Information at your fingertips: a giant leap for Philippines education

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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Philippines underscores importance of education in alleviating poverty

MANILA — Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye underscored today the importance of providing Filipino students with quality but affordable education as a way of alleviating poverty in the country.
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Salaries of Philippines teachers not enough for high cost of living

MANILA – The crisis of the country?s educational system is reflected in the dire plight of its public school teachers, whose salaries are not even enough to keep up with the high cost of living, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

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