SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 April) – For many Filipino college students today, going to school has become an extraordinary challenge, especially for those who are not privileged when it comes to financial stability. A few days ago, some of
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) — As I reflect on contemporary times, it becomes clear that Muslim leaders in the Philippines—both religious and political—are grappling with unique challenges that require them to navigate a complex landscape. The Muslim community,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 08 October) — When 22-year-old Ronilyn Salilan first stepped onto the sprawling campus of Mindanao State University (MSU) here, she felt as though she had entered another world. As a young woman from the Tagakaulo
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 02 May) – Eight of the 10 provinces in the Philippines with the highest rates of functional illiteracy are in Mindanao, according to the initial results of the Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 April) — The Department of Education in Davao Region (DepEd-Davao) is considering the possibility of implementing shifting class schedules for School Year 2025–2026 if the student population becomes too large for existing classrooms to accommodate.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 October) – A college professor from a private school in Toril District was the first to file a certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office here for the May 12, 2025
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 19 January) – The K-12 curriculum was adopted, supposedly to improve the quality of education in the country, mimicking the system in some countries in Europe and that of our ASEAN neighbors. Unfortunately, only the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 01 September) – A total of 433 or 63 percent of the 683 personnel under the Office of the Vice President (OVP) last year were part of the security and protection group, the Commission on Audit
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 August) – The recently launched “MATATAG Curriculum” of the Department of Education (DepEd) intends to address the lapses of the K-12 Program, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said Friday. Speaking at the opening
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 June)—We are done with graduations and enrolment is going on across the country. I was watching an interview on YouTube conducted by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad. FMT reporter
COTABATO City (MindaNews / 28 February)— Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte has ordered school officials in Pikit, North Cotabato to implement remote studying after a dramatic drop in class attendance marred some schools due to the spate
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 January) – Bangladesh envoy to the Philippines F.M. Borhan Uddin has vowed to strengthen partnership with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) not only in education but also in governance and other sectors.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 18 November) – The newly hired teachers, principals and even nurses in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were chosen under the principle of good governance and passed the qualifications and requirements, Mohagher Iqbal,
There is no record of Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte making a remark about honor students and their would-be performance in the face-to-face classes as the school year 2022-2023 kicked off on Monday, 22 August. The
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 8 June) — I thought she first articulated her desire to be the next Secretary of National Defense probably to make sure her plan to oblige young citizens of this country to undergo military service
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 October) — Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reared its ugly head last year and prevented students from attending face-to-face classes, children running around open fields, climbing up and down tall trees, and singing
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 16 August – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Region 12 is targeting to enlist nearly 1.2 million learners before the opening of formal classes on Sept. 13. Anton Maganto, DepEd-Region 12 spokesperson, said the
(Author’s note: “With our schools cancelled due to Covid-19, homeschooling has become a trend and a solution so that our students’ education may go on. As one of the pioneers of homeschooling in Dipolog, I wish to share our homeschooling
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 March) – We wake up, and it is another day. It is another day, and it is another chance to live. Another chance to live, and that means another chance to improve. I have always
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – One of the parents of 19 Lumad students who were “rescued” during a police operation from a “bawkit” school at the University of San Carlos (USC) in Balamban, Cebu City last Feb. 15
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 Feb) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has allocated nearly P112 million this year for the implementation of its education support programs, among them the flagship free education program from pre-school to tertiary
by Davy Jones L. Tabamo “Change is the only constant thing in the world.” MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 21 August) – We have probably heard of this quote a thousand times before. But despite being used to change, no one,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 5 Aug) – Higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Davao City will be permitted to conduct face-to-face examinations starting September 1, 2020, as the city government tries to bring some semblance of normalcy despite the coronavirus disease
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 09 July) – If there is work from home (WFH), very soon there would be education from home (EFH), too. The coronavirus pandemic may yet change the landscape of education in this country and threaten
(Privilege speech delivered by MP Mohagher Iqbal, Minister of Basic, Higher and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the session of the interim Bangsamoro Parliament on 23 June 2020 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Complex, Bangsamoro
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 29 May) — Like all other sectors, the educational sector in the Philippines has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as it is one of the largest sectors that provide education, training, and employment for
MATALAM, North Cotabato (26 May) — From all indications, the government is contemplating on postponing the opening of classes until a vaccine for COVID 19 is available. With this, some parents and children are already imagining delays for a year
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (MindaNews/ 9 December)–The Philippines scored the lowest in reading comprehension among 79 participating countries in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), says a report released recently. The information prompted an engaging conversation among academics and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 October) – Two of 12 Filipinos who will be honored as The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) are Moro, both of them Meranaws from Lanao del Sur, both of them peace advocates. Samira
(Bai Rohaniza Sumndad –Usman delivered this speech during the press conference on the 2019 TOWNS awardees at Dusit, Makati on October 10, 2019. Bai Rohaniza is one of 12 awardees, and one of two Meranaws to be honored on October
DAVAO CITY – The government will set aside P500 million for the construction of new schools in far-flung areas to bring educational services closer to Lumad children, according to Allan Capuyan, executive director of the National Task Force to End
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – The head minister of Basic, Higher and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BARMM) in Muslim Mindanao has ordered the revocation of designation orders issued by the administrations of the dissolved Autonomous Region in
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/8 April) – This year is our 4-year old son’s first awareness about election. Initially, he saw volunteers posting campaign posters, he got curious and asked his mom, “Mama, who are these utud uw (Sinug word, literally, chopped
TAGUM CITY (MindaNews / 03 December) — An official of the Department of Education in Davao del Norte here said no closure order has been issued against the Salugpongan community schools managed by the non-governmental Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 October) — In our society, some people fondly address a person who is teaching or used to teach in college/university as professor or “prof”. Others, wittingly or unwittingly, identified themselves through their identification card, business
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – Over a hundred indigenous peoples (Lumads) and militant activists occupied a portion of the national highway here hours before President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address on Monday to decry the closure of
[Speech delivered by Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig at the Baccalaureate and Investiture Ceremonies, 69th Commencement Exercises of the Notre Dame University in Cotabato City on 24 March 2018. This year’s theme is ”Transcending Cultural, Educational and Ethical Boundaries Through F.I.R.E.S.’ (Faith,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Sept) – The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) said it is planning to pool support from the Catholic institutions in the country to help improve the teaching standards of schools in the five-province,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 August) — Around 6,000 Senior High School (SHS) students here have received free career guidance and other related education services as part of the three-day Gensan Edukasyon Fair 2017. The fair, which opened at the KCC
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 13 June) — Where have all the school children of Marawi gone? Gone to evacuation centers and relatives’ houses in Mindanao, Visayas and Luzon, as families in 95 of 96 barangays fled the besieged city since
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 June) — Around 1.2 million learners or students in Region 12 are expected to troop to various public schools on Monday, June 5, for the opening of classes. Dr. Arturo Bayocot, Department of Education (DepEd) Region 12 director,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – An extension campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) will rise within the 88-hectare Agriya, a mixed-use property development project owned by the Floirendo-led Damo sa Land Inc.[] in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Ricardo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 March) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Friday announced that her government is giving the Philippines some A$40 million for the peace efforts in Mindanao and another A$90 million for education development in the Autonomous Region
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews /10 Feb) – The other day, I attended a convocation program of a high school student. It was the third in the series for this school year. As usual, it was a gathering of students, parents and
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/08 January) — An external intervention aimed to improve a state of affair, particularly one coming from the government, should be evaluated even at planning stage on how it would impact on the target population and society
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 December) – Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said there will be no let up in the military operations in Butig, Lanao del Sur against an ISIS-inspired terrorist group in
