Education

Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has exposed irregularities in the government-funded education service contracting (ESC) program under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE). In Resolution No. 2252 filed last March 17, Rodriguez said the ESC program was established...

“We need to remember to keep the learner at the very center of everything that we are trying to do”, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez said yesterday during the meeting of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) Standing Committee on Early Childhood Care and Development & Basic Education. Rep....

A bill to introduce a “ladderized approach” in the Kinder to Grade 12 (K-12) curriculum has passed a committee vote at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved House Bill 238, which aims to improve the K-12 education and teacher proficiency by amending...