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Sun Life Philippines is kickstarting the holiday season by mounting the brightest and grandest thanksgiving concert for Sun Life clients and guests at the World Trade Center Tent on November 30, 2023. Hosted in partnership with Wish 107.5, the Wish Upon a Sun: Sama-Sama sa Pasasalamat Concert will feature Sun Life's very own brand ambassadors, Piolo Pascual, Sarah Geronimo, Matteo Guidicelli, and Donny Pangilinan. The concert will also have live performances from Belle Mariano, BGYO, BINI, and Imago. As part of the festivities, Donny will be roaming around the venue with a "Partner for Life Cam," where chosen pairs among the crowd will be interviewed for a chance to take home a limited-edition Sunson plushie. Meanwhile, concert attendees are all eligible to win exciting prizes, including holiday baskets and P5,000 and P10,000 gift certificates. An enchanting trip for two to Singapore along with a much-coveted pair of concert tickets to a global superstar's concert in March will also be raffled off to one lucky Sun Life client during the event. Pre-concert, early birds will be able to enjoy exciting games and activities, as well as food concessionaires from select Sun Life business owner clients at the Partner for LiFEST. A special lounge for eligible clients will be also available on a first-come, first- serve basis. "We are immensely grateful to our clients for the honor of making Sun Life their guaranteed Partner for Life. We want to express our appreciation by giving them a fun- filled and memorable night with loved ones through this thanksgiving concert," Sun Life Chief Client Experience and Marketing Officer Carla Gonzalez-Chong said. Wish Upon a Sun: Sama-Sama sa Pasasalamat Concert also serves as a culminating event of the Kasa-Kasama sa Roadtrip, a roadshow that brought free live performances from local artists, as well as fun activities and games in Iloilo, Pampanga, Quezon, and Batangas in support of the Partner for Life campaign. To stay updated, follow @SunLifePH on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter (X). You can also visit https://sunlife.co/PasasalamatConcert2023 for more details on the promo.

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25.12.23 09:34

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CHEd to expand teacher training beyond Cambodia | Global News

After a successful pilot run in Cambodia, a Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) program that seeks to improve the skills of Filipinos teaching overseas to help them qualify for promotions and higher salaries will be introduced in other countries. In a recent statement, CHEd Chair Prospero de Vera III announced that 16 Filipinos working in Cambodia passed the Philippine license examination for professional teachers given in September in Bangkok, Thailand. Of the 16, six were products of the agency's Developing Global Filipino Teachers (DGFT) pilot program, a joint initiative between the CHEd and the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh launched in October 2020. It aims to "equip, capacitate and enhance the competencies of Filipino teachers in Cambodia" to allow them to land better teaching positions and higher salaries. "After the successful pilot of the international DGFT program in Cambodia, the commission will work with our Foreign Service Posts so that we can reach more overseas Filipino teachers," De Vera said. According to him, the program has so far benefited 1,006 Filipinos who have yet to pass the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) exam for teachers. "They are sought after here in Cambodia as they don't just teach and educate; they also nurture their students," said Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia Amelia Aquino. The DGFT was conceptualized after the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh alerted the CHEd in 2019 about the plight of some 1,152 Filipinos working there as teachers. Over 1,000 of them were receiving low salaries despite their many years in service because they were not licensed by the PRC, according to De Vera. To help them, the CHEd asked for assistance from three Philippine universities considered centers of excellence in teacher education: Saint Paul University, Cebu Normal University, and Philippine Normal University. According to De Vera, the program is designed to equip Filipino teachers with the necessary competencies in important dimensions of the teaching profession, 21st-century pedagogy, global citizenship and internationalization, digital literacy, and ethical values. In particular, the DGFT helps Filipino professionals in Cambodia who are not education graduates and want to take the PRC exam for teachers as well as education graduates who are not yet licensed. It also provides assistance to in-service teachers who want to enhance their competencies and impact in the classroom and beyond to understand global issues, and those teaching English to non-English speakers. Earlier this year, a study conducted by the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) revealed that the country's education system was not properly preparing teachers to provide quality education to students. Based on an analysis of 12 years' worth of data taken from the PRC website regarding teacher licensure examinations and from CHEd, the PBEd said that more than half, or 56 percent of local schools offering teacher education had posted below-average passing rate...