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MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers welcomed the suspension of the government’s Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System, noting how they have long been decrying the performance system as an additional burden that “does little to improve education quality.”
MANILA, Philippines — Five Philippine universities, led by the University of the Philippines, landed in this year’s world university rankings released by education information provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
MANILA, Philippines — Mayor Alice Guo and two other officials of Bamban, Tarlac have been placed under preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman as authorities investigate their culpability over the illegal activities of a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub in the municipality.
MANILA, Philippines — As President Marcos signs into law today the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, which doubles public school educators’ teaching supplies allowance, teachers’ groups yesterday called on the government to take more decisive steps to improve teachers’ working conditions.
MANILA, Philippines — Creating 5,000 non-teaching positions in the Department of Education (DepEd) is insufficient to address the shortage of administrative officers in public schools, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — To prevent prolonged on-site class disruptions during the rainy season, the Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday said it has asked local government units to refrain from using public schools as evacuation centers during typhoons and other calamities.
MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) yesterday scored the government’s fixation on international education rankings instead of focusing on what it could do to ensure that higher education institutions help industrialize the country.
MANILA, Philippines — A new university under the University of the Philippines system is currently in the works, UP president Angelo Jimenez disclosed yesterday.