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MONROVIA, Liberia (AFP) — An acclaimed US charity operating in Liberia has admitted to major failings after girls at a school set up to save them from a life of sexual exploitation were systematically raped. “We are profoundly, deeply sorry,” the charity More Than Me said on its website on Saturday after US investigative media said girls at a pioneering school in a slum had been repeatedly abused by the charity’s co-founder, Macintosh Johnson. […]
(Eagle News) — Inanunsyo ng Department of Education (DepEd) na makakatanggap ng karagdagang bonus ang mga public school teacher. Ayon kay Education Secretary Leonor Briones, layon nilang bigyan ng 1,500 pesos ang mga public teacher sa tuwing sasapit ang October 5. Magsisimula silang ibigay ito sa susunod na taon. Nagpasalamat naman ang DepEd sa senado dahil sa pagsama ng special bonus sa 2019 General Appropriations Act.
(Eagle News) — Ginugunita ngayong araw ang pandaigdigang araw ng mga guro o World Teachers’ Day. Kasabay nito, binigyang-pugay ni Education Sec. Leonor Briones ang lahat ng mga guro sa bansa at inanunsyo ang mga programang nakahanda para sa isang buwang pagdiriwang sa bansa. Kinilala ni Briones ang sikap, tiyaga at dedikasyon ng mga guro para mabigyan ng magandang edukasyon ang mga mag-aaral. Samantala, bagamat isang marangal na propesyon ang maging isang guro, aminado naman […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi dapat na makumpromiso ang kaalaman ng mga estudyante ang tungkol sa kanilang pinagmulan habang kanilang pinalalago ang pagiging global citizen. Ayon kay Education Secretary Leonor Briones, mahalaga na hindi dapat maging hadlang ang pagtuturo ng karunungan sa mga kabataan upang mapalago ang kanilang pagiging global citizen. Aniya, dapat na hindi mawala sa isipan ng mga mag-aaral ang lokal na lenguwahe, kasaysayan, kultura at iba pang pagkakakilanlan habang sila ay tinuturuan ng […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — In rebel-held northern Syria, displaced children sit or lie on the ground of an unfinished villa, bending over their notebooks to apply themselves as they write the day’s lesson. Four teachers instruct around 100 children — girls and boys aged six to 12 — at the makeshift school in an opposition-held area in the west of the northern province of Aleppo. Between the bare walls of the villa abandoned mid-construction, children […]
by Elizabeth Law and Danni Zhu Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. Just under 60 centimeters (two feet) high, the autonomous robot named Keeko has been a hit in several kindergartens, telling stories and challenging children with logic problems. Round and white with a tubby body, the […]
(Eagle News) — Maraming mga pribadong paaralan, kolehiyo at unibersidad ang nakaranas ng pagbaba ng bilang ng mga nag-enroll ngayong taon. Ayon sa isang grupo ng mga pribadong educational institution sa bansa o ng Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), maaaring makaapekto sa kanila ang pagpapatupad ng Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education. Base kasi sa nakalap nilang datos noong 2015 hanggang 2016, naitala ng grupo ang 60 hanggang 70 porsyentong pagbaba ng bilang […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – New York University said Thursday it would offer all its current and future medical school students free tuition in an effort to tackle soaring debt levels and encourage more applicants. The move — which it said was financed by the generosity of the university’s “trustees, alumni, and friends,” amounts to a reduction of $55,018 in annual fees, regardless of financial needs or academic merit. It does not cover living […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan Friday launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation’s medical universities after a Tokyo medical school admitted altering the entrance test results of female applicants to exclude them. The education ministry has asked all 81 private and public medical schools to check their admission procedures for possible discrimination against female applicants. Authorities said they would also check the gender ratio of successful applicants for the past six […]
(Eagle News) — Suportado ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang pagdagdag ng robotics program na ini-aalok ngayon sa mga private at public schools sa buong bansa. Ayon kay DepEd Undersecretary Ann Sevilla, ang robotics ay isang panibagong konsepto para sa ahensya pero balak pa aniyang palakasin ang nasabing programa. Sa ngayon ang subject na robotics ay itinuturo lamang sa Science high schools at ilang private school.
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — An inspirational new version of Barbie will encourage young girls to embark on careers in engineering and the sciences, the iconic doll’s manufacturer Mattel said on Tuesday. Barbie, who first hit the shelves in 1959, prides herself on trying out jobs where women aren’t strongly represented, to add to her more traditional skill set of dancing with Ken and looking fabulous. The company has announced a “Career of the […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapatupad ng bagong curriculum ang Commission on Higher Education (CHED) sa Business Education simula ngayong academic year 2018. Ito ay nakatuon sa mga requirement ng mga industriya na dapat ituro at maging bahagi ng curriculum upang maging madali sa mga graduate ang mag-apply ng trabaho. Ang limang major ng Bachelor of Science in Business Administration ay Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Operations Management at Business Economics. Ang mga kurso at […]
