In this ongoing pandemic, compassion for teachers and learners remains a guiding principle behind the University’s academic policies. While the goal of uninterrupted instruction and learning remains paramount and learning to overcome adversity is integral to the training of UP students to lead in a disruptive and uncertain future, the goal of learning continuity takes excellent consideration of the realities and difficulties the UP community are experiencing during these uncertain times. The Oblation at the UP Open University Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. UP MPRO File Photo. The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) issued OVPAA [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), through the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, will be conducting a webinar that targets elementary school teachers. This webinar will be about “Online Resources for  Teaching Elementary Reading.” The webinar will feature Dr. Minerva Young as the resource speaker. Dr. Young is the founder and School Directress of Learning Circle School in Olongapo City, Philippines.  She is a retired professor of Educational Technology from Frostburg State University in Maryland. She has been speaking internationally on the topics of instructional technology and teacher training.  Now based in the United States, she was able to [...]

Graduating students in UP Baguio raise their right hands while reciting the alumni pledge. UP MPRO 2019 file photo. The University of the Philippines took stock of its performance in the last Times Higher Education-World University Rankings (THE-WUR) edition to understand the setbacks in the rankings and address them accordingly as the country’s flagship university. UP slipped from the 401st-500th bracket of the top 1,526 universities in the 2021 THE-WUR edition to the 601st-800th bracket of the top 1,662 universities in the 2022 edition because of lower scores in the criteria of teaching, international outlook, and citation, which [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Education (FEd) in partnership with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. - Dolores Aboitiz Children's Fund (RAFI-DACF), and the UPOU Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI) is offering the Early Childhood Education and Development course. This offering is also being assisted by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU.  This initiative is part of FEd’s mission to reach out to a wider domain of learners.  The online course has been designed to train teachers, practitioners, and workers in early childhood care and development. It provides a sound historical and theoretical rationale for creating child-centered learning projects [...]

Although physical travel across states and physical activities involving international delegations have been restricted by the pandemic, people and institutions worldwide have developed a greater capacity to utilize communications technology to overcome this obstacle. With the theme of “Strengthening the ASEAN Education Delivery Systems in Challenging Times”, the 2021 ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme (AYVP) officially began last August 30 using Zoom, social media apps, and online platforms provided by the University of the Philippines (UP). Screenshot from the e-ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme 2021 opening ceremony. Watch the replay of the event here. Images from Rad Agustin, UPMPRO. Dubbed “e-AYVP Philippines 2021”, [...]