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Inclusive education for all children
ABOUT 120 million children with disabilities (differently abled) worldwide live in poverty, and they are more likely to drop out of school, says a recent report of the United Nations independent expert on the right to education. The report notes that in educational systems that segregate these children from those without disabilities, special educational programs often do not meet the unique needs of the differently abled because of limited resources and facilities and the lack of strong political will of many governments to take responsibility for the education of these children. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Education for All (EFA) program seeks to unite all EFA partners in their efforts to provide access to and promote completion of quality education for every child, youth, and adult who are differently abled.
Speaking Out
LAST Friday, the President in a speech read by Special Envoy Francis Chua, paid tribute to the late Rizal Yuyitung, publisher of the Chinese Commercial News and an authentic Filipino hero.
Credit Consciousness Week: Some expenses are worth borrowing for
TO highlight the importance of credit, Credit Consciousness Week is observed on April 23-30. This is a good opportunity for banking and financial institutions to help create public awareness of the benefits of having good credit rating and saving.
National Day of Netherlands
THE Netherlands celebrates its National Day today and the 27th Anniversary in office of Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard.
85th Death Anniversary of General Francisco S. Makabulos, Liberator of Tarlac
THE pen was the first weapon he used in fighting for the freedom of his country. When the revolution broke out in August, 1896, he replaced the pen with the bolo and the gun and was one of the first sons of Tarlac to fight Spanish rule in the country. Poet, playwright, revolutionary leader, and hero, General Makabulos left a sterling legacy of patriotism and selflessness for his countrymen to emulate.
Second Thoughts
BANGKOK — Shortly after the release of the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) grades by DepEd, the Ministry of Education (MoE) of Thailand published the results of the 2006 Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net). The National Institute of Education Testing Service (NIETS) reported "astonishingly low scores."
Business Beat
AS the country celebrates Labor Day, tomorrow, one wishes there were more job opportunities in the Philippines for the unemployed and those graduates who recently entered the labor pool. One wonders what can make it happen. It’s not really that difficult because the answers have always been there but government, business and labor have not or are not, willing to make the right decisions and actions.
Shepherd
John 10:1-10
Real change
THE situation in our country has become so bad that there is no point trying to hang on to the status quo. There has to be change, and this better be deep, real, and truly for the betterment of all Filipinos.
Greater worry is conduct of May elections
FORMER Sen. Francisco Tatad, the foe of political dynasties, now fires a fatwa against all the senatorial candidates: "None of them deserve our vote."
BFAD – assuring consumer safety
THERE is one relatively obscure government agency performing vital services – only a handful of the populace knows it exists – that sees to it that packaged goods and food supplements we eat, the medicines we take and cosmetics we use are fit for humans.
A convenient truth
IT’S so common these days to demand the resignation of inconvenient government officials. But it’s futile, actually, for the standard answer is that they serve at the pleasure of the President, and it’s not their pleasure, on the other hand, to heed the cry of complainants.
Big TU push, a GO wake-up call
AMONG the country’s national leaders, Senate President Manny Villar is the only entrepreneur with undisputed credentials for innovation, hard work and a passion for results.
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