FUSE widens
reach
THE Foundation for Upgrading the Standard of Education (FUSE)
provided training to 923 teachers from 695 public and private schools in
English, Math and the Sciences last year at the Learning Center for Teachers
along Roxas Blvd. and off-site or in summer workshops.
The figure was down from the 1,243 teacher-trainees who
benefited from FUSE's two-day workshops in 2006 on the use of video courses or
Continuing Studies via Technology (Constec) VCDs which are the main components
of the training program.
"Although there was a decrease in the total number of
trainees compared to last year's, our reach widened. There was an increase in
the proportion of out-of-town trainees vis-à-vis those from Metro Manila-from 25
percent in 2006 to this year's 36 percent," said Rep. Salvador Escudero III,
FUSE president.
Escudero said FUSE has also made inroads into
teacher-training institutions, touching base with 130 teachers of English,
Elementary Science, Physics and Chemistry from 65 schools, as well as with 210
principals. "These principals are the key to classroom application of what their
FUSE-trained teachers learned," he said.
FUSE also brought to five the learning areas within its
Teacher Training Program with the recent launch of the Mathematics training
course.
Seminar for immigrants to
Canada set on April 19, 26
FOR Filipinos considering immigrating to Canada, a two-day,
three-hour seminar will be held on April 19 and 26 by Canadian immigration
lawyer Bayani Abesamis at the Medical Plaza Ortigas in San Miguel Avenue, Pasig
City. Seminar fee is P5,000 which includes a seminar kit, snacks and
"one-on-one" consultation and assessment for all attendees. Slots are limited to
30 participants per session. For details, call 683-0284 and 910-2559.
Abesamis said Canada's open and immigrant-friendly policies
continue to attract people. He said Filipinos tend to do well in the skilled
worker category which accounts for a substantial number of new arrivals. "The
high points assigned to education and language proficiency in the selection
criteria, factors in which they traditionally score high in, gives Filipinos a
distinct advantage," Abesamis said.
The Philippines is the third largest source-country for
immigrants to Canada.
Abesamis, a Law graduate of UP Diliman and the University of Toronto, has
been practicing Canadian immigration law since 1997. He was admitted to the
practice of law in the province of Ontario in 1994.
