by RUBY ANNE R. PASCUA
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MANILA ? IN THIS school, students are allowed to stare across the window to daydream during classes.
That?s how some students like Cathyrine Tamayo and Ginesa Patalinhog get their motivation to stay out of the streets and stay in this school called Erda Tech.
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COTABATO CITY — Officials from the Thailand Ministry of Education and Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) recently visited Davao to learn about the education approaches being undertaken by the Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) Project in aid of the Philippine Muslim Education.
BEAM is a partnership of the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) and the Australian Government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
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DAVAO CITY — The University of the Philippines in Mindanao announces that the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) is set on August 4-5, 2007 (Saturday and Sunday) at the UP in Mindanao, Mintal campus, Davao City.
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 will be history. No more going to and fro the different offices in search of those elusive documents. All information will be readily available through a fully-automated Human Resource Information (HRI) System, a brainchild of the BEAM Project and DepEd.
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