Philippine universities are facing an uphill battle on the global academic stage, according to the newly released Philippines University Rankings 2025 by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), published on Monday, June 2. Despite the inclusion of two institutions—University of the...
Malasakit@Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Rolando Golez (PPAB) Malasakit@Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Rolando Golez Jr. said the lifting of economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution will lead to a growth in the country's academic health...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will prioritize the students' welfare in its review of the academic calendar. BACK-TO-SCHOOL — President Marcos speaks to the media in Victorino Mapa High School in Manila, following this year's Brigada Eskwela on...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Ilocos Sur 1st district Rep. Ronald Singson believes that its time to revert to the old school calendar wherein classes start in June. Singson filed House Bill (HB) No. 8508, which seeks to establish the first Monday of June of every year as the start of the academic year,...
The Senate on Monday, March 6 approved on third and final reading the bill establishing a well-designed, well-systematized learning recovery program that would address pandemic-related learning loss. Twenty-two (22) senators voted yes to Senate Bill No. 1604 or the Academic Recovery and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, November 27 urged the government to launch more programs and interventions aimed at improving students’ proficiency in reading. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, made the call as the nation commemorates National Book Week from...
President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. recently made a comment, reminiscing the “glory days” of the Philippines when it comes to academics. With the still ongoing pandemic ravaging the country’s—the world’s, in fact—academic systems, such a call for improving the academic standing of...
Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Wednesday, Feb 16, said he will invest on strengthening academic and research institutions in agriculture in the country to ensure food security. PHOTO FROM IM MEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN “I hope that someday, somehow, may...
TECHNOLOGICAL ERA The world is increasingly becoming digital (vecteezy) Digital transformation is not a fad. For years, I have been organizing webinars about smarter ways to transform our education digitally. Digital transformation has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the...
There will be no deadlines, synchronous classes nor meetings on the start of the University of the Philippines' (UP) second semester for Academic Year 2021-2022. (Photo courtesy of the UP OVVPA-MPRO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a post by the All U.P. Academic Employees Union, it said on Tuesday, Jan. 25...
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) called on the education sector to heed students' calls for a "genuine" health break as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to rise. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing the record-high resurgence of COVID-19 infections and...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) on Wednesday, Jan. 19, urged the public and private education stakeholders to heed the call for a national academic break following the rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "As the country...
