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The Philippines has participated in the Special Olympics World Games in every edition since the 1991 edition. [1] The team won nine gold medals in the 2007 games, the most it ever had at that time. They have since surpassed that total during the 2015 games, when the team won a total of 64 medals, including 24 gold.
The Philippines competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. The country qualified six athletes in four sports. [1] This was the second consecutive Paralympiad wherein the Philippines failed to win a medal. Its best finish was 4th in Women's Javelin Throw F54 courtesy of Cendy Asusano.
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC), formerly known as Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled—National Paralympic Committee of the Philippines, is the national sports association for physically impaired athletes, tasked to spearhead developing sport competency for Filipino persons with disabilities.
The Department of Education (abbreviated as DepEd; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Edukasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. [4] It is the main agency tasked to manage and govern the Philippine system of basic education. It is ...
Participation of Filipino athletes in the Olympics is sanctioned by its National Olympic Committee (NOC). Its NOC since 1975 is the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Prior to that date, the Philippines was represented by the POC's predecessor, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation which was founded in 1911.
DepEd. Department of Education, n.d. Abad, Florencio. "Policy Directions for ICT Use in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Philippines." ICTs in Basic Education First National Congress. Cebu City. 6-7 Dec. 2004. Belawati, T. (2004), UNESCO Meta-Survey on the Use of Technologies in Education, ICT Use in Education in the Philippines, pp. 122–126.
Pasay Alternative Learning System Community Learning Center. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is a parallel learning system in the Philippines that provides a practical option to the existing formal instruction. When one does not have or cannot access formal education in schools, ALS is an alternate or substitute.