TEACHERS and non-teaching school personnel who will participate in the two-month pilot study on limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas are expected to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), officials said Monday, September 27, 2021. In Central Visayas, however, only around half of the public school teachers are fully vaccinated so far, although […]
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GBA Business School Under Edvantage Group Officially Founded, Further Expansion in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
HONG KONG, Sep 15, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Edvantage Group Holdings Limited (“Edvantage Group” or the “Group”, stock code: 0382.HK), the largest private higher education group in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (the “Greater Bay Area”), is pleased to announce that GBA Business School (the “School”) under the Group has been officially […]
Private schools press for amendment to take away BIR discretion on preferential tax rates
PRIVATE SCHOOLS said the Senate needs to approve within the month an amendment to the tax code which explicitly makes the industry qualified to enjoy preferential tax rates, in order to avoid any situation in which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) can declare them ineligible for tax relief. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2272, which […]
1.9M students ‘return’ to school
THE classes for school year 2021-2022 in public basic education schools in the Philippines officially start Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with nearly two million students in Central Visayas enrolled two days before the opening of classes. Some private schools in the region started ahead of Sept. 13. Department of Education (DepEd) […]
DepEd 7 needs 600,000 more enrollees to hit target for school year 2021-2022
MERELY 10 days before the school year 2021-2022 starts, enrollment for private and public basic education institutions in Central Visayas is only about 1.4 million. This is at least 600,000 short of the two million enrollment target of the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 for the incoming school year. DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez said […]
See Change Education Joins “Go Hong Kong Team” Campaign
HONG KONG, Jul 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – See Change Education, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia Allied Infrastructure Holdings Limited, took part in the “Go Hong Kong Team” Campaign, organised by the Hong Kong Olympic Fans Club and co-organised by Key Connect last weekend. On that day, See Change Education staged […]
Ediegul asks Congress to invest ‘billions’ in retooling teachers
CONGRESS should earmark “billions of pesos” in fresh funding to retool public school teachers in English, math and science in the years ahead, amid the deteriorating performance of Filipino students in global assessments, Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said on Sunday, July 11, 2021. “Right now, we are spending only P723 per head annually for the […]
Childlink set to mark 25th year of founding
AS CHILDLINK Learning Center and High School is set to commemorate its 25th anniversary next year, the school looks back on its achievements over the years. The school has been able to make a mark not only on its students but also on their families and the communities. “We were able to serve families as […]
DepEd 7 offices tasked to submit enhanced BELCP
WHILE waiting for the final approval from the President and other relevant agencies on the implementation of pilot limited face-to-face classes for basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 continues to prepare for limited face-to-face class resumption. DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez said he has required the 19 DepEd division offices in the region […]
Zonta Club Cebu 1 starts search for TOPHSG
THE Zonta Club of Cebu 1 has launched its search for “Ten Outstanding Public High School Graduates (TOPHSG),” in cooperation with the Department of Education Cebu City Division Office as part of its advocacy to elevate womens’ rights to education in the Covid-19 pandemic. The 10 selected high school graduates will each be awarded with […]
Special permit required if private schools start classes ahead of general opening
THE Department of Education (DepEd) 7 said private schools and non-DepEd schools in the region which intend to start their classes ahead of the general school opening for the school year (SY) 2021-2022 may already do so provided they have acquired a special permit from DepEd 7. “Actually, (it’s) dependent on the private schools as […]
Bakwit School 7 cleared of charges, released
AFTER almost three months in detention, two teachers, three adult Lumad students and two Lumad elders were set free on Friday, May 14, 2021. The Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutor issued a release order as it dismissed the complaints for kidnapping and serious illegal detention, human trafficking and child abuse for lack of evidence and […]
Paref Springdale adopts online learning system
WHILE the school faces challenges in transitioning to online learning, Paref Springdale was able to overcome these through technology and collaboration between the school and the parents. Maintaining its rigorous standards through the years, Paref Springdale supplements its curriculum with web-based lessons, virtual experiments, online activities and assessments. This strategy lets the students acquire the […]
Spoken word tilt Victors bared
THE University of San Carlos Department of Communications, Linguistics and Literature (DCLL) in cooperation with Societatis Lingua Artes (Solares), the student organization of the department, conducted the DCLL-School of Arts and Sciences Spoken Word Poetry Competition online via Zoom on Thursday, April 15, 2021. According to the event organizer, Dr. Cindy Velasquez, the activity was […]
Palmares-Moises: Culinary Heart
M: We got this email from Heart, a consistent honor student since kindergarten. She excelled in sciences and math. She said it is most likely that she will graduate as class valedictorian. She wants to take up Culinary Arts. But people are discouraging her. They’re telling her she is too bright to be “just” a […]
Kidnapping, other charges filed against 2 teachers, 5 Lumads
CHARGES of kidnapping, serious illegal detention and qualified trafficking in persons were filed online Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, against two Bakwit School teachers, three adult Lumad students and two Lumad elders. The charges were filed by the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) before the Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutors’ Office in Tagum City during […]
U.S. CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance for U.S. schools to reopen, recommending universal mask-wearing and physical distancing as key COVID-19 mitigation strategies to get children back in the classroom quickly. The guidelines, which also emphasize the need for facility-cleaning, personal hygiene and contact tracing, are intended to give […]
2 Cebu HEIs approve face-to-face classes in MGCQ areas
TWO higher education institutions (HEIs) in Cebu that offer medical and allied health programs welcome the announcement of the Palace confirming that medical schools in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status and similar HEIs in areas under GCQ with base hospitals that cater to Covid-19 patients can now gradually resume limited face-to-face classes. […]
SWU high school great Cyrus Bagiuo retires from PBA
Former Southwestern University-Phinma high school standout Cyrus Baguio has retired from the PBA, ending a colorful 17-year career that saw him win three titles and play for the Philippine national team. Baguio, who hails from Iligan City, started to make a name for himself here in Cebu when he played high school basketball for the […]