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Faculties of Studies recognize academic achievements of Class 2015.The UP Open University Faculties of Studies held their recognition programs for their graduates on 24 July 2015 at the UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Patricia Arinto, Dean of the Faculty of Education (FEd), welcomed the FEd graduating class of 2015 to their recognition rites held at the UPOU Oblation Hall. Five of the students graduated with honors, led by Maria Rowena D.R. Raymundo (Master of Distance Education), who made it to the Chancellor's List with an graded weighted average (GWA) of 1.10. She is also this year's top UPOU graduate. [...]

UPOU and partners officially launch Teacher Development Program Phase 5 (TDP5) in Mauban, Quezon.Teacher Development Program Phase 5 (TDP5), a project to continuously upgrade the knowledge and skills of mathematics, science, language and computer science teachers was launched in Mauban, Quezon. This program provides scholarship grants to selected public elementary and high school teachers from Mauban, Quezon. A TDP5 scholar shall enroll in one of the following graduate programs of the University of the Philippines Open University: Diploma in Science Teaching; Diploma in Mathematics Teaching; Diploma in Language and Literacy Education; at Diploma in Computer Science. The scholar shall also [...]

Office of Gender Concerns conducts seminar on breast health care for women in UPOU and the Los Baños community.The UPOU Office of Gender Concerns, in cooperation with the UP Manila Ugnayan ng Pahingungod and the Philippine Foundation for Breast Care, Inc. (PFBCI), conducted a Breast Health Seminar at the UPOU CCDL Auditorium on 07 May 2015. The seminar was intended to provide information on breast care and breast cancer to the women of UPOU and the Local Government Unit of Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Ma. Lourdes Cortez, PFBCI President, spoke on the proper way of caring for the breasts and [...]

Faculty of Education partners with Department of Science and Technology and Pueblo Science in a training-workshop for high school students and public secondary school teachers.The Faculty of Education (FEd) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held a science camp for 48 high school students on 22-23 April 2015 and a training-workshop for 119 public high school science teachers on 29-30 April 2015, in cooperation with the Balik Scientist Program (BSP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Pueblo Science, a charity organization based in Toronto, Canada. DOST Balik Scientist Dr. Mayrose Salvador and Pueblo Science [...]

UPOU co-hosts industry-academe forum on e-Service Management ProgramThe third of the series of IT-BPM Industry Academic Dialogue was conducted on 24 April 2015 at the UP Open University Headquarters. The dialogue is an initiative of the UP Open University, IT-Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and the Asian development Bank (ADB) to encourage the higher education and technical vocational institutions to prepare their students for the opportunities offered by the growing BPO sector. Dr. Melinda F. Lumanta, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, explained that the under ADB project, the UPOU has partnered with IBPAP in addressing the skills shortage [...]

Public consultations on Open and Distance Learning Act kick off at UPOU. Public consultations on Open and Distance Learning Act kick off at UPOU.On 24 April 2015, the UP Open University hosted the first public consultation on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10650 (Open and Distance Learning Act). Since its approval in December 2014, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel on Transnational Education and Distance Education (TP-TNEDE), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and UP Open University (UPOU) have been working on the rules and regulations for the implementation of [...]