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Advanced Degrees Help in Ideal Career Preparation

This is a guest post by Harry Martin. Are you looking forward to advancing your career? With competition becoming stricter, the chance of looking for degrees and certificates that would set you apart in the industry is high. Since the job market of today is in strict need of career-oriented individuals featuring the ideal blend [...]

UPOU now accepting applications for admission to Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) program

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is now accepting applications for admission to the new baccalaureate program, Bachelor of Education Studies under the Faculty of Education. The Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) program will be offered starting the first term of academic year 2012-2013. The BES program aims to “develop education professionals for various [...]

House approves bill declaring UPOU as “national Open University”

The Philippine House of Representatives has approved the final reading of House Bill 4883 that will declare the University of the Philippines Open University as the national Open University of the Philippines. HB 4883, also known as the “Open Learning and Distance Education Act of 2011,” aims to expand access to quality education through open [...]