MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday issued the Child Protection Policy (CPP) guidelines for public and private school teachers in the administration of disciplinary actions against erring students. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA — Generally, for parents, providing good education for their children is definitely a good investment.

Thus, the thrust of the Department of Education’s K+12 program, a flagship education program of the Aquino administration which requires the mandatory implementation of Kindergarten and an additional two years of senior high school to the current 10-year education cycle in public schools nationwide, is viewed to be good for school children. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – With almost two months left before another school year opens, Malacañang officially launched on Tuesday, April 24, the K to 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education (DepEd). Read the rest of this entry »

The basic education system of the Philippines faces two major problems: (1) high dropout rates in primary and secondary schools, and (2) lack of mastery of specific skills and content as reflected in poor performance in standard tests for both Grade IV and Grade VIII (second year high school) students. Unfortunately, the proposed K+12 curriculum does not directly address these problems. Both dropout rate and poor performance in standard exams indicate failure in the early years of education. That these problems are caused by a congested 10-year curriculum is not strongly supported by currently available data. The international standard tests take into account both years of education and basic skills. The standard tests ensure that students from all the participating countries had the same number of years of schooling. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington, D.C.: Two children of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) helped propel the University of the Philippines College of Law into the circle of the world’s top four law schools, after taking part in the most prestigious moot court competition in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

LOW STATE SPENDING in higher education may be blamed for the deterioration and underperformance of state universities and colleges (SUCs), a state-run think tank said, even as it lauded government for pushing reforms in basic education such as the K+12 program. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – An estimated three million elementary and high school students in public schools across the country are graduating as school year 2011-2012 comes to a close this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. Read the rest of this entry »

EUREKA!

The K to 12 Basic Education Program, a major part of the campaign platform of President Aquino, is also one of the most controversial administration initiatives. Read the rest of this entry »

Whatever shall we do with our education system?

The central reform that the present administration wants to implement is the K to 12, a program that makes kindergarten mandatory and adds two years to the present 10-year basic education. Read the rest of this entry »

Out of school children and youth may have the chance to go back to school by passing the 2012 Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT), Educatio Sec. Bro. Armin Luistro announced. Read the rest of this entry »