Improving the quality of education in the country is a top priority, President Marcos said, stressing that it is the "most important service" the government must provide. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) In his speech at the National Higher Education Day Summit,...
The Philippines ranked 79th out of 134 countries in IQAir’s 2023 World Air Quality Report, reaching a 13.5 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³) average of PM2.5. PM2.5 concentration indicates the amount of fine particulate matter suspended in the air up to 2.5 microns in diameter. It's...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto wants to keep the government's free college education program unchanged, dismissing any proposals to set some qualification requirements. Recto, the chief architect of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTE) Act, said that the national government...
(Manila Bulletin File Photo) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that slightly fewer Filipino families expect their quality of life to improve in the coming months. The independent survey, which was conducted from Dec. 8 to 11, 2023 but released on Feb. 6, revealed that 44 percent of adult...
OCTA Research’s December 2023 “Tugon ng Masa” Survey (OCTA) OCTA Research's December 2023 "Tugon ng Masa" survey found that half of Filipinos expect the Philippine economy to remain unchanged over the next six months. The survey results released on Monday, Jan. 29 revealed that 51 percent...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in December 2023 found that nearly half of Filipinos think their quality of life remained “unchanged” compared to a year ago. Forty-five percent of Filipinos believe their quality of life has remained the same, 30 percent think it has "improved,"...
Education policymakers should ensure that educational programs align with the demands of the job market to achieve the United Nations’s sustainable development growth number four or quality education, researchers said. In a study by the Philippine Institute and Development Studies (PIDS),...
(Arnold Quizol / Manila Bulletin) Forty-eight percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, based on the third quarter of 2023 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results. The survey, fielded from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 through face-to-face interviews with 1,200...
Keith Bacongco (Manila Bulletin) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that 28 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life was “better” than 12 months ago, 30 percent said it got “worse,” and 41 percent said it remained the same. The results of the nationwide survey conducted...
To help improve the quality of teaching in the country, an advocacy group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to “reinforce” the provision of comprehensive training and well-developed instructional materials to truly support teachers. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN...
Senator Chiz Escudero has expressed his support for the partial payment to the state universities and colleges (SUCs), since the government, while looking at ways to reimburse, cannot pay in full the demand of the SUCs due to budgetary constraints. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero presides over the...
The Filipino youth’s quality of life saw a little improvement last year as the country inched up to the 77th spot on the Youth Progress Index. The Youth Progress Index is an initiative by the European Youth Forum and Social Progress Initiative that measures the quality of life of young people...
