To help schools prepare for a safe reopening this coming school year, Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking more flexibility on the use of the Special Education Fund (SEF) allotted to local school boards. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on basic education, arts and culture, said giving local school boards more leeway on the use […]
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Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a measure authorizing the Secretary of Education to postpone the start of the school year in case of a declaration of a state of emergency, state of calamity or similar occurrence. Villanueva said Senate Bill No. 1452 seeks to amend RA 7977 to allow the Secretary of Education, in case […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be checking if cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are being sold or promotes within the 100 meters of public and private schools. Smokers will also receive verbal warnings if they were found to be smoking within 100 meters from schools, the MMDA added. The initiative, which […]