Two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic came to the fore, drastically disrupting all sectors of Philippine society. But even before the pandemic, the country has already been experiencing two ongoing crises: hunger and malnutrition. It may seem like a good sign that the Philippines was not identified as among the countries with “the likelihood of…
School season has just started, and everyone is pushing for a face-to-face setup but regardless of the current class structure, cloud-based technologies have become increasingly more important in education with the ongoing pandemic creating an alternative demand for a virtual classroom. Now, with the help of the cloud, students across the globe can continue with…
When we think of technology nowadays, we often think of it in the form of gadgets and the Internet. Through the years, , influencing how we work, live and communicate. But as we’ve discovered in recent decades, our technological advances have posed challenges to the health of our planet. Now, technology is being used to…
As social media continues to evolve, cyberbullying remains an alarming threat for students and young adults, as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of the internet. In order to help parents and caregivers adjust to the evolving online dynamics, Globe is expanding their MakeITSafePH program; offering educational materials that will better equip them to protect and…
Industry-led advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has thrown its support behind the JobsNext bill, which aims to promote lifelong learning to enable the workforce to take on jobs of the future. The JobsNext bill, filed by Quezon City Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas, seeks Based on International Labour Organization (2020) estimates, approximately 7.2 million…
International exposure, real-world industry experience, and digital expertise. These are the three key differentiators that the Mapúa University promises to equip its graduates with to ensure that their skills are future-ready, especially in a world that is constantly adapting to new ways of working, fast-paced technological developments and massively disruptive events—thanks to a new partnership…
At present, the Philippines has around 26 million students. But the number of stakeholders—the people also involved in these students’ education—goes far beyond that. Family life and child development specialist Teacher Tina Zamora pegs the number of education stakeholders to a whopping 90 million, out of the country’s population of 115 million. Zamora said in…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “further” as “to a greater degree or extent” or “to go or extend beyond.” As Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc. is showing no signs of slowing down even after 40 years of helping communities improve themselves and contributing to nation-building, it intends to indeed move its notable and extensive advocacy work further…
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) comprise 99.5 percent of business enterprises in the Philippines. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s 2020 MSME statistics show that the MSME sector accounted for more than 60 percent of jobs in the country. Further, the United Nations points to MSMEs as key to our country’s inclusive recovery…
Much has been written about the pandemic’s impact on Asian consumers: how they embraced new ways of shopping, as well as how retailers and consumer goods companies were forced to quickly adapt their business models. Now, the focus has shifted to whether many of these patterns and preferences will endure once the pandemic abates, and…