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Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte assured representatives from private schools that the government will exhaust possible means to help them as they recover for the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Academic advocates from Teach for the Philippines (TFP) are hopeful that the new administration would bring in new bouts of inspiration and impact for children nationwide.

Social Studies or “Araling Panlipunan” became a trending topic on Twitter on Saturday, July 2 which highlighted, once again, the need urgent to review the curriculum to look at how history, in particular, is taught in schools.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the guidelines on eligibility and application for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) for the incoming school year.

To guide its personnel and other stakeholders on the duty to respect, protect, fulfill and promote all children’s rights to and in education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has ordered the adoption of the Rights-Based Education (RBE) Framework in the country’s basic education system.

Composed of various proposals for the welfare of teachers as well as the quality of learning for children and the general reforms in the sector of education, a teachers’ group urged the new administration to consider its 13-point agenda for education.

Students should be taught using the language that they best understand.

A group of teachers on Thursday, June 30, urged newly-inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to fulfill the promises made to the education sector during the campaign period.

As the incoming Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers challenged Vice President Sara Duterte to “deliver on the promises that her father failed.”

Nueva Segovia Archbishop Marlo Peralta expressed hope that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would focus his work on addressing the needs of the Filipinos during his term.

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has launched a mobile app for its online skills training program to make tech-voc training more accessible to Filipinos.

Recognizing the need to provide more accessible technology to students, teachers, and personnel, the Department of Education (DepEd) has led the launch of the DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) Virtual Labs.

Outgoing Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones was among the Cabinet members who President Duterte recognized for their efforts amid the Covid-19 pandemic in their respective departments.

The immediate impacts of Covid-19 on learning and participation will be the focus of the first phase of the newly-crafted Basic Education Development Plan 2030 (BEDP 2030) of the Department of Education (DepEd).

The Department of Education (DepEd) highlighted the creation of financial management reform and the establishment of the Education Program Management Office as among its accomplishments under the outgoing administration.

For the first time, student-leaders nationwide made history as they turned over the “Youth Education Agenda” to the Department of Education (DepEd).

The outgoing and incoming leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) are scheduled to virtually meet with representatives from private schools next week.

“Come to our rescue,” private schools told the government as their operations continue to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic.