The University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education and the University of the Philippines (UP)  inked a partnership that will aim to raise the quality of education in the Philippines. The partnership will support the implementation of the Philippines Department of Education’s (DepEd) Kindergarten to 12 Program, through research. A new Assessment Curriculum and Technology Research Centre (ACTRC) will be run by UP’s College of Education and the University of Melbourne’s Assessment Research Centre.