 Gil Cabacungan)
Muntinlupa Representative Rozzano Rufino Biazon opposes plans to revive
the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) for failing to meet its
objectives.
Pampanga city invests in school managers
(Inquirer.net 04/19/2009 Tonette Orejas)
The Asian Institute of Management conducts the School Managers’
Enhancement Program to help principals and head teachers run their
schools “more professionally.”
Four ‘must-learn’ languages
(Inquirer.net 04/18/2009 Jerry Esplanada)
Aside from Spanish, the DepEd also plans to teach French, Japanese, and
Mandarin as elective subjects in selected public high schools
nationwide.
Spanish language training for RP teachers
(Inquirer.net 04/17/2009 AFP)
The Spanish government seeks to help the Philippines reintroduce Spanish language training in schools.
No moratorium: 130 schools seek tuition hike
(Inquirer.net 04/15/2009 Philip Tubeza)
Despite appeals for a moratorium, 130 colleges and universities across
the country are pursuing petitions for a tuition increase before the
Commission on Higher Education.
Solon asks CHEd: Stop tuition fee hikes
(Inquirer.net 04/15/2009 Lira Fernandez)
Bayan Muna party list Representative Satur Ocampo says CHEd should
“exercise its mandate to ensure that education shall be accessible to
all by preventing schools from raising both its tuition and
miscellaneous fees for the coming school year.”
Longer internship for students pushed
(Inquirer.net 04/16/2009 Abigail Ho)
100-hour or 200-hour internships are often not enough to equip students
with the experience they need to face the “real world,” according to
foreign chambers in the country.
Metro cops to teach pre-school kids
(Inquirer.net 04/14/2009 Abigail Kwok)
Police in Metro Manila will double as teachers to pre-school children
this summer with the opening of a day care center inside a major police
camp.
DepEd News
Memos
No. 155 s.2009 Writeshop on Brigada Eskwela Plus
No. 156 s.2009 The Technical Officials of the 2009 Palarong Pambansa
No. 157 s.2009 Angat Kabataan! Urdaneta Cruise and Camp 2009
No. 158 s.2009 2009 National Level DepEd-Intel Philippine Science Fair Results
No. 159 s.2009 Leadership Training Seminar-Workshop for the Executive Officers of PAESPA
No. 160 s.2009 National Conference on Putting Psychology at the Service of Teaching and Learning
No. 161 s.2009 DepEd Scholarship Program for Non-Teaching Personnel
No. 162 s.2009 Training in Chess: A Strategy to Help improve Academic Performance
No. 163 s.2009 A Call to all DepEd Employees to Participate in Brigada Eskwela 2009
No. 164 s.2009 Constituting a Task Force on the Conversation of Heritage School Buildings
No. 167 s.2009 2009 National Conference for Science Educators
No. 168 s.2009 Implementing Guidelines for the 2009 Brigada Eskwela
No. 169 s.2009 Development of Interactive Digital Learning Resources for ICT-based Distance Education Program
Orders
No. 31 s.2009 Guidelines in the Utilization of the Additional Subsidy for the Regional Science High Schools for CY 2009
No. 33 s.2009
Priority Programs and Projects to Increase Participation, Improve
Internal Efficiency and Improve Quality and Relevance of Basic Education
No. 34 s.2009 Moving Forward in the Implementation of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda
No. 35 s.2009 Guidelines for the Implementation of DOLE and DBM Joint Circular No. 1-09 dated March 23, 2009 pursuant to EO No. 782
(Published 20 April 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
