De-stressing for Students
Going to school can be a woefully stressful experience at times. There are lessons to be learned, homework to be done, and projects to be accomplished. Of course, there’s so much more to school than studying. There are friends to meet and all sorts of extracurricular...
UPCAT Refresher Course 2015
AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center welcomed its summer college entrance test review students for the UPCAT Refresher Course held last August 2, 2015 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall. Apart from providing students with valuable test taking tips and techniques, the...
Five Ways to Stay Motivated
It’s roughly a month before the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT), and some of you might be feeling the pressure of having to perform well in this important exam. Because you’re right smack in the middle of the school year, and might be...
5 Things to Do on Rainy Day Weekdays
After a sweltering hot summer, we’ve run right smack into the rainy season. With more typhoons expected to visit our shores, more classes are bound to be cancelled. Some students are only too excited over the prospect of staying home, curled under the covers. Others...
The K to 12 Academic Track: What You Need to Know
One of the significant features of the K to 12 system is the integration of specialized tracks designed to help students in determining their respective career paths. These four tracks—academic, technical-vocational, sports, and arts and design—are aimed at enhancing...
AHEAD Conducts Test Construction Workshop
Last June 19, 2015, AHEAD Professional Network, the training arm of AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center, conducted a training session for tutors and lecturers on basic test construction. Joy Gatmaytan, AHEAD Materials Development Department Head, says, “Our materials...
What Makes a Winner?
A winner may be defined as someone who has achieved greatness. He may be someone who has excelled in his field, gathering numerous accolades along the way. A winner may also be someone who topped a competition. Amidst all of these definitions, however, does a winner...
How K to 12 Has Affected Tutorial Centers
By Kathleen de Villa Tutorial centers have been among the most severely affected by the start of the K to 12 program implementation, with the number of enrollees in college entrance test review programs significantly dropping beginning this year. MSA Academic...
We Have to Bite the Bullet
By Rossana L. Llenado Among students and parents, the hottest topic today is the country’s shift to the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K to 12) program. Signed into law by President Aquino in 2013, the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum requires all students to take one...
3 Things You Shouldn’t Do This School Year
There are countless tips and tricks on what every student should do on the first few days of school. What you’re not likely to read are things you shouldn’t be doing this school year. That is, if you want this school year to be your best one ever! Start fresh! Make...