Ring In Your Kid's School Year Like A Pro

Help your child start their year right with help from Philips products

Ringing in the new school year is a big event for kids. For mothers, however, this time of the year entails strict preparations to make sure their little ones get the right start they need for their new journey. The usual school checklists aside, a comprehensive back-to-school plan is something that every mother should have.

“It is part of a mother’s duties to make sure their child gets the perfect start to their term. This includes planning in advance for their healthy “baons” to making sure their school uniforms are absolutely spotless,” says RJ Buenaventura, Philips General Manager for Personal Health.

DepEd to ‘redistribute’ teachers to address shortages and overcrowding

The Department of Education has issued new guidelines for the equitable deployment of public school teachers to address teacher shortage and overcrowding in various parts of the country.

DepEd Memorandum No. 22, series of 2013 sets the rules for deploying teachers in order to optimize student-teacher ratios nationwide, including cases when teachers can be reassigned to other schools. “We need to be able to transfer teachers from one station to another to address the problem of overcrowding,” says Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro, FSC.