The educational materials are intended to improve the reading comprehension skills of children. There is also a “Covibook” that provides an opportunity for children, parents and educators to learn more about the pandemic and discuss their feelings in earnest.
The UP projects are primarily designed to alleviate the shortage in supplies of equipment particularly for frontliners including doctors, nurses, and other medical health workers.
Out of the total number of passers, 5,917 qualified as scholars under the RA 7687 Scholarship Program, which provide for academically talented students who belong to economically disadvantaged families; while 3,871 qualified under the DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program.
The Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) program is intended for incoming regular third year college students in Academic Year 2020-2021 who are enrolled in priority science and technology courses.
The team of UP Diliman mechanical engineering students Patrick Parone and Hannah Ramos won the ‘Schneider Go Green 2020’ country finals for their project called Kislap, a portable water purifier designed to generate electricity through water evaporation.
As many educational institutions are facing temporary campus closures due to Covid-19, Google Philippines said it is providing distance learning tools, training, and resources to help schools stay connected through G Suite for Education.
DDLS Philippines, a joint venture between EdventureCo and AIV, will provide IT certification and training on service management, data science, DevOps, robotics process automation, and cybersecurity, among others.
The government on Monday, February 24, launched the "Smarter Philippines Through R&D, Training and Adoption" (SPARTA) program, which aims to produce 30,000 data scientists via an online learning platform.
One initiative under the campaign is the “Be Internet Awesome” curriculum which will tackle key concepts and values as well as other issues such as catphishing and cancel culture.
Sen. Leila M. de Lima said a study has found that unrestrained use of mobile phones poses risks to students, leading them to fare poorly in elementary and junior high school primarily due to lack of sleep that affects their concentration and retention.
