The Philippine Science High School System (PSHS) plans to extend its curriculum by two more years in hopes of enhancing its advanced science program.
PSHS System Executive Director Filma Brawner said that they have initiated studies for a proposed extension of its curriculum. This plan reinforces the 12-year basic education cycle proposed by the Department of Education (DepEd), to make high school graduates employable even without a college diploma.
The Teachers' Dignity Coalition said that the budget allocation for hiring 10,000 new teachers for next school year is welcome but deem this as not enough to reduce the problem in lack of teachers in public schools.
Benjo Basas, TDC national chairperson said that if the Department of Education wants to achieve the ideal teacher-student ratio, it should hire more than 120,000 teachers. “The 10,000 new teachers is just a small piece of the bulk,” Basas added.
P12.4 billion of the proposed budget is also allocated for the construction of some 20,000 new classrooms.
Basas emphasized that the budget given to the education department will solve a very minimal portion of the problems faced by the public school system today and it needs “more than what the government can offer right now and if we really want to...
College students from all over the world can get a chance to shape the future of aviation and win EUR30,000 in a competition launched by Airbus at the Farnborough International Airshow in United Kingdom.
The competition entitled Airbus Fly Your Ideas (FYI) asks students to develop ideas to make the aviation industry greener or more environment-friendly. The contest, which is held every two years, involves three rounds of different activities which are judged by a panel of aviation industry experts. This year's competition will conclude at the International Paris Airshow in Le Bourget, France.
Charles Champion, Airbus executive vice president of engineering, said that “Fly Your Ideas is a unique opportunity for students to be part of Airbus' vision for an eco-efficient aviation industry of the future. It also enables Airbus to...
The Philippine Math Team won second place overall with 92 medals, 12 of them gold, in the recently concluded 2010 Singapore International Mathematics Competition. They also bagged 44 merit certificates.
The young math aces were members of MTG, a non-government group which promotes training and education in Math.
The Philippines' gold medals were bagged by Adrian Reginald Sy and Matthew Angelo Isidro of St. Jude Catholic School; Shaquille Wyan Que, Shaun Wesley Que and Kate Andrea Bonamy from Grace Christian College; Farrel Eldrian Wu from MGC New Life Christian School; Errol John Suarez from Bicol University Integrated Laboratory School; Raphael Villaluz from San Beda College-Alabang; Frederick Matthew Corpuz from Colegio San Agustin-Makati; Gabrielle Anna Gabaton from Pasig Catholic College-High School; Jervis Ong Chua from Philippine Cultural...
Malacañang is allocating the largest portion of the proposed budget for 2011 to the Department of Education with P207.3 billion.
Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma said that “Education is that proposal's top priority in terms of absolute amount.” He added, “where you put your money, that's where your strategy is.” The amount allocated for education makes it clear that there will be more resources for development and the budget will not be solely for debt servicing.
The Aquino administration aims to eradicate poverty and hunger, provide primary education services to all, promote gender equality, improve maternal health, and make sure that the environment is sustainable.
Malacañang's communications chief Herminio Coloma made the same observation and said that the SK “has no choice but to go.”
The SK was created by former president Ferdinand Marcos with the goal of training youth leaders in the community. However, there have been numerous complaints that the SK is just being used by...
The Department of Education has reiterated the guidelines to be used by public decision makers with regard to suspending classes during typhoons.
Education secretary Armin Luistro said that there are existing policies “that allow DepEd officials and local government executives to suspend classes at their level.”
DepEd Order no. 28, series of 2005, states that if signal no. 1 is declared by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), classes in preschool are automatically suspended in the affected area. Classes in pre-school, elementary and high school are automatically suspended if signal no. 2 is...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to launch the 2010 Science and Technology Fair, where the best science researches in the country will be presented.
The Fair is in accordance with DepEd Memo 310, series of 2010, which states that “a strong orientation on science and technology among the citizenry is the foundation of highly-developed economies all over the world, this is why we open avenues such as this fair to encourage our youth to immerse themselves in scientific pursuit.”
Students from both public and private secondary schools are accepted to participate in the event.
The fair is divided into different levels: school, division, regional and national. The school competition shall be conducted on August 28-29, the division level on September...
The youth arm of the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) questioned the 12-year education plan proposed by Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro and urged President Benigno Aquino III to allocate more funds in the delivery of education services.
Joanna Bernice Coronacion, APL youth national chairperson said on Tuesday that “this [12-year education cycle] is not the solution to the country's current woes in basic education.” She also urged the government to “find ways to improve the condition of our congest schools, the lack of teachers and principals, among others.”
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged by children's rights advocates to train teachers on children's rights and how to treat children properly, following a study which showed a growing number of cases of violence against children in elementary public schools.
