| PRO-DORP Bags TAYO Tilt PRO-DORP Team of Cantilan National High School, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur was adjudged as one of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations of the Philippine which was held on December 9, 2010 at the Heroes Hall of Malacanang Palace with President Benigno S. Aquino III as the guest of Honor. Number of High School Drop-outs Drops The effort of the Department of Education to significantly reduce drop-out rates among high school students is paying off as 56 secondary schools across the country have reported zero incidence of students quitting school. P 6.3 M Damaged by Flood in PNHS Prosperidad National High School was affected by heavy rain last January 2-3, 2011 that caused flash flood damaging P 6,371,416.31 for the school equipment and facilities . DepEd Posts Unprecedented Zero Drop-out Rate An unprecedented zero drop-out rate from first year to fourth year high school has been observed in at least four provinces nationwide as the Department of Education intensifies its efforts to address the occurrence of children dropping out of school. Zero Drop Out Rate in 21 Schools in Four Provinces THE Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday said four provinces have recorded an unprecedented zero dropout rate from first year to fourth year high shool. These are Zamboanga Sibugay, Cotabato, Southern Leyte and Romblon. DepEd addresses dropout rate through Open High School Program -- Lapus MANILA, Oct. 14 (PNA) -- To address the growing dropout rate among high school students, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said on Wednesday the Department of Education (DepEd) has intensified its Open High School Program (OHSP). According to Lapus, OHSP is one of the alternative learning education schemes under the education department’s Drop Out Reduction Program (DORP) Up to 6M drop out of school A new study conducted by the Department of Education found that about five to six million Filipinos of school age were out of school. The study also found out that many of these out-of-school learners were willing to finish high school—but were constrained by various reasons such as family, individual, community and school concerns Project DORP: DepEd Catches Dropping out students MANILA, Philippines - Paolo Velasco, a 17-year old fourth year student of the Marikina National High School is in danger of not graduating because he is hard-up going to school while working in the meat shop of his uncle. Working long hours, he earns a measly P100 a day which he shares with his younger sister for their food. DepEd Catches droping out students MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) -- Paolo Velasco, a 17-year old fourth year student of the Marikina National High School (MNHS) is in danger of not graduating because he is hard-up going to school while working ri the meat shop of his uncle. Working long hours, he earns a measly P100 a day which he shares with his younger sister for their food. Monitoring and Evaluation of Three SOBE Pilot Schools in Northern Samar A monitoring and evaluation was conducted by Project Strive and BSE-DORP team on January 25 and 26, 2010 in the three pilot SOBE schools namely Bubon School for Philippine Craftsmen, Sumoroy Agro-Industrial School and Mondragon Agro-Industrial High School in Northern Samar. DORP Training in ARMM The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao has successfully conducted the First Secondary Drop-out Reduction Program (DORP) Training at Regional Educational Learning Center (RELC), Office of the Regional Governor, Cotabato City last January 20 - 22, 2010 DORP-YEM Training Workshop The Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) successfully conducted the series of activities for Drop Out Reduction Program – Youth Employment and Migration (DORP-YEM) Electronic Software For Mathematics The Filipino edutainment computer-aided instructional material softwares named as “eDamath” and “Fibo the Frog Mathemajess’yan” are now available online to the public. These were developed by superintendent-eligible Jesus L. Huenda of the Bureau of Secondary Education aiming to help learners hone their analytical thinking skills in dealing with integers and number patterns, respectively, at the same time fun, interesting and challenging. A school that opens doors for drop-outs The education department works to lower drop-out rates through a more flexible schooling program. Seventeen year-old Christine Joy Claveria had to stop going to school last year due to her sudden pregnancy. Ordinarily, such a condition would have hindered her from finishing her high school education. Luckily, it did not. |