A proposal to provide free wireless access in public schools will advance the state of education in the country, mainly in the areas of e-learning and mobile education (m-education).
By allowing Internet connectivity in schools, Sen. Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino stressed that it will pave the way for the public educational system to be taken to the future.
Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III has filed a bill to make the scholarship program available to all incoming students enrolled in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering courses in state universities and colleges (SUCs).
The Philippine delegation, composed of 32 contestants, bagged 2 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals, and 12 merit awards in the individual contest, and 7 first runners-up and 4 second runners-up trophies in the group and team contests in the 2016 Thailand International Mathematics Competition (TIMC) held in Chiang Mai from August 14 to 20.
The PSHS, or "Pisay'", with 14 satellite campuses nationwide, is the country?s premiere science high school which provides scholarships to students with high aptitude in science and mathematics.
ATRIEV, a non-government organization that pioneered in providing ICT training programs for the blind or visually impaired, will hold the program for free in partnership with Microsoft YouthSpark.
The Philippines emerged as the most bemedaled country in an international math contest in Singapore as Filipino students bagged 208 medals and 120 merit awards to top the 12th International Mathematics Contest (IMC) held from July 29 to August 1.
In an attempt to generate more employment in country, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is tapping the power of information technology by putting its 255 training programs online.
As the Department of Education (DepEd) marked its sixth year of implementing K to 12 with the introduction of senior high school this June, education technology company Quipper underscored the need to provide free online lessons for Grade 11 through its e-learning platform Quipper School.
