Kindergarten Obtains US$1.5 million Assistance from Japan

It’s dual treat for pre-school small children.As soon as the signing of the Pre-School Law in January this season which requires that all 5 year olds need to take kindergarten to prepare them for formal education, assistance comes in from the Japanese govt by using a US$1.5 million financial aid.

The Japanese Government Fund for Poverty Reduction ) will supply a grant of US$1,500,000 to enhance access to quality early childhood education in poor neighborhoods to the Department of Education (DepEd) which works as the executing bureau.

The Asian Development Bank manages the grant pursuant to an agreement ADB has entered into with the Administration of Japan. It will be carried out by the Aklat, Gabay, Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa (AGAPP) Foundation. DepEd and AGAPP shall carry out the JFPR project with due diligence and functionality as agreed in the contract.

The venture aims to assist DepEd’s K to 12 program especially in the institutionalization of Kindergarten by means of classroom constructions, course improvement and instructor trainings.

Education Secretary said this is usually a most welcome development as it affirms DepEd’s position on the importance that must be given to essential education especially early childhood training.

“Kindergarten is a significant foundation in producing excellent graduates of basic training, so we should start on a solid footing by preparing our young learners very well,” added Luistro.

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The grant will fund expanded use of Pre-School training by offering required school facilities and amenities. It will also improve potential of teachers by giving them classes and workshops.
It's going to interact with many other education stakeholders locally by building maintainable partners with civil modern society, business sector, and native non-government agencies (NGOs). The offer also allots supply for project tracking and assessment.

SM Group and Deutsche Bank Donate P17M Worth of Classrooms

One of the country’s biggest firms and an international bank are giving some P17 million to help government deal with the perennial scarcity in public school classrooms.

The SM Group, a retail store, along with Deutsche Bank, signed agreements with the Department of Education (DepEd) to fund up to 26 classrooms in selected locations.

The assistance came as DepEd doubled its classroom building goal this year to some 30,000 across the country to reduce by more than half the existing shortage.

Public schools are currently in need of some 50,000 classrooms to reduce congestion and achieve the suitable classroom-student ratio of one to 45.

“The resource distance in the country’s public school system is so enormous that any aid from other sectors especially non-public businesses is most welcome.

In respect to the fresh agreements, SM Prime will handle the construction of a two-story building with four classrooms in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

SM Prime will also build six 1 story, 2 classroom,: one unit each in Davao City, General Santos, Sariaya and Cebu; and 2 units (four rooms) in Pampanga.

The overall P10.8-million project value will also pay for classroom fittings, including chairs, furniture, wall fans and chalkboards.

SM Prime and Deutsche Bank also donated a 2 classroom in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, and a 2 story, 4 room building in Navotas City, each contributing P2.15 million.

With Banco De Oro Foundation, SM Prime will construct a P2.2million building with 4 school rooms in GenSan City. Lecture rooms will be complete with school furniture.

The project with the SM Group and Deutsche Bank will be under the Adopt-a-School system, “one of DepEd’s most successful and innovative ways” of working with the non-public industry.

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My School House, My Teacher, My Hero Search

As part of the various activities pertinent to the Teacher's Month Campaign and the World Teache's Day Celebration, My Phone in partnership with the DepED throught the Center for Students and Co Curricular Affairs will conduct the First My School House, My Teacher, My Hero Search.

The search aims to:

• Highlight the significant roll of the teachers as genuine heroes of education
• Recognize the singular efforts of the teachers in improving education in the country.
• Provide free and decent school houses to the deserving schools through the fforts of the teachers
• Inspire others to contribute in sincere nation building effort and
• Instill awareness and drum up support for the Teachers Month Campaign and World Teachers Day Celebrations.

All entries must be submitted to the DepED CSCA G/F Mabini Bldg, DepEd Complex. Meralco Ave PAsig CIty. The deadline for submission of entreis is on Sept 15, 2011. Enclosed is the mechanics of the search.

All RD's, SDSs, SHs, are enjoined to support this seach by encouraging more teachers to participate and submit more entries.

For inquiries, please contact Mr. Riche De Quina, VP MKTG and business dev., My Phone at tel. 837-0195 to 98 local 236 or 838-8665 at email rsq@myphone.com.ph.

Rationale

The search is a tribute to all teachers who make things happen, turn the impossible to possible, do some miracles and perform all sorts of magic because of their deep commitment to education. With this, they will be able to fulfill their dreams for their pupils and students to have a better chance in life through education.

Search Guidelines;

The teacher should in an essay, nominate a public kindergarten, elementary or secondary school, be able to tell his/her story and justify why the nominated school deserves to be awarded in free school house.

The essay maybe written in English or Filipino. It must have a short story of the nominated school and its current situation or special circumstance.

Submission requirements are found here.

Prizes: The winning beneficiary school shall each receive one School House composed of two classrooms courtesy of My Phone.


Deped Memo 184 S. 2011

Outbound Call Center

Outbound call centers are usually third party companies tasked with the process of calling and negotiate customer calls on behalf of clients who availed of the service- Hence outbound call centers. To name a few, outbound call center services can include: telemarketing, technical support, virtual assistants, marketing campaigns, product support, bills and whole lot more.

