A proud former beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Sheena Mae Magdato Obispo, topped the September 2024 Social Worker Licensure Exam with a score of 87 percent. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development/Facebook) Another former beneficiary of the...
Senators on Friday, June 28 were elated as more students will gain access to free college education as the Free College Entrance Examinations Act has lapsed into law and took effect immediately. Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero hailed its passage, saying the legislation, which aims to...
The bill mandating private universities and colleges to waive college entrance examination fees of qualified students has lapsed into law and takes effect immediately. Photo from Pixabay A copy of the law was published in newspapers on June 28. Republic Act (RA) No. 12006, which lapsed into...
Bohol 3rd district Rep. Kristine Alexis Tutor (PPAB) To combat the so-called “diploma mills”, Bohol 3rd district Rep. Kristine Alexis Tutor is calling on the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to conduct a data analysis to trace the alma mater...
BACOLOD CITY – The Technological University of the Philippines (TUP)-Visayas announced that an alumnus who topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examination (ECELE) will receive a cash incentive of P200,000. BANAS (FB) Niele Shem Bañas of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, April 18, said 1,906 out of 3,434 examinees, or 55.5 percent, passed the April 2024 Physician Licensure Exam (PLE). Photo credit to PRC/ Manila Bulletin April 2024 PLE list of passers:...
(Rio Deluvio/MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo is prodding the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to “vigorously enforce” the law prohibiting the “no permit, no exam”...
ILOILO CITY – The West Visayas State University (WVSU) announced that the retake of its College Admission Test (CAT) will be held on April 14. STUDENTS take the West Visayas State University (WVSU) College Admission Test (CAT) in Lambunao town, Iloilo province on March 10. (WVSU...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez gave high praise to President Marcos for enacting three landmark laws that would address issues on educational...
ILOILO CITY – The West Visayas State University (WVSU) has ordered a retake of the College Admission Test on March 10 following the public uproar over the alleged leakage of questions. The WVSU administration and its Board of Regents announced on Friday, March 15, that it invalidated the results...
President Marcos signed into law Republic Act 11984, or the “No Permit, No Exam Prohibition Act” that mandates all public and private schools to allow disadvantaged students with unpaid tuition and other school fees to their take periodic and final examinations without required permits....
Senators on Friday, March 15 welcomed the enactment of Republic Act No. 11984 and are upbeat more students would be able to take school examinations despite facing financial challenges. The new law will require all private and public educational institutions to accommodate and allow...
