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PERKS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR AID TO EDUCATION URGED

Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill to incentivize private sector assistance to develop, modernize, and upgrade the country’s public education system. The Adopt-a-School Act of 2024, (Senate Bill No. 2731) amends the Adopt-a-School Act of 1998 (Republic Act No. 8525) to strengthen linkages between educational institutions and the country’s industries, particularly in the employment […]

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FREE TABLETS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS URGED

Acknowledging that “digital learning is here to stay” even after the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and face-to-face classes resume, an education party-list backed a bill in Congress pushing to provide tablets to all students of public schools and state universities and colleges. “Digital learning is part of the new normal, and it is […]

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INCREASE MINIMUM PAY OF TEACHERS – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara said government should set a higher minimum pay for teachers if it wants to recruit and retain highly effective educators who will prepare Filipino students for the challenges of the future. “If we value education and we intend to create a more educated generation of Filipinos, then we need to pay teachers […]