OTTAWA (Reuters) – Some 55,000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario after failing to agree with the provincial government for better pay and more frontline staff in schools. The workers, which include educational assistants, secretaries and library workers, served a notice of strike on Sunday saying they...
MANILA – The incoming education leadership, under Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio, must continue pursuing education equity for all learners, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones said on Monday. At the Laging Handa public briefing, Briones cited the Duterte administration’s legacy of expanding opportunities for learners under the Alternative Learning System and the Last Mile Schools...
"In the next academic school year, we're expecting that the face-to-face implementation will be fully 100 percent, but again, I just want to emphasize that the modalities of face-to-face vary in every situation in schools, depending on their local governments."
The BC province will provide a maximum of $16,000 to about 1,500 internationally educated nurses to pay for everything from application fees to English language testing and education upgrading.
MANILA – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and York University in Canada signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on academic collaboration to launch the partnership between Philippine universities and York University for the Globally Network Learning (GNL). CHED chairman Popoy de Vera and Dr. Rhonda Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor of York University, Canada signed the...
OTTAWA — Canada is to spearhead a 10-year drive by the United Nations to revive and protect worldwide Indigenous languages, including endangered tongues such as Michif, the Métis language. Aluki Kotierk, Inuit representative on a UNESCO task force set up to mark a decade of Indigenous languages, says she wants Canada to set an example...
A four-year baccalaureate will help address Ontario’s need for more registered nurses and create a degree pathway for diploma students.
The Philippines' Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA) law promotes quality college education by providing free tuition in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and state-run technical-vocational institutions.
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By: Dean de Jesus, RCIC Post Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP) is becoming one of Canada’s popular immigration gateway as it tries to meet its aggressive immigration targets for the next three years. Based on the 2020 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Canada aims to welcome 401,000 new...
The majority of respondents in a newly released Canada-wide survey say they are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in schools and want children and staff to wear masks. The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was done by phone between Sept. 3 and Sept. 28....