Students in face masks returned to class Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, as the city opened schools and kindergartens for the first time in seven months.
Daming time! DepEd expects more students to enroll due to deferred class opening
The decision of the government to reset the school opening from Aug. 24 to Oct. 5 has allowed more learners to enroll for academic year 2020-2021.
‘Learning pods’: the magic words as kids return to school in US
As parents across the United States come to terms with remote learning this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, many who can afford it are opting for so-called “learning pods” to help their kids — and themselves — get through the school year.
El Salvadoran sisters attending online classes up a tree
Two sisters in western El Salvador are taking their love of learning to great heights: every day they climb a mountain, then scramble up an olive tree to get a signal to access their online college lessons.
European schools reopen with smaller classes, shorter lessons
European nations are pushing ahead with reopening primary schools despite a rise in coronavirus cases, with smaller classes, shorter lessons and mask-wearing among the steps adopted to curb infections.
CHED: 731 higher education institutions set to open for SY 2020-2021
MANILA – At least 731 higher education institutions (HEIs) are opening their academic year 2020 to 2021 through flexible learning this August amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero de Vera III said on Thursday.
‘Di na kayang magbayad: 440 private schools shut down over lack of enrollees
A total of 440 private schools will be closing down for the school year 2020-2021 over lack of enrollees, according to data from the Department of Education (DepEd).
‘Di pwedeng babad! DOH: 8-hour online classes may not be good for students
MANILA – Holding online classes up to eight hours may not be good for the health of young learners, a health official said Monday.
Campus: DepEd records 23M enrollees for SY 2020-2021
Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones reported Monday that 85.07 percent of target learners have enrolled for the incoming school year which opens on October 5.
Online schooling made easy: Globe gives subscribers free access to TESDA courses
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Isidro Lapeña has thanked telecommunications giant Globe for heeding the agency’s request to provide its subscribers with free access to the agency’s online courses.
Socially distance or bust: University students launch unpredictable semester
In a back-to-school season upended by a global pandemic, second-year college student Seth Mabry is ready to make a boatload of sacrifices to avoid another campus closure.
Baka ‘di estudyante sumagot! CHED wary of online college entrance tests
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) admitted Monday (August 17) that it considers holding online college entrance tests “problematic.”
Hong Kong leader returns Cambridge fellowship over rights row
Hong Kong’s leader says she has “returned” her honorary fellowship to a Cambridge college after a row over whether the finance hub’s academic freedoms are being suppressed as authorities crack down on pro-democracy opponents.
Philippines delays start of school year as virus surges
The Philippines delayed Friday the start of the school year by another six weeks to October as the country battles surging coronavirus infections and prepares to turn classrooms into quarantine facilities.
Ongoing virtual classes in private schools to resume: Palace
Virtual classes of private schools which have already started prior to the postponement of school opening will have to continue, Malacañang said on Friday.
UN says 43% of schools lack basic handwashing
Some 43 percent of schools worldwide entered the COVID-19 pandemic lacking basic soap-and-water hand-washing facilities, the UN said Thursday, deeming it a key condition for schools to reopen safely.
Magkakatalo sa grado! UST nixes entrance test for admission in SY 2021-2022
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) will not be administering an entrance test (USTET) to graduating high school students for school year 2021-2022 due to the threat of COVID-19.
‘Di naman makikita sa screen! DepEd clarifies: No need for students to wear uniforms for e-learning
Learners need not wear school uniforms in any distance learning approach they would participate in for School Year 2020-2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday.
Televangelist head of US Christian college steps aside in flap over unzipped pants in photo
Jerry Falwell Jr. has taken an indefinite leave of absence as president of a prominent US evangelical university amid a furor over an Instagram picture of him and a young woman, both with pants partly unzipped.
Abby Binay kicks offs massive recruitment of teachers, aides for mobile learning hubs
The Makati City government is recruiting teachers, teacher assistants or aides, and tutors to work with its innovative educational platform that seeks to ensure continuous learning of students amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) health crisis.
22.4M learners enrolled in coronavirus school year: DepEd
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday reported that 22,437,559 learners have enrolled in public and private schools nationwide for the academic year 2020-2021.
Pwera na lang kung Pinoy guinea pig ng China! Randy David calls Duterte’s December 2020 timeline for COVID-19 vaccine ‘unrealistic’
University of the Philippines sociology professor Randy David believes President Rodrigo Duterte is asking for the moon when he declared that life in the Philippines will be back to normal by December this year due to the supposed arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Risk too high: Seminarians barred from returning – Bishop Gaa
The Diocese of Novaliches in Quezon City on Friday decided not to allow its 50 seminarians to go back due to the risks posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
US now says no new foreign students for all-online classes
The United States announced Friday it will not take in any new foreign students seeking online-only study, after rescinding a hotly contested order to expel those already here and preparing for that because of the pandemic.
