The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has allotted over 50,000 scholarship slots under Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) for 2022. TESDA In the first half of this year, the agency said, a total of 25,494 rice farmers have already enrolled in various TESDA courses...
Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) reiterated that they are in favor of the implementation of face-to-face classes in the upcoming school year (SY) 2022-2023, but they likewise stressed the need to ensure safe resumption of classes amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (Manila Bulletin File Photo)...
The State of Ransomware in Education 2022 Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has recently published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022. The findings reveal that education institutions – both higher and lower education – are...
Herlene Budol has earned her degree in tourism management at the College of Saint John Paul II. She proudly posted on Instagram a video of her accepting her diploma. She went up the stage carrying a portrait of her grandmother, who passed away last month. Note that the Binibining Pilipinas bet was...
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines once again urged the government to make amends and compensate teachers for their “extended work” in the school year (SY) 2021-2022. (Image courtesy of DepEd) The group previously criticized the Department of Education (DepEd) after receiving...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, July 17 lauded the decision of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to lift its 11-year-old moratorium prohibiting colleges and universities from offering undergraduate nursing programs. Escudero said he is confident said the lifting of the ban...
Gabriela Youth slammed the Commision on Higher Education’s (CHED) “lack of concrete plans” and safety guidelines for the "long-desired" and eventual shift to face-to-face classes in the upcoming academic year (AY) 2022-2023. (Gabriela Youth / Facebook) “More than two years have passed...
Legarda pushes for bill providing computer tablets for public school students Senator Loren Legarda underscored the importance of providing quality education for all Filipino students and helping them cope with the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic as she filed Senate Bill No. 1 or...
Our country is proud of its nurses. Without them at the frontlines, we wouldn’t be so comfortable (and lucky!) at this time, as they faced the worst of this once-in-a-lifetime health pandemic in 2020. From the onset battling an invisible enemy, they risked their lives and sacrificed time to bring...
Teachers who have rendered extended work for this school year should be given additional compensation by the government, a group of education workers said on Friday, July 15. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines reiterated the demand of teachers...
Senator Loren Legarda is seeking the creation of a Department of Technical Education and Training (DTET) whose primary task is for the promotion and development of technical education, training, and certification. Legarda filed Senate Bill No. 6 which seeks to strengthen the role of the Technical...
With the government’s plans to implement full face-to-face classes in basic education by November, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte urged the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview on Thursday, July 14,...
