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“The web of corruption in the educational system such as the hundreds of thousands of ghost students causes widespread and extreme poverty in Mindanao. We have uncovered that this has been happening for many decades especially in rebel and terrorist-infested areas,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said in relation to the hearing on the Budgets […]
More Philippine universities should aim to be included in the world university rankings after a recent world ranking showed that the University of the Philippines was the lone learning institution in the country to make it on the annual list, Senator Chiz Escudero said. The state-run UP climbed to the 601-800 range from the […]
Senator Bam Aquino stressed the need to engage and consult stakeholders before the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act is finalized. “There are still a lot of details to iron out before the Commission on Higher Education’s IRR is finalized. Umiikot kami […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act which provides free tuition and other school fees for students of state universities and colleges (SUCs). Pimentel, a former bar topnotcher and a former law professor, considers the passage of the law as a pivotal […]
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto thanked President Rodrigo Duterte, “the country’s teacher-in-chief,” for signing into law the free college tuition bill. “By signing the law, he is in effect lecturing the nation that we should not just build, build, build for the sake of our future, but also teach, teach, teach our youth, ” […]
A party list congressman representing the education sector made an urgent appeal to police authorities and government officials to secure schools nationwide, given the heightened security situation in Manila and other parts of the country which coincides with the nationwide opening of classes this June. 1-Ang Edukasyon Rep. Salvador “Bong” Belaro, Jr. emphasized the […]