The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today called for the scrapping of a government plan to subject teachers and students to random drug testing.
The Department of Education and the Commission on Education have announced that they will implement the drug testing program in highs schools and universities and colleges nationwide in response to Pres. Gloria Arroyo’s renewed campaign against illegal drugs.
“This …

The Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) Education Cluster stressed that the failure to address the key education concerns in the national budget reflects the wrong priorities of the government and the weakness of its stimulus package.
“The Congress approved budget for basic education which incorporates the so-called stimulus package does not appear to be stimulating for the half a million school teachers …

By Annie Rose A. Laborte

A record 6,533 law graduates are set to take the 2008 Bar examinations to be held on all four Sundays of this month (September 7, 14, 21, and 28) at the De La Salle University (DLSU) in Taft Avenue, Manila. The 2008 Committee on Bar Examinations is chaired by Justice Dante O. Tinga.
Deputy Clerk of Court …

Figures from the Department of Education (DepEd) show that participation rate at the elementary level, or the percentage of children aged 7-12 who are enrolled in public and private elementary schools, has fallen from 96.95% in SY 1999-2000 to 83.22% in SY 2006-2007.

Children across the Philippines are being denied the right to an education which is contrary to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which states that “everyone has the right to education.”

While Filipino families are still coping from escalating prices of basic commodities like rice, bread and meat products and the never-ending rise of oil prices, they are once again faced by enrollment woes this month: tuition fee hikes.
The Department of Education has already announced that the tuition fee increase in private elementary and high schools this school year may …

Statement of the President, 26 May 2008
The non-stop increase in oil prices and the unprecedented food price shock now roiling the world are adversely affecting household incomes and forcing families to cut back on spending, if not do away altogether with certain necessities.
At an average of P450 per unit, parents are spending about P10,000 for their children with 21-unit loads …

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Australian government recently launched its 2009 Australian
Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships Program which will open to 150 students from across the
Asia-Pacific region including the Philippines.
“An ALA Scholarship is a significant opportunity for high achievers in the Philippines to
extend their education, strengthen their leadership skills, build networks and develop
strategies to address the development challenges we share,” Ambassador Rod …

By Warina Sushil A. Jukuy

Some very young Muslim women approached me three weeks ago. They expressed their anxiety over the fact that academic policies have compelled them to take off their hijab, specifically the head veil or khimar. School authorities ordered them as nursing students to take off their head veils while they are on hospital duty in the …