With the conduct of face-to-face classes still prohibited amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country, teachers - at all levels - are holding classes through alternative delivery modalities. (Photo from Pixabay) At the tertiary level, the Commission on Higher Education...
An organization of education workers urged President Duterte to call on Congress for an “urgent special session” which will rechannel the budget for the opening of a new school year. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, April 24, pressed the government to address issues with its distance learning program after a Pulse Asia survey found that more Filipino parents are uncertain and do not believe that their children are learning enough. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA...
Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives are seeking a moratorium on the increases of tuition and other fees to alleviate the learning crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. A young student of Lanton Elementary School in General Santos City, South Cotabato tutors her...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma For more than a year, Filipino students have been learning in a bubble: From their homes instead of in classrooms with fellow students. This scenario is detrimental as it degrades further the quality of learning in the country. Before the onset of the pandemic, international...
Globe Telecom Inc. helped over 67,000 public school teachers and students navigate the digital learning space since the pandemic started, according to Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto. The telco equipped them with P34 million worth of...
AS LOVELY AS A TREE A tree in Mariveles, Bataan, 1830. French scientist Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace was here 191 years ago and went deer hunting in Bataan. Voyage Autour du Monde … (Paris, 1833). Forest tree nursery owner Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, whom I met virtually on Facebook, gave me a...
What's something you know that feels illegal but isn't? Well, these hacks are so effective and easy that they are starting to pick up steam. Social media account @studentlife.101 shared some major online schooling hacks that will blow your mind. In fact, Buzzfeed has compiled all the tips and...
Global tech innovator Lenovo, in collaboration with Microsoft, introduced the EdVision program in 2020 to assist schools in their digital transformation journey and increase digital literacy among the new generation of teachers and students. This March 23, Lenovo is holding its first-ever EdVision...
SAP SE today announced a milestone of five million course enrollments on its openSAP platform – a free online platform that offers innovative, expert-led massive open online courses (MOOCs) with accompanying microlearning and podcasts across a range of topics for learners of all abilities....
Photos uploaded by Lanton Elementary School (LES) show students, some in uniform, assisting other pupils in learning their modules at home. The activity is part of the school’s peer-teaching programs dubbed “Kapitbahay ko, Sagot ko” and “Ka-Math bahay ko, Ka-Math turuan ko,” both of which...
With online distance learning set for the school year, more parents are getting involved in assisting their children when it comes to finishing their daily tasks. Modules are sent for the students to study and accomplish at home, with parents and even guardians taking notice of lessons that could...
