2012 National Literacy Award : DepEd (Philippines)

2012 National Literacy Award : DepEd (Philippines)

The Department of Education (DepEd) releases on Thursday, February 9, 2012 the DepEd Memo No. 24 s. 2012, re: 2012 NATIONAL LITERACY AWARD.
 

The Department of Education (DepEd)  through the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) will conduct  the 2012 National Literacy Award (NLA). The NLA has two (2) categories as follows:

a. Outstanding Literacy Program Award; and

b. Outstanding Local Government Unit (LGU) Award

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The award aims to recognize the best practices for implementing literacy programs and projects which help alleviate poverty, provide livelihood, address welfare needs, promote freedom and make education facilities possible.

To know the specific objectives of the Awards and how to have a copy of the 2012 NLA Time Table of Activities, Awards Categories and the Procedures on the Distribution of Nomination Forms, Criteria for Selection Process for the Outstanding Literacy Program and Outstanding Local Government Unit Awards, 2012 Guidelines for the NLA (Documentary Requirements) and Nomination Forms for the Outstanding LGU and Literacy Program Awards and  more details about the DepEd Memo No. 24 s. 2012, check out and download a copy below.

Deped Memo No. 24 s.2012 - 2012 NATIONAL LITERACY AWARD





 

Source: Department of Education

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TESDA bares programs to boost employability, entrepreneurship (Philippines)

TESDA bares programs to boost employability, entrepreneurship (Philippines)

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced that it is implementing seven new programs for 2012 to boost the employability, livelihood and entrepreneurial skills of Filipinos.

In a letter for President Benigno Aquino III dated January 30, TESDA Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva said these seven programs form part of TESDA’s new platform of governance dubbed REAL DEAL TESD that aims to “answer the what, where, when, who and how the agency will place itself to benefit the greater part of the community it serves.”

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REAL DEAL TESD (Reach the grassroots, Empower the reached. Assure quality training and Lifelong education Development. Enable, and Actively-engage Labor force members in job opportunities thru employability and livelihood skills) encompasses the agency’s desire to marshal the entire resources of TESDA towards a proactive response to the President’s call for “Landas na Matuwid” and do away with a government that is insensitive to the plight of the ordinary citizen.

To achieve this, TESDA will focus its resources on managing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Philippines with stewardship and inclusiveness as its twin underpinning principles.

Of the seven, five are training and retooling programs while the other two are partnerships with government and a private company for the certification of public utility drivers and empowering women retailers, respectively.

These programs include:

1. IT-BPO Talent Investment Program that will train 65,000 scholars to qualify for jobs in the business process outsourcing industry;
2. TESDA-SEIPI (Semi-conductor and Electronics Industry of the Philippines) Partnership for the Semi-Conductor Electronics Industry that will train more than 9,000 new and existing workers to keep them geared up for the demands of the semi-conductor and electronics industry;
3. Partnership with PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.) for the training of 1,300 technicians;
4. TESDA-Holcim Partnership to train some 2,200 out-of-school-youths in construction trades such as masonry, carpentry and blueprint reading certification;
5. Partnership with LTRFB (Land Transportation Regulation and Franchising Bureau) in PUV driver’s certification;
6. TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Programs that brings together stakeholders to serve the multifarious service requirements of households and small communities; and
7. Updates on TESDA-Coke National Convergence Program on Empowering Women Retailers.

Villanueva said these programs are also in line with the public-private partnership thrust of the Aquino government.

source: Cool Buster

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DepEd Suspension of Classes — 9 January 2012 :Feast of Black Nazarene (Philippines)

DepEd Suspension of Classes — 9 January 2012 :Feast of Black Nazarene (Philippines)

MANILA, Philippines – 

According to ABS-CBN's News Report, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced the suspension of Monday classes in select schools in Manila due to the Feast of the Black Nazarene.

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The DepEd said January 9 classes in Apolinario Mabini Elementary School, Geronimo Santiago Elementary School and Ramon Avanceña - all located along the route of the procession - will be suspended in anticipation of the large number of devotees who will attend the feast.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim also announced the suspension of classes in the City College of Manila (CCM) and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM).

Lim said it is the discretion of administration of private schools to suspend classes on the day of the feast.

source: ABS-CBN News

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DepEd Philippines Funds High Schools Offering : SPED (Philippines)

DepEd Philippines Funds High Schools Offering : SPED (Philippines)

 Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday announced that it will release funds to secondary schools that offer special education (SPED).

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Education secretary Armin Luistro said 153 high schools that serve students with “exceptionalities” will be granted subsidy.

Luistro explained that “exceptionalities” would mean “students who have difficulty learning because either they are visually or hearing-impaired, have autism or Down Syndrome, or other learning disabilities.”

Based on DepEd Order 98, schools serving differently-abled individuals would be receiving subsidies corresponding to the certain number of exceptionalities being catered to, as follows:

Exceptionality | Subsidy 

1 = P50,000 

2 = P100,000

3 = P150,000 

4 = P200,000 

5 or more = P250,000

The education department says 276 recognized SPED centers around the country continue to receive subsidies which enable them to deliver quality educational services to children with special learning needs.

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source: CoolBuster

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