There’s a telling question/answer under the F.A.Q. section of the Department of Budget and Management website, to wit: What basis law governs the use of government funds? The following provision of the Philippines Constitution sets the basic rule for the use of government funds: “Art. VI, Sec. 29. No money shall be paid by the …
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Starting with the article below dated March 18, 2012, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, brings forth a series on the K+12 Basic Education Program which shall be implemented in ALL public schools starting June 2012 (SY 2012-2013). The Inquirer invited the Secretary of Education himself to explain the logic of the reform in this issue. Queena Lee-Chua, …
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Less than a week ago, I had the privilege of having a conversation with a prominent leader in the academe. I told him we needed more immediate improvement in these areas: (1) curriculum improvements, (2) teacher re-training or repurposing, and (3) adequate infrastructure. We need improvements in these areas more than lengthening the education cycle to …
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The following is a March 11, 2011 press release by the Department of Education published in the Official Gazette of the Office of the President of the Philippine: The Department of Education continues to pursue its key basic education programs, even as the groundwork for the eventual roll out of the enhanced curriculum under the …
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[gigya src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoVKX41KxBM&w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="300"] . “for me, i would agree K-12 Basic Ed… Why? Because, like what other says many of graduated are unemployed bec of lack of knowledge.. or maybe they dont know how to say in interviewm some like that.. Unprepared… Mashado pa bata para maggraduate nang maaga.. ung sinabi …
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According to DepEd Memorandum No. 495, s. 2010, issued on December 8, 2010, the Department of Education (DepEd) shall conduct Phases III and IV of the National Training of Trainers (TOT) on the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) Program at the Elementary Level on the following dates and venues: Dates and Venues Phases/Topics Participants Jan. …
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Tara Quizmundo (tarraquismundo@gmail.com) of the Inquirer brought the following DepEd press release to our attention in an October 25, 2010 email to MLE-Philippines@yahoogroups.com. To be fair, the arrangement was negotiated in the last year of the previous administration as an aftermath when one previous administration high official took a trip (more appropriately called a junket) …
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KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN, GMANews.TV Article posted October 06, 2010 – 08:07 PM “More schools, not more years in school.” This was how Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto explained on Wednesday why he opposed the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to amend the law on the country’s basic education …
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[The Kabataan (Youth) Partylist, led by Congressman Raymond Palatino, released the following 5 reasons to oppose DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro's backing of President Aquino's plan to increase the 10-year basic education cycle to 12. The proposal is also endorsed by former DepEd Secretary Juan Miguel Luz. -- JP] The move to add one year in elementary …
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Following is the reprint of an article dated Aug. 9, 2010 by Pia Faustino, GMANews.TV: High school graduates can be productively employed even without a college degree once two years are added to basic education, Education Secretary Armin Luistro said today. The education chief recently announced his plan to implement President Noynoy Aquino’s agenda of …
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Multilingual Education for All in Asia and the Pacific: Policies, Practices and Processes. 4th International Conference on Language and Education. Nov. 6-8, 2013, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Correspondence related to the conference may be addressed to: Ms. Panyaphat Piam-o-pad, International Conference Secretariat Coordinator (mleconf2013@gmail.com) or Ms. Kyungah Kristy Bang, MLE Secretariat Coordinator (k.bang@unesco.org).
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