Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 11) - The preparedness of college and university faculty members for flexible learning is the biggest challenge seen by the head of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as the school year start amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Ang pinakamalaking problema talaga ay yung kahandaan ng mga faculty dahil maraming faculty members ang hindi gumagamit ng flexible learning dati, at ngayon ay nagka-crash course sila," Chairman Prospero De Vera said in an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday.
[Translation: The biggest problem is the readiness of ...
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 21) - The Commission on Higher Education says colleges and universities following the new school calendar will no longer require students to attend face-to-face classes in the light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Speaking to CNN Philippines Tuesday, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera said this was the consensus among all schools, however, he said this does not mean classes would be suspended entirely.
"Hindi isasara ang semestre, pero ititigil ang pag-hold ng regular residential, or face-to-face classes. 'Yung mga natitirang linggo hanggang matapos ang semestre nila, kasi yung semestre d ...
1. In line with the unceasing commitment of the Osmena Colleges to find ways to make learning happen amidst various intervening factors, this College enumerates activities that can support learning comes August 24, 2020.
2. One of the modalities that will be implemented in our College for the SY 2020-2021 is the Offline Modular Distance Learning (OMDL).
3. It is in this light that Osmena Colleges presents var ...
BEIRUT: Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources.
Just over two weeks later, the industrial chemicals exploded in a massive blast that obliterated most of the port, killed at le ...