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AFP Helps In Renovation of Schools | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online - 0 views

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    MANILA, Philippines - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will deploy thousands of its personnel to assist in the cleaning and renovation of all the public schools across the country in preparation for the opening of the classes on June 4. AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa said that his deployment order is in support of the week-long "Brigada Eskwela 2012" launched by the Department of Education which will kick-off on Monday. In Metro Manila alone, Dellosa said at least 1,000 soldiers will be tapped in preparing schools in the metropolis, adding that the military contingent is composed of active and reservists which will come from the AFP's three major services command.
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UNICEF - At a glance: Philippines - After flooding in the Philippines, teachers help st... - 0 views

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    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines, 25 January 2012 - In City Central School, in Cagayan de Oro City, two teachers recently held their first day of classes since the devastating floods that swept through their community - even as their own futures looks uncertain. Vivian Benedictos and Marilou Gambuta, co-teachers and best friends, share a first-grade classroom at the school. It is a space they not only teach in, but now also live in.
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PHILIPPINES: Beatings, bullying rife in Philippine schools - 0 views

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  • Beatings and sexual harassment are rife in state-run schools in the Philippines, with many pupils also routinely bullied, according to a government-led study published this week.
  • Schools tolerate teachers spanking, beating, pinching, slapping, cursing and shouting at children to impose discipline, and there are no standard mechanisms for addressing complaints, the Council for the Welfare of Children said. "Children experience violence both from their peers in school and from school personnel," the council, an agency of the social welfare ministry, said in a summary of its findings.
  • four in 10 children suffered some kind of violence in class in their first three years in school.
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  • The violence worsened to 70 percent of students between fourth grade and high school, with verbal abuse, including being shouted at, cursed, ridiculed, teased or humiliated, the most common incident suffered.
  • Michael Diamond, country director of children's rights watchdog Plan International Inc that helped fund the study, said the violence may be contributing to the high student dropout rate in Philippine schools.
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Thai schools urged to boost speaking | Education | Guardian Weekly - 0 views

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  • The Thai government has embarked on an ambitious nationwide programme to teach English at least once a week in all state schools as part of the new 2012 English Speaking Year project.The initiative is intended to ease Thailand's entry into the Asean community in 2015, when southeast Asia becomes one economic zone and a universal language is required for communication and business.The project will focus on speaking English rather than studying its grammar, with teachers provided training through media modules and partnerships with foreign institutions, including English-language schools, according to Thailand's education ministry.
  • While the ministry aims to incentivise teachers to create an "English corner" in classrooms containing English-language newspapers, books and CDs, the programme is in no way mandatory and will rely instead on a system of rewards. Those who embrace the project may receive a scholarship to travel abroad or be given extra credit at the end of term, Sasithara said.
  • Native speakers will have a role to play in the project, said Sasithara, who expects to start recruiting teachers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and US, as well as from countries where a high level of English is spoken, such as Singapore, the Philippines and India.
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QC classroom shortage puts 10k students on home study | Inquirer News - 0 views

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    As students and teachers again face a shortage of classrooms this year, one of the country's most populated school divisions is turning to home schooling to ease overcrowding. The Quezon City school division is placing some 10,000 students from six high schools on a home schooling program, the biggest number to be covered in a single area since the Department of Education adopted this alternative mode of teaching. "There are 10,000 students from six high schools that will go on home study. Our city government has already allocated P20 million for that," said assistant division superintendent Rowena Cacanindin.
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  • A new UN report supplies further evidence of the disturbing trend towards attacks on schools that we documented in the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education.
  • The annual report of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, released on May 11, finds that an increasing number of armed forces in conflicts around the world are deliberately attacking schools or forcing them to close. Attacks against schools and hospitals were reported in at least 15 of 22 conflicts that were monitored.
  • Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, stressed that schools must always be safe places of learning for children. “They should be zones of peace. Those who attack schools and hospitals should know that they will be held accountable,” she said.
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  • The report contains detailed information on violations against children in Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nepal, Occupied Palestinian Territories/Israel, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Southern border provinces of Thailand, Uganda and Yemen.
  • Teachers Without Borders on 04 Jun 11
     
    A new UN report supplies further evidence of the disturbing trend towards attacks on schools that we documented in the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education.
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