Education

USAID supports comprehensive Islamic education in Mindanao


A Moro child in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in one of the schools being supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The agency recently conducted a one-week training class for ustadzes (Islamic teachers) to integrate English, science, and math into the basic Islamic and Arabic teaching in madrasahs. At a ceremony to mark the training, ARMM Department of Education Undersecretary Manaros Boransing said that implementing the Revised Basic Education Curriculum is important to develop future Moro leaders who are deeply rooted in their Islamic faith while being fully attune to developments in the Philippines and the global community. (US Embassy photo)

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Education High on Team Unity Agenda

MANILA — Team Unity senatorial candidates have vowed to prioritize education in the coming Congress as a way to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich in this country.

Senatorial candidate Tessie Aquino-Oreta said that given the correct and adequate education, the country’s youth would grow as productive individuals who could free themselves from generational poverty.

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25 ‘SMART Mentors’ to Master Creative Use of ICT in Philippine Classrooms

MANILA — Many public school teachers manage 65 to 80 students at a time. Among the challenges of handling bloated class sizes is ensuring that everyone pays attention. This is where creativity, ingenuity and technology can make a big difference.

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Philippines Science High School Accreditation Exam Set on May 2

Each year, the Philippine Science High School admits 240 students in its Diliman Campus, and about 90 students in its Southern Mindanao, Ilocos Region, Western, Central and Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Mindanao campuses to its freshmen year.

On its second year a limited number of scholarship slots become vacant due to failure to meet the needed academic requirements and willful abandonment of scholarship grant.

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