The study was presented as part of the celebration of the 20th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and was conducted by Plan International, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), Australian Agency for International Development for International Development, Council for the Welfare of Children, and the Philippine Women's University.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is slated to present the initial draft for the 12-year education basic education cycle on October 5.
The plan of the program which aims to educate students so they could land jobs even without a college diploma has been scheduled to debut on the commemoration of National Teacher's Day.
Education secretary Armin Luistro said in a press conference on Monday that “the current thinking is if you don't finish with a college degree, there is something missing. But in basic education, the operative term is basic, and what is basic is that they should be able to live a meaningful life, be prepared to start a family, be productively empolyed.”
Senator Edgardo Angara said on Friday that there is a need to implement a long-term modernization project for all public elementary and secondary schools in order to improve the quality of basic education. A former chairman of the Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM), Angara said that students from public schools have been left behind by students from private schools.
He said that scarcity in materials does not hinder the modernization of public schools and it can be achieved “through active partnership with local government units and private sector such as foundations, private corporations and business groups.”
“Given the rapid changes and developments in the field of Information Technology and emergence of knowledge-based society, the...
Edwin Marzaon Bergaño, Jr., a student from Baguio City National High School won the “Special Prize to International Artist” at the 11th International High School Arts Festival and won the “Special Prize to International Artist” held on July 29 to August 2. The festival was organized by the International Foundation for Arts and Culture of Japan (IFAC) and was held at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.
Bergaño's painting “The Other Side of Myself” was chosen among a number of entries by high school students from all over the country. The panel of judges was headed by Philippine envoy to Japan Domingo L. Siazon, Jr.
Other Philippine entries included paintings by John Lauren “Pope” Bacay from Oriental Mindoro; Stepfani Ann Almazan; John Paul Aro; Mahaysha Kitma; Kyle Vizcarra; Ray Martin Yodong; Eric John...
Two Filipino science teachers are among the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay awardees. Along with seven other individuals from Bangladesh, China and Japan, Christopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido are recognized for their invaluable efforts in contributing to the betterment of society.
The teachers introduced an innovative way of teaching science and non-science subjects in Bohol and are being recognized for “their purposeful commitment to both science and nation, ensuring innovative, low-cost, and effective basic education even under Philippine conditions of great scarcity and daunting poverty.”
In 2002, the couple initiated a student-centric approach to teaching science and non-science subjects called CVIF Dynamic Learning Program,...
Armed with the knowledge of color therapy, PSID students used a lot of yellow and green in the design of the rooms and added alphabets, animals, and animated characters to stir the children's imaginations. “Yellow stimulates the intellect, helps increase concentration and memory, and improves the appetite and pulse rate, while green is associated with regrowth, healing, rejuvenation and progress,” explains Jane Ong, a PSID graduating student.
A group of 30 PSID students volunteered to refurbish the daycare center at TWH. They replaced...
Education Secretary Armin Luistro said on Friday that he is supporting President Noynoy Aquino's plan of extending the basic education cycle in the Philippines to 12 years.
“I am not having second thoughts and the President has my full support in this education reform agenda,” Luistro stated. According to him, adding two more years to the basic education cycle will help the country come up to par with other countries' standards, and will give Filipino youth a more holistic education.
The 12-year education plan includes seven years in basic education, five years in secondary education and an additional one year for preschool...
A World Bank (WB) official has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to make public elementary and high schools more accessible for children with disabilities.
WB country director Bert Hofman said on an interview during the 1 Goal Education For All Campaign Launch that “if normal schools can take persons with disabilities, then the Education For All [campaign of the DepEd] can move further.”
The 1 Goal: Education For All Campaign was launched at the DepEd head office in Pasig City, in line with the observance of “National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week.” It is a call to global leaders to provide education for 72 million children worldwide.
Hofman mentioned that the WB has been helping a number of DepEd programs, including special projects for children with disabilities but he suggested that the agency...
The project was funded by the General Appropriations Act (GAA) and the Australian Assistance for International Development (AusAID) through Support to Philippine Basic Education Reform (SPHERE) headed by the World Bank (WB).
DepEd Region 9 director Dr. Walter O. Albos said that the fund given by the GAA amounted to P23,021,000 while the fund from AusAid amounted to P8,900,000. The schools division...
The Philippine representatives to the 2nd ASEAN School Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13-21 July 2010, took home two silvers and three bronzes in various categories.
Stephani Cimatu won silver medals in the javelin throw and badminton competitions. The team also bagged bronze medals in both boys and girls basketball categories.
The ASEAN Schools Games was started in order to promote collaboration among young school athletes. This year's meet included events such as badminton, gymnastics, swimming, track and field, sepak takraw, golf, hockey, netball, volleyball, and basketball.
The first ASEAN school games was hosted by Thailand, while the 3rd ASEAN School Games will be hosted by Singapore in...
