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When dreams refuse to age: CPSU’s unusual agriculturists
by Popoy De Vera - June 6, 2026 - 12:00am
Encouraging more students to pursue a career in agriculture has been extremely challenging.
Leave the GE reform issue to the next administration
by Popoy De Vera - May 30, 2026 - 12:00am
On May 5, CHED issued its draft Policies, Standards and Guidelines (PSGs) for the Reframed General Education Curriculum (RGEC), reducing the mandated GE curriculum to 18 units. Fifteen units for five GE courses (including...
Weaving her T’nalak into a white coat
by Popoy De Vera - May 23, 2026 - 12:00am
This is the season when students nationwide wear their togas and sablay, and parents feel immensely proud as their children graduate and enter their professional lives.
Fireworks in the GE debate
by Popoy De Vera - May 16, 2026 - 12:00am
I wrote columns on the General Education (GE) program last September in response to bills that would reduce university education to three years by requiring completion of all GE subjects in senior high school. ...
Improving SUC and LUC compliance with QA standards
by Popoy De Vera - May 9, 2026 - 12:00am
In my last column, I said public higher education is free in more than 200 state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs), but is there quality education in these institutions...
Enforcing quality of education standards in public universities
by Popoy De Vera - May 2, 2026 - 12:00am
 The “Free Higher Education” law (RA 10931) has made public higher education free in more than 200 state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs), but is there...
Sustaining the gains to provide doctors in GIDAS
by Popoy De Vera - April 25, 2026 - 12:00am
There were eight SUCs with medical schools when the Doktor Para sa Bayan law was passed in 2020.
‘Doctor Para sa Bayan’
by Popoy De Vera - April 18, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the most significant accomplishments of the Duterte and Marcos administrations is the enactment and implementation of RA 11509, the Doctor Para sa Bayan law, which expands access to medical education and provides...
Building smart campuses in public universities
by Popoy De Vera - April 11, 2026 - 12:00am
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Congress passed the Bayanihan 2 law that allocated P3 billion for the Smart Campus Project to be implemented in state universities and colleges through the Commission...
Defunding higher education development
by Popoy De Vera - March 28, 2026 - 12:00am
The House of Representatives recently passed, on second reading, a bill to abolish the travel tax paid by departing passengers.
Building champions through local universities
by Popoy De Vera - March 21, 2026 - 12:00am
I have pointed out in my previous columns the governance dysfunctions and the lack of organized tertiary sports development, which hinder the growth of world-class Filipino athletes.
Safeguarding our native pigs
by Popoy De Vera - March 14, 2026 - 12:00am
In the quiet backyards of many rural communities, a small but important animal has sustained families for generations.
Bees sustain farmers, consumers and the future
by Popoy De Vera - March 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Amid the rolling landscapes of La Union, a golden treasure can be found – the National Apiculture Research and Development Institute (NARTDI), established through Republic Act 9151 on Aug. 10, 2001. NARTDI,...
The roadmap for curriculum reform
by Popoy De Vera - February 28, 2026 - 12:00am
In my previous column, I highlighted EDCOM II executive director Karol Mike Yee’s media interviews criticizing the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its sluggish revision of curricula for degree programs...
When and how do we improve higher education curriculum?
by Popoy De Vera - February 21, 2026 - 12:00am
EDCOM II executive director Karol Mark Yee has been making the rounds of media interviews, castigating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its slow updating of the curriculum of degree programs in higher...
Our failing high school education
by Popoy De Vera - February 14, 2026 - 12:00am
The recent EDCOM 2 Report, which screams, “Student proficiency rates plunge from 30 percent in Grade 3 to 0.47 percent in Grade 12,” has set politicians and education planners into a new round of fi...
Dark clouds for Filipinos who want to study abroad
by Popoy De Vera - February 7, 2026 - 12:00am
The internationalization of Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) has been a major achievement of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) over the past decade.
2026: Year of Chess in Education
by Popoy De Vera - January 31, 2026 - 12:00am
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the International School Chess Federation (ISCF) have officially declared 2026 as the Year of Chess in Education.
Education and justice that transforms
by Popoy De Vera - January 24, 2026 - 12:00am
Last week, I highlighted an excellent initiative happening in the Davao area – the College Education Behind Bars (CEBB). Dr. Aland Mizell and Atty. Susan Cariaga from the Social Entrepreneurship Technology...
Education behind bars
by Popoy De Vera - January 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Our justice system is notoriously slow. For the poor, justice delayed is definitely justice denied.
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