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DepEd, DBM raise special hardship allowance for teaching personnel enablePagination: false endIndex: The government has set the special hardship allowance of eligible teachers and school heads at a fixed 25% of the monthly basic salary from the previous 15-25%. (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 24) -- The government has increased the special hardship allowance (SHA) of eligible education personnel exposed to hazards and difficulties because of the nature or location of their wor...

Vivant donates tools to Cordova school

The writer* is Co-Founder, ENGAGE, Inclusive Change Through Volunteering In Beijing, China, 11th grader Xiaoyu studies at home while her mother also works remotely. Credit: UNICEF/UNI304636/Ma KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 5 2021 (IPS) - Children all over the world are having tough times while coping with the consequences of the pandemic but the circumstances affecting them in the Philippines are even more daunting. The learning crisis that has been affecting millions of vulnerable children deprived...

The writer* is Co-Founder, ENGAGE, Inclusive Change Through Volunteering In Beijing, China, 11th grader Xiaoyu studies at home while her mother also works remotely. Credit: UNICEF/UNI304636/Ma KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 5 2021 (IPS) - Children all over the world are having tough times while coping with the consequences of the pandemic but the circumstances affecting them in the Philippines are even more daunting. The learning crisis that has been affecting millions of vulnerable children deprived...

Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said he spoke to Locsin who mentioned his apology to Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian. President Duterte earlier frowned on rude behavior towards China despite the country’s lingering dispute in the West Philippine Sea, citing Beijing as a benefactor of the nation. “Kami ay nagkausap ni Secretary Locsin at ipinaalam niya sa akin na personal siy...

Published May 5, 2021, 12:10 AM Jean Henri Lhuillier, president and CEO of Cebuana Lhuillier True to his commitment of providing better education opportunities for people, Jean Henri Lhuillier, the president and CEO of micro-financial services giant, Cebuana Lhuillier has enlisted the help of IVY Teams also dubbed as The Social University in providing Cebuana Lhuillier’s more than 8,000 strong workforce access to learning tailor-fit for professional development. IVY Teams is a social universi...

Crisis-resilient education strategy enables Smart’s donation of portable digital classrooms Supported by Smart and PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), CVIF-DLP has been proven to improve the academic performance of students, especially in Science, Innovative Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It was first established in 2002 at the CVIF in Jagna, Bohol by world-renowned Theoretical Physicists and Ramon Magsaysay awardees for education, Dr. Christopher Bernido, and Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Ber...

(Photo from Pixabay) In public schools, School Year (SY) 2020-2021 started on Oct. 5, after it was postponed twice due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Without face-to-face classes, students and teachers learn and teach using multiple learning delivery modalities. The use of alternative modalities of learning delivery is not an entirely a new concept in the Philippines. It has been used by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) program, a pa...

Published April 30, 2021, 12:47 PM COTABATO CITY – Former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members stand to benefit from P146.8-million worth of educational projects to be implemented by the government. Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (BPI-BARMM / MANILA BULLETIN) Mohagher Iqbal, minister of education in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said Friday the region’s leaders...

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Girls Education Center in Leyte (UNESCO / KOICA / MANILA BULLETIN)  The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with the Korea International Cooperation Office (KOICA) and the Department of Education (DepEd), held the groundbreaking ceremony on April 14 to signal the start of the construction of the Girls Education Center (GEC).  “The Government of the Republic of Korea, through its development cooperation agency...