(THE POST) SENATOR Jose ‘Jinggoy’ Estrada has filed a bill that seeks to provide free competency-based assessment for senior high school students taking training-vocational-livelihood track and other tracks requiring certificates of competency and national certificates. Under Senate Bill 2281 or the proposed Free Competency Based Assessment for Senior High School Act, a student who finished…
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(THE POST) THE SENATE Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education approved a bill that will provide scholarships to deserving nursing students. Senate Bill 2342 or the proposed Nars Para Sa Bayan Act filed by Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada mandates scholarship recipients to return service to the country, on top of their mandatory internship, in…
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(THE POST) SENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada said foreign language other than English should be offered as an elective course in all higher education institutions in the country to help prepare students in linguistically and culturally diverse workplaces. “This will make the Filipino students adequately equipped to be 21st-century learners. They would be able to connect…
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(THE POST) SENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada urged his colleagues to support a measure that will grant free tuition to government employees pursuing a master’s degree in state universities and colleges. Estrada filed Senate Bill 2277 or the proposed Government Employees Free MA Tuition in SUCs Act which aims to provide career and non-career government employees…
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(THE POST) SENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada is considering filing a measure that will provide a scholarship program for nursing students to resolve the shortage of healthcare workers. Under the program, the scholars will be mandated to work in a government hospital for five years once they pass the nursing board. “After five years, if they…
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(THE POST) SENATOR Jinggoy Estrada said it’s high time to develop a higher quality of education and training for Filipino seafarers. In a statement, Estrada stressed the near banning of Filipino seafarers from working on European Union-flagged vessels has made timely the passage of the enabling law that will protect the rights and welfare of…
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