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Metro Manila cities leave millions in education funds unused, COA finds

By Dominique Nicole Flores | 4 days ago

Philstar.com analyzed the audit reports of 16 Metro Manila cities and found eight had notable irregularities in their use...

Headlines

For 11 years, only grades 5 and 6 get complete textbooks — DepEd data

By Cristina Chi | September 7, 2023 - 6:12pm

DepEd has only been able to procure and deliver 27 textbook titles in a span of 11 years, with only students in Grades 5 and...

Headlines

EDITORYAL - Mga bastos na pangalan sa learning module

September 28, 2020 - 12:00am

ILANG taon na ang nakararaan, umani ng batikos ang mga maling spelling, petsa at ang mga hindi tamang lugar sa textbooks na...

Punto Mo

DepEd exec clarifies errors in textbooks

By Janvic Mateo | August 24, 2019 - 12:00am

Textbooks in public schools are not “error-filled” and there are no irregularities in the conduct of teacher training...

Headlines

DepEd probes loss of P25.2 million textbooks

By Janvic Mateo | August 16, 2018 - 12:00am

A thorough investigation is underway on the loss of some 820,000 Grade 2 learning materials that were discovered damaged by water in a warehouse of a private contractor last year according to the Department of Education...

Education and Home

COA wants probe on loss of P25.2 million textbooks

By Michael Punongbayan | August 13, 2018 - 12:00am

The Commission on Audit (COA) is calling for an investigation of Department of Education (DepEd) officials responsible for...

Headlines

COA: DepEd wasted P608-M books due to K to 12

By Michael Punongbayan | April 1, 2015 - 10:00am

The 16,296,231 textbooks that the Department of Education (DepEd) bought for P608.7 million for its school year 2011-2012...

Headlines

How college textbooks became affordable (A memoir)

By Gerardo P. Sicat | June 26, 2013 - 12:00am

There was a time when college textbooks were very expensive.

Business

Vibal into e-textbook publishing

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | May 1, 2012 - 12:00am

I envy our youngsters today for their being bright and smart — and, as many adults will attest, it’s primarily on account of their having access to high-tech tools such as personal computers, tablet computers...

Opinion

Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks

September 5, 2011 - 12:00am

For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy...

Business