Department of Education (DepEd) secretary Armin Luistro has instructed schools to prepare for the rainy seasons and the possible occurrence of Influenza A (H1N1). He has also reminded school officials to maintain sanitation and has directed school health officials to campaign for information dissemination regarding the virus. “The safety of the students, officials and personnel should always be on top of our concerns,” said Luistro.
The DepEd has issued Memorandum No. 315, outlining precautionary measures to be taken by schools in the event of an influenza break-out. The agency has also issued guidelines for the implementation of the...
Kabataan party-list representative Raymond Palatino welcomed newly-appointed Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair Patricia Licuanan on Monday and said that he is looking forward to Licuanan's promise of reforms and that the youth hopes that she is “up to the task of facing the education crises head-on.”
Palatino also said that in order to implement positive changes in CHEd, Licuanan should be able to resolve the issue on the annual increase of tuition and other school fees, and that CHED must uplift the status of public higher education, since “state colleges and universities have suffered the worst budget cuts resulting in commercialization, privatization and other income-generating ventures.”
Filipino students in Korea have increased in number, to about 400 in 2010 from 108 in June 2005, said Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Luis T. Cruz. Most of tthese students are recipients of long-term and short-term scholarships in various fields including international relations, business, and the sciences.
Catholic University of Korea has accepted around 50 Filipino students since the inception of its international program in 2009. Pinoy Iskolars in Korea (Piko), which started in Seoul National University, had less than 10 students in 2005 and now has over 100 student-members from different schools in South Korea. Members of this group are often asked to join various multicultural activities where they perform traditional Filipino dances, play native instruments, and prepare Filipino food.
There are a number of schools in Korea that offer competitive...
Licuanan said that she will work on reversing the “deterioriation of Philippine higher education” and lead a CHEd with “political will”. She also said that as chair of CHEd, it is also her job to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
Jose Dino, president of Philippine National Association of School Securities Organization (Philnasso), said that Licuanan “will certainly clear the way for quality education which has been the dream of the late president Corazon Aquino.”...
The seized products run up to 1.37 million board feet and are comprised mostly of logs and lumber. DENR personnel acquired them during its anti-illegal logging drive, abandoned by illegal loggers or granted to the DENR by courts.
DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje had earlier ordered an inventory of all the confiscated wood products to ensure that all seized wood be given to the DepEd in line with the new government's directive against graft.
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) teamed up with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Department of Education (DepEd) and UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines to help teach Filipinos about the effects of climate change through culture and the arts.
The parties signed a two-page memorandum of agreement (MOA) in lessening carbon footprints through the use of cultural media on 28 June 2010, during the observance of World Environment Day in Batangas City. It aims to “develop and promote broadcasting and different disciplines in the arts and creative industry in establishing standards in environmental management” and “to set quantifiable targets for a reduction in our own carbon footprint”.
Heherson T. Alvarez, vice chairman of the CCC, said that "the cultural arts should help inform all Filipinos on what could be their...
The Madrasah education program was formulated to meet the needs of MuslimFilipino children. According to DepEd Order 51, signed in 2004, all public and private Madaris (plural form of Madrasah) in Muslim communities are encouraged to implement the curriculum. Madrasah is an Arabic word which means school. It is derived from the root word dars, which connotes a learning process carried through drill lesson. Also derived from the same root are mudarres (a male teacher), mudarresah (a female teacher) and derrasah (studying or studied subject).
The Manila National High Schoolformerly called the “Escuela Municipal de Manila”, is the first public school in Manila and is located at the corner of Muralla and Victoria Streets. The Manila National High School was established during the Spanish period by the Ayuntamiento de Manila in 1892 and was named Escuela Municipal de Manila. It was initially a school for girls run by the Sister of Charity, but was turned into military hospital to cater the guardia civils who fought with Filipino soldiers.
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The Philippine Science High School System (PSHS) plans to extend its curriculum by two more years in hopes of enhancing its advanced science program.
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College students from all over the world can get a chance to shape the future of aviation and win EUR30,000 in a competition launched by 
The Philippine Math Team won second place overall with 92 medals, 12 of them gold, in the recently concluded 2010 Singapore International Mathematics Competition. They also bagged 44 merit certificates.
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The Philippine representatives to the 2nd ASEAN School Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13-21 July 2010, took home two silvers and three bronzes in various categories.
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Filipino students in Korea have increased in number, to about 400 in 2010 from 108 in June 2005, said Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Luis T. Cruz. Most of tthese students are recipients of long-term and short-term scholarships in various fields including international relations, business, and the sciences.
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The Climate Change Commission (CCC) teamed up with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Department of Education (DepEd) and UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines to help teach Filipinos about the effects of climate change through culture and the arts.
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The Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) aims to provide access and quality secondary
education to the Filipino youth. It is responsible for establishing secondary schools where there are none; formulating policies, plans and projects, and maintaining a complete and integrated system of secondary education with regards to curriculum, facilities and teachers' in-service training relevant to the goals of national development.