For face-to-face learning to resume in urban areas particularly in schools located at the National Capital Region (NCR), there should be a high coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination rate for parents, teachers, and students alike. A parent holds her daughter as she receives her first dose of...
Many private schools nationwide are preparing for the expansion phase of the limited face-to-face classes, according to the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA). Oxmont Memorial Academy in Calinog, Iloilo is among the private schools allowed by DepEd...
Advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) on Thursday, Nov. 4, called on legislators to pass the Education Commission (EDCOM) Bill in the remaining months of the 18th Congress. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have a small window of opportunity to pass the bill before...
(Photo from Unsplash) Millions of Filipino learners face a second year of distance learning due to the ongoing public health situation in the country. While President Duterte has finally approved the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes recently, distance learning is still largely...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Monday, Sept. 27, commended the Senate for passing on third and final reading the measure that seeks to clarify that all private schools are entitled to the one percent preferential tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and...
As it supports the concrete preparations of the government for the reopening of schools, a private schools group pointed out that consent and liability should be very “clear” in the guidelines for the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes. (Photo from Unsplash) Coordinating...
As it continues to bear the brunt of the pandemic, the country’s private education is now in a “critical state” especially with the steady decrease in enrollment in the past two years. (Photo from Unsplash) “As we start a new school year, the private education sector is in critical...
With decreasing enrollment in private schools, group calls for ‘urgent policy intervention’ from gov’t A group of private schools on Monday, Aug. 23, called on the government to implement “policy intervention” the soonest possible time with the steady decline in enrollment. (RIO DELUVIO /...
With a sharp drop in enrollment practically conspiring with the imposition of higher taxes by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the country’s private schools are turning to Congress for help in the swift adoption of legislative policy intervention. COCOPEA LOGO In a statement issued after the House...
To avert the collapse of many learning institutions in the face of a looming substantial increase in taxes, the country’s largest associations of private schools on Monday, Aug. 9, called for a “timely” intervention coming from the Senate. (Photo from Unsplash) Private school groups, led by...
Swift passage by the House of Representatives of the bill that grants proprietary educational institutions lower tax rate of 10 percent has won the applause of private school owners and alliances. House of Representatives The Lower House passed House Bill 9913 on second reading and is expected to...
The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, August 2, approved the draft measure that aims to define the tax rates for propriety educational institutions (PEIs) and allow them to avail of preferential rates on taxable income. House of Representatives4 House ways and means chairperson and Albay...
