For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Hebrews 8:7, NIV We only emphasize that Christian life we are in is not based on another form of religious ritual but on a covenant. The question is what type of covenant are you in? Is it a covenant of religion or a covenant of love? It should be a covenant of love. Love is a person and that is God (see 1 John 4:16). The covenant we are in is a covenant based on who He is and not on who we are. It's based on what He has done and not on what we have done. When you sign an agreement form, you understand what type of covenant or agreement you are signing in. And this is the reason why still many Christians missed the true essence of Christianity. It's because they don't understand the covenant they are in. In result, many are so called Christians are still living a life like they don't have Christ. There's no real transformation happened. They think Christian...
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Grace Poe filed a Senate bill banning teachers to give homework or assignments to students on weekends.
The senator authored Senate Bill 966 or the proposed "No Homework Law."
"All primary and secondary schools in the country shall not allow teachers to give any network or assignments to students from Kinder to Grade 12 on weekends," the bill read.
Under the proposed measure, teachers may only assign homework to students on weekends provided that it be minimal and will not require more than four hours to be completed.
Poe stressed that the "no homework" policy on weekends will be applied to both public and private schools.
In the Senate bill, Poe pointed out that the state is mandated to safeguard the welfare of teachers and school children.
Citing a study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Program for International Student Assessment, the senator noted that additional time spent on homework has a negligible impact on the performance of students. This is after around four hours of homework in a week.
Similar proposals have been filed at the House of Representatives earlier this week.
Rep. Evelina Escudero (Sorsogon) and Rep. Alfred Vargas (Quezon City) have filed separate measures banning the giving of homework to students on weekends.
The DepEd welcomed this no-homework policy proposal from lawmakers.
"We want all formal studying, assignment, project, whatever, to be done inside the school," Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a radio interview Tuesday.
Source: Phil Star
