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PARIS, France (AFP) — French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has touched off a public debate about banning phones in schools as he seeks to implement a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron. In an interview with Express magazine, the minister suggested that pupils might be asked to deposit their phones in secure boxes when arriving at school or for classes. “At our cabinet meetings, we drop our phones in lockers before sitting down together. It […]
Says President Duterte’s pronouncement was not meant to be taken at face value (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday sought to allay fears they would bomb lumad schools teaching subversion, saying President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about it was not meant to be acted on in the first place. “Kinakailangang maintindihan ninyo ang pananalita (niya). Binanggit niya yun pero di naman talaga niya gagawin na bombahin (iyon). (He) was strongly communicating […]
The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill mandating the establishment of three schools in Zamboanga del Sur, Southern Leyte and Navotas in Metro Manila; the separation of a school annex into an independent school; the renaming of a school; and the conversion of two integrated schools. Sen. Pia Cayetano, chairperson of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, said the establishment of schools would help improve the delivery of quality education […]
