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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — An annual hush descended upon South Korea Thursday as hundreds of thousands of students sat the crucial national college entrance exam, delayed for a week by a rare earthquake. Educational authorities had to change four exam sites at Pohang, affecting about 2,000 candidates, after a 5.4-magnitude quake shook the southern city a week ago. More than 60 minor aftershocks have hit Pohang throughout the past week, forcing 1,500 residents to […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bunsod ng isang linggong bakasyon ng mga estudyante sa Metro Manila dahil sa Association of Southeast Asian Summit, kakailanganin ang pagsasagawa ng make-up classes. Ayon sa Department of Education (DepEd), ito’y upang makumpleto ng mga paaralan ang bilang ng araw na inilaan ng kagawaran para sa School Year 2017-2018. Naglaan ang DepEd ng 195 na bilang ng araw ng pasok para sa School Year 2017-2018. Gayunpaman, diskresyon na ng […]
by Aminu Abubakar Agence France Presse MUDURU, Nigeria (AFP) — A dozen other students look on as Umar Amadu uses a glass pipette to draw a solution from a conical flask as part of a chemistry experiment. It could be a scene from any school laboratory around the world, but until two months ago Amadu and his fellow students had no access to any science equipment. Science subjects at his rural secondary school outside the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Xi Jinping Thought will now be taught, researched and promoted in universities across China, ensuring that the leader’s eponymous philosophy is implanted into students’ hearts and minds. At least twenty universities have established research institutes for Xi’s ideology, which was enshrined in the Communist Party’s constitution during its 19th national congress this month. The distinction places Xi on a par with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. It means that his dogma — “Xi […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House Committee on Appropriations was able to gather Php 40 billion in order to fund free tertiary education that will start on 2018. “I’m happy to announce that we found P40 billion to finance free higher education,” Davao City Representative Carlo Nograles, House Appropriations Committee Chairman said. Nograles said that they got the funds from the different scholarship programs of the various state universities and colleges as well […]
(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ng isang mambabatas na isama ang basic journalism sa mandatory subject ng Senior High School. Paliwanag ni Bulacan Representative Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado, napapanahon nang isama ang panukala sa curriculum upang makatulong aniya ang mga estudyante na maiparating ang tamang impormasyon sa publiko. Ang pagsali aniya sa basic journalism ay makakatulong na makabuo ng tamang pagpapahayag ng saloobin. Sa tala ng Department of Education (DepEd), nasa 1.3 million ang mga estudyanteng nasa […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives plans to transfer the supposed budget for the Commission on Human Rights, the National Commission for Indigenous People and the Energy Regulatory Commission to the budget for free tertiary education. “That would be the treatment kasi where else can we put it except doon. Kasi naghahanap kami ng pondo para sa implementation ng Free Higher Education Law,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Karlo Nograles said on […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Education is a very important tool in empowering and developing the youth in becoming productive citizens of the country. To quote Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The Philippine government, by virtue of Proclamation No. 409, signed in 1953, declared the second week of September and the year thereafter as the “Education Week.” Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit tatlumpung libong bata sa Marawi City ang hindi na nakabalik sa pag-aaral bunsod ng nagpapatuloy na bakbakan sa lungsod. Sa inilabas na ulat ng Save the Children Philippines, nang magsimula ang bakbakan tatlong buwan na ang nakalipas ay hindi na nakapag-enrol ang nasabing bilang ng mga bata. Paliwanag ni Save the Children Philippines Country Director Ned Olney, maliban sa hindi makapag-enrol, ang mga mag-aaral ay hindi rin makabili ng mga gamit […]
(Eagle News) — Hinikayat ni Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Guiling Mamondiong ang publiko sa libreng skills training. Ipinaliwanag niya na sa pamamagitan nito ay magagawa ng TESDA ang bahagi nito sa “social equity” o pagiging patas sa lipunan. Kabilang sa inaalok ng TESDA ang training program, scholarship, competency assessment at certification. Maaaring mag-apply ng scholarship sa internet, mag walk-in application o mag-apply sa pamamagitan ng survey ng barangay.
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Commissioner Prospero De Vera ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) na mayroong diskusyon na muling ipatupad ang National College Entrance Examination (NCEE). Ito ay para ma-control ang posibleng pagdagsa ng mga estudyante sa state universities and colleges dahil na rin sa libreng matrikula. Ayon kay Commissioner De Vera, ang NCEE ay maaaring maging gabay ng SUCs sa pagtanggap at pag-papanatili ng mga estudyante. Gayunman, iginiit niyang kailangan ng suporta ng […]
