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DepEd pushes for creation of Special Education Center in Samal
By Rico Biliran on January 30 2011 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 January) — The Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing the Penaplata Elementary School to be the Special Education (SpEd) center to serve children with special needs in… »
Barangay official appeals for help to ship donated computers from Manila to Davao
By Mindanews on January 26 2011 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 January) A village leader here has appealed for help to ship to this city some 50 computers donated by a Rotary chapter in Australia, for distribution to… »
R-12 schools set early listing of incoming high school freshmen, Grade 1 pupils
By Allen V. Estabillo on November 30 2010 11:44 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 November) – In a bid to increase participation rate and reduce the number of dropouts among students in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao, public and private… »
SC junks Arroyo edict awarding CMU lands to ancestral domain claimants
By Walter I. Balane on September 27 2010 11:20 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 September) – Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo erred in issuing Presidential Proclamation 310 which granted 670 hectares of land taken from a state university in Bukidnon as part… »
‘Field trip to the stars’
By Mindanews on September 22 2010 7:14 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 September) – The public will have a chance to go on a “field trip to the stars” with the opening today of a traveling planetarium, an inflated… »
22 out-of-school youths get scholarships
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 17 2010 8:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) – Twenty-two 22 out-of-school youths from the municipality of Tantangan in South Cotabato have received training grants for various livelihood skills courses though a scholarship… »
Election of CMU president postponed – again
By Walter I. Balane on September 11 2010 10:07 am
MUSUAN, Maramag, Bukidnon – After the election of the Central Mindanao University president was postponed for the second time, members of the state-owned school’s board of regents yesterday expressed worries… »
‘Working children’ in SK get educ’l assistance from Project Angel Tree
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 1 2010 12:06 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August) – Some 470 “working children” in Sultan Kudarat province received various educational packages from the United Nations International Children’s Educational Fund (UNICEF) and the Department… »
Rep. Catamco seeks inclusion of subjects on IP cultures in school curricula
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on August 18 2010 12:04 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 August) – Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Nancy Catamco is set to propose the integration in elementary and high school curricula the study of cultures and traditions of… »
5 Mindanawons cited as outstanding teachers
By Walter I. Balane on August 18 2010 12:01 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 August) – Five Mindanawons are among this year’s winners of the Metrobank Foundation’s Search for Ten Outstanding Teachers. Two of the winners are public elementary school teachers… »
6 vie for CMU presidency
By Walter I. Balane on August 14 2010 12:27 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 August) – – Central Mindanao University’s search committee for president on Monday presented six candidates for the university’s top post in a forum at the CMU Farmers’… »
Fiction-Writing Contest in Bisaya now open
By Mindanews on August 8 2010 10:40 am
DAVAO CITY (DWG/08 August) — In line with the thrust of the National Commission on Literary Arts to help develop creative writing in the regional languages, the Davao Writers Guild… »
Kidapawan wants own polytechnic college
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on July 30 2010 10:01 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/30 July) – Faculty members and students of an extension campus here of a state university want their school converted into a polytechnic college. The move to make… »
Cotabato City school implements project to improve students’ English language skills
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on July 23 2010 12:06 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/22 July) — The lack in English language proficiency has reportedly placed many graduates of the Cotabato State Polytechnic College at a disadvantage vis-à-vis other job applicants particularly… »
Bukidnon town to send 100 lumad scholars to college
By Walter I. Balane on July 21 2010 12:01 am
SAN FERNANDO, Bukidnon (MindaNews/20 July) – The municipal government here plans to send at least a hundred scholars to college, mostly from the indigenous peoples as a support to the… »
P15M for tech-voc courses in Region 12
By Allen V. Estabillo on July 10 2010 9:33 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 July) – The national government has allocated an additional P15 million for the opening of more than 2,000 new scholarship grants this year for various technical… »
Lumad leader urges Noynoy to give scholarship to indigenous youth
By Gandhi C. Kinjiyo on July 2 2010 12:54 am
MALALAG, Davao del Sur (MindaNews/1 July) — As President Benigno S. Aquino III conveyed his plans and promises to the Filipino people during his inaugural speech at Quirino Grandstand Wednesday,… »
UP Mindanao Architecture passers: 10 of 10 including 5th placer
By Mindanews on June 27 2010 11:01 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – Ten BS Architecture graduates from the University of the Philippines- Mindanao passed the recent Licensure Examination for Architecture (LEA), one of them ranking fifth among… »