Usually the acquisition of these services comes fast and convenient as Outbound call center software are used and Business Process Outsourcing Firms (BPOs) have equally competent outbound call center agents standing by to take customer calls.

BPOs hired for the service are usually inept as both inbound / outbound call centers or do one exclusive of the following services with outbound call center jobs based on outbound call center metrics where agents are carefully monitored for calls (cost per call), projects completed and quota managed. Outbound call center managers are the ones responsible for the conduct and proceedings of agents in the work field. Inbound/ outbound call centers are based on the ordeal of largely personal customer service. Outbound call center management is ideally on a strict- for-compliance method for every agent so as to give total customer satisfaction.

Outbound call center technology is a new development in the industry so as to free up companies of the burden of acquiring more sophisticated equipment to take care of their customers. Outbound call center outsourcing is now the biggest trend the world over as more and more companies cannot focus purely on the marketing and customer service side of the industry and needs help in meeting their customer’s demands for a more upkeep and total personal customer service.


This post is an essay submitted by a high school student organized by Philippines call center located in Cebu City. This activity is done for the purpose of information awareness among student the possibility of working in call center in near future and that their English as well as ICT skills training is being emphasize.

NEAP Trained Thousand Principals

The (NEAP) National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) spent P55.18M last year for education development planning training last year.

They also include the school administrator for topics like record keeping, leadership, instructional leadership, school development planning and management practices.

DepED contracted the AIM or Asian Institute of Management requesting the school to offer the Management Development Program for superintendents and Basic Business Development Program for principals.

Recently, The Education Secretary is asking thousands of school leaders and officials to invest in their professional and career development since the educational issues and trends nowadays are can not be solve by the old and traditional way. The information superhighway alone are too broad and to fast is development.

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Antonio Del Rosario - Model Congressman

The congressman's district office and the CHED Regional Office for Western Visayas awarded financial grants to 74 scholars during a presentation and awarding of grants held recently here.

The solon and CHED-6 Supervising Administrative Officer Nona Fernandez handed in the grants to the scholars from Roxas City and the municipalities under the first congressional district, assisted by Dennis Cañas, program coordinator for the congressman's office.

The scholars together with their parents beamed with joy upon receiving the checks for the educational grants from the congressman and CHED official. Fernandez, coordinator of the program in the region, pitched in for CHED Regional Director Isabel Mahler.

The scholarship grant entitles beneficiaries to financial assistance to help defray their tuition, basic school fees and monthly stipends out of the Higher Education Development Fund.

Del Rosario said he is happy that there is such a scholarship program because it would help students from poor families earn a college degree. The solon also pledged to appropriate funds to grant full additional financial assistance to scholars who are only entitled to a one-year grant under the program.

CHED also has established a study grant program involving the country's senators dubbed CHED-Senate Study Grant Program. The program is also in line with the thrust of government to further widen the access of poor but deserving students to higher education opportunities.

Each of the Senators is allotted twenty scholarship slots. Grantees may take any four-year degree course of their choice preferably in a state college or university.

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Another Model Private Company Support Public School

An education supervisor reported that a British mining firm has helped greatly in uplifting the academic performance of school children and has changed dramatically the living standards of their families, particularly the residents of the mineral-rich village of Runruno

"With a series of educational and health-care programs provided by FCF Minerals Corp. through its community development arm, the Runruno Livelihood Foundation (RLF), my school district has jumped dramatically to the No. 3 spot in the entire division," said Quezon district education supervisor Dr. Erlinda Ruiz.

In behalf of teachers, we would like to thanks FCF Minerals Corporation for their support in our striving educational program. More power...

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School Support from Private Institution

“School Mo Panalo” (SMP) is the Smart Schools Program Website’s Points and Reward System for its active contributors and contest participants.

Mechanics

1. All SSP partner schools are invited to contribute articles for the SSP website and to join the SMP Points & Rewards System.
2. Article contributions fall under the following categories:
1. NEWS
• Intra-school activities: Graduation/ Recognition Exercises, Inauguration Ceremonies, Foundation Day, Intramurals, Intra-school competitions, Themed programs, trainings, workshops, Science Fair, etc.
• Inter-school competitions
• School-based community news: outreach programs, clean-up drive, etc.
2. FEATURES
• School
• Outstanding teacher
• Outstanding student
• Active club or school organization
• Training Insights
• SSP Insights
• Essays (on Education, on IT/ICT, on SSP)
• Community Features (stories involving the school and the community)
3. SMART TOOLS
• Classroom Tools Series: teaching tips and resources for subject areas (Math, Science, Filipino, English, Makabayan)



• ICT Resources


• Teacher Resources


• Other education resources





3. Article contributions must include the name of the author, school, designation, and contact number. Articles and/or supporting photos can be submitted via email to smartschools@smart.com.ph.
4. SMART reserves the right to choose which articles or entries will be published online.
5. The following is the criteria for the publishing of articles or entries:
1. CONTENT – 60%
• Information (verity, originality, and relevance/significance to the website)
• Supporting information (photos, links, etc.)
2. COMPOSITION – 40%
• Structure and Grammar
• Appeal and value






6. Every published article and entries under the Gimmicks section will have an equivalent point which will be credited to the participating school’s total points.

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