by anyajulia | Sep 3, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Library Hubs established in different schools divisions in the country have helped improve students’ reading proficiency, evaluation results showed. This was the information disclosed by Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus.
Library Hubs are also known as ‘warehouse’ or wholesale library which mainly serves public elementary students. The hub provides supplementary reading materials in plastic bins that are sorted by subject area or theme.
The Library Hubs help in solving the inadequacy of supplementary reading materials in public schools.
Along with this was the distribution of Supplementary Reading Materials in all the Hubs which teachers use as reference materials for different subject areas.
The Hubs also improve the knowledge of the teachers on reading strategies using Library Hub books.
Another value-added of the library hub is that teachers are able to learn bar coding and cataloguing by attending seminar-workshops conducted by trainors from the National Library, University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Sep 3, 2009 | Headlines, National News
In the recently held Science Council of Asia (SCA) Conference, at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, a Filipino medical doctor was voted as its next president.
Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, president of the National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) and concurrent executive director of the Philippine Council for Health R&D (DOST-PCHRD) was elected for the 2009-2010 term.
The 10th SCA Conference focused its discussion around the theme, “Meeting the Health Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region: Responding through an Integrated and Multidisciplinary Approach in Science and Technology.”
The Science Council of Asia was founded in 2000. It is an international scientific organization in the Asia Pacific Region that brings together scientists and scientific organizations from all academic fields.
Eleven countries compose SCA: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, India, Japan, China, Singapore, the Philippines and Mongolia. (DOST/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Sep 3, 2009 | Headlines, National News
For the coming 2010, the 45th Conference of the South East Asia Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council and the 5th meeting of the ASEAN Education Ministers will be hosted by Philippines. The aforementioned events will be on January 26-30 at Mactan Shangrila, Cebu City.
This information was disclosed by Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, the incoming president of both SEAMEO Council and ASEAN Education Ministers.
The annual SEAMEO Council Conference is the largest gathering of education leaders in the Asia-Pacific region. It is attended by the ministers of education and senior officials of member countries, representatives of associate member countries, affiliate members, SEAMEO Center directors, secretariat, and officials and observers from donor governments and international organizations.
SEAMEO is a chartered international organization whose purpose is to promote cooperation in education, science and culture in the Southeast Asian region.
The SEAMEO Council Conference (SEAMEC) coincides with the annual meeting of the Council of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization consisting of education ministers of the 11 SEAMEO Member Countries, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Sep 3, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launches the Search for 2009 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA).
The aforementioned search aims to give recognition to the outstanding achievements of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) together with their families and likewise, in order to promote best practices in managing family challenges.
The nomination and selection criteria of the Model OFW Family of the Year Award are as follows: for the nomination criteria, one should be the head of the family or main provider of the family; supports the education of a child / family member/s; known as a solid and stable family in the community; and financial stability.
Under the selection criteria: wholesome OFW family, 50%; civic/community involvement of OFW, 20%; success in children’s or family member/s education, 20%; and lastly, success in managing family finances, 10%. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Sep 3, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Through the National Education Testing Center, the Department of Education today holds an awarding ceremony dubbed as “Moving Towards Excellence thru the National Achievement Test (NAT).”
All DepEd Regional Directors, division Superintendent and Principals of recipient schools have been invited to attend the said activity. However, the respective awardees will only be known during the Awarding, DepEd Secretary Jesli A. Lapus said.
Secretary Lapus will lead in the awarding ceremonies of the NAT 2009 Top Achievers.
The nationwide 2009 National Achievement Test (NAT) given in March 2009 was taken by 1.76 million pupils in some 33,582 schools. It is an annual examination used to determine public school students’ achievement level, strengths and weaknesses in key subject areas.
The National Achievement Test (NAT) is an examination given annually in March to assess the competency of both public and private school students. (PIA)
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