The 105-day ‘expanded maternity leave’ bill is on its final step closer to become a law as the legislative branch has already sent it to the Malacañang Palace for President Rodrigo Duterte to sign it into law. Should the president sign it soon, the bill would quickly pass into law; …
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World Bank Expert: You Want Good Quality Teachers? Give Them Better Pay!
World Bank education specialist Javier Luque believes that teachers should have better salaries and must receive bonuses at par with those offered in other professions, especially considering that they require the same level of training and dedication. Photo credit: Twitter / @sofiatomacruz He believes that one of the ways that …
Read More »Dedicated Teacher Spends a Month Creating Portraits as Gift for Her Students
Teachers actually have a huge impact in the lives of their students. In fact, a lot of parents might tell you that young kids often refuse to listen to or accept their corrections because their teachers taught them a different thing. A lot of teachers also become second parents to …
Read More »Singapore Sets Aside School Exam Rankings, Says Learning is NOT a Competition
Just like most countries, Singapore uses the traditional class ranking system for all learners after providing exams and grading the students. But the Asian country now aims to change that by scrapping the system to promote better learning! The Singaporean government mandated that Primary 1 and 2 students will no …
Read More »Day Care Kid Wows Netizens with Impressive Delivery of “Karapatan ng Bawat Bata”
An adorable kid has gone viral for his impressive delivery of the “Karapatan ng Bawat Bata” talumpati (speech). What makes it even more amazing is that this boy is still in Day Care! Netizen Dee Nash shared a video of this kid as he recited the speech like he owned …
Read More »6-Year-Old Kid Uses Bike Pump as Makeshift Nebulizer for Sick Dad
In the Philippines, a good number of people live below the poverty line. Many of them don’t have access to medicines and healthcare. In fact, many can’t even eat three full meals a day!’ Makeshift Nebulizer Suffering from emphysema, Tatay Eduardo Cadiente needs to use a nebulizer but because the …
Read More »2017 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) Update as of January 21, 2019
There has been a growing clamor everywhere on when the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 will be released. And to put an end to all the hearsay and speculations, the Department of Education (DepEd) has quickly provided an update regarding the release of the 2017 PBB. Below …
Read More »Sidewalk Vendor Tutors Elementary Kids for Free, Provides Them Supplies Plus Rewards
He might just be a sidewalk vendor, not a teacher, but 66-year-old Tatay Guillermo De Guzman has earned praise on social media for tutoring kids from an elementary school near his stall along EDSA in Quezon City. Tatay Guillermo’s inspiring story was first shared by netizen John Felipe Faigmani who …
Read More »Many Students at High School in QC Can’t Read, How Did They Pass Elementary?
Teachers at a high school in Quezon City are having problems about a good number of students who don’t know how to read, can’t even recognize basic alphabets and numbers, and don’t have any idea about basic colors and shapes! How did these kids even pass elementary? Sauyo High School …
Read More »Garbage Collector’s Daughter Inspires Netizens after Graduating from College
Garbage collectors have a literally dirty job as they collect other people’s trash and keep the cities clean. But it is also a sad reality that many of them are not paid well and remain poor. A lot find it difficult to send their children to school – and the …
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