by RUBY ANNE R. PASCUA www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA ? IN THIS school, students are allowed to stare across the window to…
COTABATO CITY — Officials from the Thailand Ministry of Education and Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) recently visited Davao…
DAVAO CITY — The University of the Philippines in Mindanao announces that the University of the Philippines College Admission Test…
Students in this classroom at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School in Matina Aplaya don’t seem to mind the water that is leaking not through the roof but through the floor. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — A few months from now, the long queues of complaining teachers who cannot find their records…
MANILA — Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye underscored today the importance of providing Filipino students with quality…
MANILA – The crisis of the country?s educational system is reflected in the dire plight of its public school teachers,…
MANILA – Government support for the public educational system has been declining and this is manifested by the severe shortages…
Many of these children might have been forced to leave school to earn a living. In 2006 some 2.5 million children aged 5 to 17 were working either to augment family income or simply to survive. The number of children in school is also dropping: in SY 2005-2006 only 84% of children aged 6-11 was able to attend elementary school, a sharp decrease from 90% in 2001-2002.
According to Kabataan partylist, CHED granted the tuition increase even before consultations in schools for such an increase has yet to be completed. It said the hike came after a meeting between President Arroyo and COCOPEA, the organization of private schools. The CHED’s “unilateral and shameless act shows the commission’s subservience and capitulation to strong pressure from school owners even at the expense of students.”
