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The Second Congressional Commission on Education's (EDCOM 2) is currently conducting a benchmarking visit to the United States of America (US) from April 15-19, 2024. EDCOM 2 Co-Chairpersons Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Rep. Mark Go, and Rep. Roman Romulo, are joined by Commissioners Rep. Pablo John Garcia, Rep. Kiko Benitez, and Senator Sonny Angara.
MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-nine percent of Filipinos are in favor of reviving the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program in schools, according to a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri in December last year.
MANILA, Philippines — A shortage of pertussis or whooping cough vaccines is expected next month and an order for additional doses will be placed, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
MANILA, Philippines — Tinatayang P360 milyon ang nalugi sa gobyerno dahil sa mahigit 19,000 undocumented o ghost students na nakatanggap ng voucher mula sa Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (E-GASTPE) program ng Department of Education (DepEd).
MANILA, Philippines — Reforms in the subsidy program for senior high school (SHS) students must be implemented to prevent wastage or leakage of public funds, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education's senior high school voucher program had mostly benefited non-poor students and largely failed to decongest public schools even as it forked over large sums of money for private schools to absorb students, new data shared during a Senate hearing showed.
MANILA, Philippines — Aside from around 19,000 “ghosts” or undocumented students receiving government assistance, more than P7 billion was spent on non-poor beneficiaries of the senior high school voucher program (SHS-VP), according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
MANILA, Philippines — Senators expressed alarm yesterday over a possible crime ring in local civil registrars that has allowed foreign citizens to fraudulently apply for live birth certificates.