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"We want to explore the potential of civil servants," ad-com chairman Lito Monico Lorenzana said.


"They understand the need for a more efficient government." 


Lorenzana said government employees could become effective "constitutional warriors" once informed of the changes needed in the Constitution.


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                    [Title] => Only a small percentage pass exam for teachers
                    [Summary] => Only a small percentage pass the licensure examinations for teachers in the elementary and high school levels despite the high number of  graduates of teacher training courses produced by the tertiary schools.


Carl Marc Ramota, Kabataan Party vice president, urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) yesterday to focus more on courses which serve the needs of the economy rather than the demands of the international market.


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                    [Title] => CHED slammed for tuition hike
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As school opening approaches, the Kabataan Sectoral Party said more colleges have applied for a tuition hike.


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                    [Title] => One in four children in Asia is obese, study shows
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The data of the study were revealed yesterday by the youth group Kabataan Sectoral Party, whose vice president, Carl Marc Ramota, urged for the pullout of soft drinks and other unhealthy food products from Philippine schools.


The youth group raised concern over obesity problems among schoolchildren as it asked local beverage and food companies to follow their counterparts’ example in the United States by pulling out unhealthy products in schools.

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                    [Title] => RP producing enough teachers, but...
                    [Summary] => Many teachers go abroad to look for greener pastures, but some of them end up working as household help, a militant leader said yesterday.


Carl Marc Ramota, Anak ng Bayan Youth Party spokesman, said many of those who pass the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) given every year by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) never actually teach in the country. 


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                    [Title] => Summer’s over for 18 million public school students by June 6
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"This school year, we projected almost 18 million students in public elementary and high schools," Education Secretary Florencio Abad said. 


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Cha-cha advocacy group to bring info drive to government offices

By Aurea Calica | June 20, 2006 - 12:00am

The Malacañang-backed Charter change advocacy commission (ad-com) directed its information campaign yesterday toward government offices, calling on civil servants to become an "army" for constitutional...

Headlines

Only a small percentage pass exam for teachers

By Sandy Araneta | June 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Only a small percentage pass the licensure examinations for teachers in the elementary and high school levels despite the high number of graduates of teacher training courses produced by the tertiary schools. Carl...

Headlines

CHED slammed for tuition hike

May 16, 2006 - 12:00am

A militant youth group chided the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) yesterday for allowing private schools to raise their tuition rates by as much as 7.6 percent, saying this clearly contradicts the agency’s...

Headlines

One in four children in Asia is obese, study shows

By Sandy Araneta | May 7, 2006 - 12:00am

One in every four children in Asia in the 10 to 12-year-old age bracket is obese or overweight, an Asian study revealed. The data of the study were revealed yesterday by the youth group Kabataan Sectoral Party,...

Headlines

RP producing enough teachers, but...

By Sandy Araneta | June 8, 2005 - 12:00am

Many teachers go abroad to look for greener pastures, but some of them end up working as household help, a militant leader said yesterday. Carl Marc Ramota, Anak ng Bayan Youth Party spokesman, said many of those...

Headlines

Summer’s over for 18 million public school students by June 6

By Sandy Araneta | May 19, 2005 - 12:00am

About 18 million elementary and high school students — nearly a third of a million more than last year — will be trooping to public schools nationwide when classes open on June 6, the Department of Education...

Headlines