NCAE for 3rd year HS students starting SY2011-2012

Calling all third year students from public and private schools. Start reviewing for the National Career Assessment Examination. Your exam will be on September 28, 2011.

You read it right! NCAE now is for the third year high school students. Based on DepEd Memo No. 153 series of 2011, all third year students will take the exam to give them sufficient time for career guidance on what course to take in college. The exam is also mandatory for some fourth year high school students who plan to apply for any scholarship grants in the Commission of Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Agency (TESDA).

Be posted!

DepEd to mainstream the Rule of Law in schools

After a series of teacher trainings and field testing have been conducted nationwide, the Public Education on the Rule of Law Advancement and Support (PERLAS) Teaching Exemplars on the Rule of Law were formally turned over to the Department of Education for integration into the basic education curriculum.

PERLAS II aims to educate and inform the public, especially the students in public elementary and high schools, on the functioning of a society that is anchored on the justice system. It is a work in progress among DepEd, Supreme Court, Libertás (Lawyers’ League for Liberty), and funding institutions such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through The Asia Foundation (TAF), and the World Bank.

DepEd, TESDA continue to improve tech-voc high schools

After the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has closed some schools as part of its intensified efforts to crackdown technicalvocational (tech-voc) schools that failed to produce skilled graduates, it continues to assist the Department of Education in providing relevant education to tech-voc high schools under DepEd’s care.

Amidst confusion that DepEd tech-voc schools are part of TESDA schools, DepEd explains that it has its own tech-voc curriculum under the Strengthened Technical-Vocational Education Program (STVEP) intended for high school students. But DepEd clarifies that this curriculum was developed with the assistance of TESDA.

Bye, RP. Hello, PH!

From GMANews.tv.

The Philippines has long been known by the initials "RP" for "Republic of the Philippines."

However, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) says from now on, it will be using the initials "PH" or "PHL" when referring to the Philippines. The DFA says the move complies with the country codes set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The DFA said the use of the designated country codes PH or PHL would “avoid the ambiguity and confusion with the use of the initials RP."