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Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines Ephraim Ben Matityau receives a warm welcome from teachers and students of Mintal Comprehensive High School in Davao City. Matityau graces the ceremony for the launching of Capacity Building of Teachers on Project Innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (iSTEAM) – a collaborative project of the Department of Education – Davao City Schools Division, City Government of Davao, Embassy of Israel, Pass It Forward Foundation, and ORT Israel Network. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano / davaotoday.com)

Davao high school to pilot Israel-model on multidisciplinary learning

About 2,900 senior high school students from Mintal Comprehensive High School here will soon benefit from a more holistic approach to learning core subjects in Mathematics and Science after their school was chosen to pilot the curriculum called Innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics or I-Steam.

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Read more about the article DAR seeks to lower terms of AVAs to 5 years
SCRAP AVAs. Farmers under the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries One Movement (AOM) hold a protest outside the venue of the pubic hearing of the House of the Representatives Committee on Agrarian Reform on the impact of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs). Protesting farmers call for the cancellation of all AVAs to grant them full control of their lands awarded by the government. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

DAR seeks to lower terms of AVAs to 5 years

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said it is pushing to limit to five years ?the life span of the agribusiness v?enture a?greements (AVAs) between agrarian reform beneficiaries and the private contracting sector.

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