DepEd calling for expeditious passing of H.B. 4734
MANILA,
Oct. 6 (PNA) -- Education Undersecretary Franklin Sunga on Sunday said
the Department of Education (DepEd), along with various teacher
organizations, will sign this week a manifesto calling for the
expeditious passing of House Bill 4734 which allocates a P9,000 salary
increase for teaching and non-teaching personnel of the agency. [ Read More ]
DepEd employees join writing workshop
MANILA,
Oct. 6 (PNA) -- Some 100 non-teaching personnel of the Department of
Education (DepEd) recently attended a three-day Technical Report
Writing Workshop at Tagaytay Haven in Tagaytay City. [ Read More ]
PGMA grants special feeding program to Negros Oriental elementary schools
DUMAGUETE
CITY, Oct. 5 (PNA) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has granted
Negros Oriental, in a special case, a feeding program for elementary
schools in support of the existing Free Noon Meal Feeding Program in
the province. [ Read More ]
More Philippine schools to join coastal management campaign
MANILA,
Oct. 5 (PNA) - Two more Philippine schools will soon offer services
that will boost capability of local governments, communities and
non-government organizations nationwide to undertake integrated coastal
management (ICM) in the country. [ Read More ]
FEU to publish book on tamaraw
MANILA,
Oct. 5 (PNA) - Private institution Far Eastern University (FEU) will
publish what might be the country's first compilation of data on the
tamaraw, a four-legged mammal endemic to Mindoro Island but vanishing. [ Read More ]
DepEd’s Technical Service Director appointed as chair of SEAMOLEC Governing Board
MANILA,
Oct. 4 (PNA) -- The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
– Regional Open Learning Center (SEAMOLEC) recently appointed
Department of Education's Technical Service Director Mari Paul Soriano
as chair of the Governing Board. [ Read More ]
DepEd to correct concerns raised by COA
MANILA,
Oct. 3 (PNA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) undersecretary for
finance Teodosio Sangil Jr. has assured that corrective measures have
been taken to address the concern raised by the Commission on Audit
(COA) in its report that billions of pesos education budget have been
wasted. [ Read More ]
DepEd’s HERO provide adequate medical services to public school students and teachers
MANILA,
Oct. 3 (PNA) -- To address the problems of malnutrition and poor health
among public schoolchildren, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus recently
forged partnerships with the public and private sectors to bring
preventive health care into the education system under the Health
Education Reform Order (HERO). [ Read More ]
DepEd urges school officials to oversee effective management of canteens
MANILA, Oct 2 (PNA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday urged
all regional and division officials to oversee effective management of
school canteens following a recent food poisoning incident in an
elementary school in Tondo. [ Read More ]
WB establishes knowledge devt center in a university in Iloilo
ILOILO
CITY Oct 1 (PNA) – The World Bank recently inaugurated its P500,000
Knowledge Development Center filled with audio visual equipment and
books it has established inside the Henry Luce library of the Central
Philippine University (CPU), the oldest Christian university in Western
Visayas. [ Read More ]
