The state of the nursing profession in the country is in need of government assistance to prevent the deterioration of the quality of education and to handle the surplus of nurses that are jobless.
“The nursing profession has provided our country with a major source of income from the numerous nurses that have sought employment abroad. But now there are major …

According to ACT, for the incoming school year 2010-2011, there will be a shortage of 54,060 teachers, 4,538 principals, and 6,473 head teachers; 61,343 classrooms, 816,291 seats, and 113,051 water and sanitation facilities.

MANILA — High school students, led by youth group Anakbayan, trooped to the national office of the Department of Education (DepEd) this morning to demand a stop to the mandatory collection of fees in some public high schools.
According to initial reports from Anakbayan high school chapters, Culiat and Quirino High Schools (both in Quezon City) collect the PTA (parent-teacher association) …

LABOR   Before the recent economic downturn, the government targeted jobs in the BPO to swell to 940,000 by 2010. As of end-2007, the BPO sector reported only a total of 320,000 employees in some 500 BPO firms.

ARTS & CULTURE   By Ayi Muallam  |  President Arroyo signed into law on Thursday Republic Act 9521 or the National Book Development Trust Fund Act, which aims to provide Filipino authors reasonable amounts of money to help them complete their manuscripts for publication.

LABOR   The Alliance of Concerned Teachers said Malacañang had imposed a wage freeze on civilian personnel from 2001 to 2007 but during the same period it substantially upgraded the salaries and benefits of military and police personnel.

Insisting on his proposal for a three-year moratorium on tuition and other school fees, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño today said the approval of his bill could form part of the government’s response to the global economic crisis.
“I would be very happy if the Arroyo administration includes House Bill No. 2440 titled “An Act Imposing a Three Year Moratorium …

Bayan Muna Representative Teodoro Casiño called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to immediately provide guidelines to stop any tuition increase for school year 2009-2010 at the meeting jointly conducted by the House Committees on Higher and Technical Education and Basic Education and Culture yesterday, February 11.
“Education is a fundamental right that more and more Filipino youth cannot enjoy …

By Antonio Calipjo Go
E-mail: sickbooks_togo@yahoo.com
The following items are among the more than five hundred (500) items of a similar nature that may be found in the just-released public school textbook (copyright 2008) in Reading for Grade 6 titled “English For You and Me,” written by Elodie A. Cada, published by Book Wise Publishing House, Inc., and printed in Bangkok, …