The DepEd is fingers crossed that the agency will receive additional funding from the Bayanihan to Recover as One-Act. Bayanihan to Recover as One-Act ratified in the Senate The Bayanihan to Recover as One-Act or Bayanihan 2 is the second wave of government funding intended as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget is expected […]
The Department of Education is looking to hire tutors under the blended learning program, priority on the list will be displaced private school teachers during the pandemic. Displaced private school teachers Due to the pandemic, around 440 private schools in the PH were forced to close indefinitely, leaving hundreds or even thousands of teaching and […]
The quality of university education is set to decline as soon as universities reopen, according to academics. They warned that the university will see a ballooning number of new admissions into the universities, which will be short-staffed due to the layoffs that happened after the coronavirus hit the country. The president of the National Tertiary […]
The Kenyan High Court has halted a move by the government that would have seen the implementation of a community learning plan. The high court on Tuesday halted a plan by the Kenyan government that would have seen schools reopened in estates and villages, following months of school closures due to coronavirus. The community learning […]
Around 440 private schools in the PH have declared their intentions to suspend operations indefinitely due to lack of financial sustainability. Several private schools in the PH affected by the pandemic More than 400 private schools in the PH expressed their disappointment about having to suspend their operations for the upcoming school year as the […]
A rare isotope, iron-60 has been detected in multiple locations in the last few years suggesting to scientists that the earth may either be moving through a Local Interstellar Cloud or coming into contact with isotopes that were released after an ancient supernova. The research was published on Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences […]
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong confirmed the emergence of the first COVID-19 reinfection worldwide. First COVID-19 reinfection confirmed in HK After a month since Hong Kong experienced its highest count on daily COVID-19 positive cases, numbers have dwindled downed and just playing around below 20 to 30 cases daily. Still, despite being on […]
The Coronavirus pandemic has introduced a new normal in how the education system works on various countries. The Coronavirus pandemic The Coronavirus pandemic has impaled the education system worldwide. Many countries left their education at a standstill as the COVID cases in their area isn’t manageable enough to allow students to go back to school. […]
Boris Johnson, The UK Prime Minister, has come under fire in the last few weeks for his handling of the A-levels disaster that unfolded after the results were released. During the entire period, when students were protesting about the algorithm generated A-levels results, the Prime Minister was in Scotland for a holiday. Criticism over his […]
The government will not rule out closing schools and using remote learning if the COVID-19 situation becomes worse in the UK. The government has also warned that parents who fail to send their children to schools will be fined. The government has indicated that it is prepared to close schools again if the COVID-19 situation […]
