Tag Archives: private education

For the Sake of Our Youth

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

Address to the Mid-year CEAP Superintendents Commission Meeting Feb 4, 2019. Bacolod City. Msgr. Mike Veneracion and the members of the Superintendents’ Commission: Please excuse me for not being able to join your meeting in Bacolod.  I had actually made … Continue reading →

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No More Taxes on Private Education, Please

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

It is not a good idea to burden private education with more with new taxes. If government needs more money for its Build! Build! Build! ambitions, it should not get this from institutions build! build! build!ing the nation’s leadership and … Continue reading →

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COCOPEA Proposed Bill on Free Private Higher Education

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

Proposed legislation on Free Private Higher Education submitted by COCOPEA to legislators through Sen. Paulo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV on 23 January 2017.  Please see “COCOPEA to Sen. Bam Aquino on Free Private Higher Education” SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE  ) … Continue reading →

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Not Just Access, Quality!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Official Statement of COCOPEA against current legislative proposals to improve access to higher education without improving quality.]   The Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) views with grave concern the currently proposed allocation of some eight billion pesos annually purportedly … Continue reading →

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Secular Schools: inherent limitations?

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Subsequent to my EPQ lecture in Malacañan on “Transformation Education for Social Justice,” (cf: https://taborasj.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/transformative-education-for-social-justice) the following question was raised: “Transformative education is, as I understand it, the conscious imparting of values, in addition to knowledge.  In this regard, does … Continue reading →

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Tuition Increase and Rationality

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[For Pakighinabi, Manila Times, June 1, 2014] Often, the perceived rational is irrational. In the Philippines we have two types of schools, public schools and private schools. There is a need to understand the advantages of each, and how they … Continue reading →

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Towards Defining the Necessary Complementarity Between Public and Private Schools

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Address: CEAP National Convention. Discussion Forum, Members Meeting. SMX Lanang, Davao, September 23, 2014] In the current landscape of multi-layered challenges related with the implementation of the K-12, in the context of gnawing uncertainties concerning the status of our Higher … Continue reading →

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DACS: Continuing to Provide Catholic Education with Courage and Hope

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Address and President’s Report: DACS Regional Assembly, 2014, DACS Training Center] Your Excellences, the Most Reverend Archbishop and Bishops of the Davao-Digos-Tagum-Mati Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction: Most Rev. Archbishop Romulo G. Valles, DD, Archbishop of Davao; Most Rev. George B. Rimando, DD, … Continue reading →

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Towards a “Manila Declaration on Philippine Higher Education.”

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

In looking at the draft of the Manila Declaration on Philippine Higher Education, I am elated that its drafters exhibit a sensitivity to academic freedom. It is a step away from the prescriptive penchant of those who would like to … Continue reading →

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In Support of Bangsamoro Education

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Address to the First National Congress of the National Association of Bangsamoro Education]   For this opportunity to address you in this First National Congress of the National Association of Bangsamoro Education, Inc. (NABEi), I am deeply grateful. From the … Continue reading →

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