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ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines – For students in geographically isolated communities across Mindanao, free internet access is helping break long-standing barriers to learning. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Region IX has distributed 2,324 free SIM cards to public school students in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) inContinue Reading
Incoming college students will soon have expanded access to higher education nationwide following the launch of a new government-funded, merit-based scholarship program. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Friday signed a joint memorandum circular establishingContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has unveiled a new lineup of 28 free online courses that learners across the Philippines — and the world — can take from January to June 2026. The courses, part of UPOU’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) initiative, areContinue Reading
The filing of House Bill No. 7071, which proposes the establishment of a Zamboanga Sibugay College of Medicine, has renewed public discussion on healthcare access, and medical education. Authored by Congresswoman Dr. Marly Hofer-Hasim, a physician-legislator, the bill seeks to open medical education opportunities for local students and, in theContinue Reading
When the state says 24 million Filipinos are functionally illiterate, the most dangerous response is to treat this as a personal shortcoming — as if millions simply failed to try hard enough. They did not. This crisis is not the result of laziness, poor parenting, or a lack of “values.”Continue Reading
More than 24 million Filipinos aged 10 to 64 are functionally illiterate, according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) — a figure that exposes deep, long-standing problems in the country’s education, health, and social protection systems At the same time, millions of children — especially those withContinue Reading
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay – For nearly a decade, Roland John R. Visco carried a quiet burden many would have abandoned long ago: a dream repeatedly deferred by failure. Visco took the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) for sixteen times. His name did not appear on the list. And yet, heContinue Reading
