Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill mandating private higher educational institutions (HEIs) to waive college entrace fees to top, yet performing underprivileged students. Go, in filing Senate Bill No. 1708 or the “Free College Entrance Examinations Act of 2023, said the benefit...
BONTOC, Mt. Province -- As part of their ‘Education Enhancement Program,’ the police officers of 2nd Mountain Province Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) handed over P2,000 each to four students for their educational assistance. Education Enhancement Program or EEP is an initiative of...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced on Thursday, Dec. 29, that the pension fund will grant educational assistance to kin of its members. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager said they will release P100 million in financial aid to 10,000 qualified children of...
THE RIGHT MOVE RIKKI MATHAY The global population exploded from one billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020 – not even counting the population boom during the pandemic lockdown. Chatting with University of the Philippines president, Atty. Danilo Concepcion or DaniCon as he is better known, I found...
(Photo courtesy of INNOTECH Educational Innovation Digest) The innovative strategies of Filipino educators were recognized in the Southeast Asian Educational Innovation Awards (SEA EIA). Conferred by SEAMEOINNOTECH, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Center for Educational...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) organized an educational tour where 373 youth leaders from all over the country visited young cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Fort del Pilar, Baguio City. Photo by Philippine Military Academy The four-day tour which ended Sunday, Nov. 27,...
Seeking to find more ways for underprivileged Filipino students to afford college education, the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Monday, Nov. 14, approved a measure that would require the government to issue educational bonds to benefit underprivileged Filipino college...
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo and DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. led the signing of a memorandum of agreement on the implementation of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program’s educational assistance payout at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon on August 24, 2022. (MARK...
Following the messy distribution of educational financial assistance across the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged local government units to provide ample assistance to the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
The Pasig City local government said on Sunday, Aug. 21, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - National Office has not yet given them the guidelines regarding the local distribution of the agency’s educational assistance. “Wala pa rin pong pondo na ibinababa sa mga LGUs...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera distributed P4,445,00 to 1,425 beneficiaries on Saturday (Aug. 20) and Sunday (Aug. 21) under the agency’s educational assistance in the Cordillera region. Photo from DSWD CAR Applicants for educational assistance are...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A total of 2,306 students from different levels in Northern Mindanao received educational assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during the first payout day Saturday, Aug. 20. PARENTS submit the necessary requirements for their children’s...
