Vice President Sara Duterte, who also sits as the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), shared that the agency is like it is in a “quicksand” as it deals with the needed repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of schools and their facilities damaged during disasters and...
Enrollment for the incoming school year (SY) 2022-2023 continues to increase based on the latest data released by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 1. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As of 7 a.m., data from the DepEd’s Learner Information System (LIS) for SY 2022-2023...
The Department of Education (DepEd) needs over P1 billion for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools that were damaged during the Abra quake. The Pacpaca Elementary School in Luba is among the schools affected by the Abra quake. (Photo from DepEd) Based on the latest update issued by the...
After two years of stalled face-to-face school activities, public schools in Pasig City resumed their respective summer reading camps in July, gathering around 8,500 children and teenagers. Pasig Elementary School students participate in a 10-day face-to-face summer reading camp funded by the local...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- At least a dozen schools across New Zealand received bomb threats on Thursday, causing widespread disruption in what is believed to have been an overseas cyberattack. Many of the schools involved were either locked down or evacuated as a result. The fresh wave of threats...
At least 8,027 schools were affected while 35 were damaged following the destructive magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck northwestern Luzon on July 27, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Thursday morning, July 28. Aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake (Photo courtesy of Dugong...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), together with its affiliate organizations, supported President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to “extend” blended learning beyond Oct. 31 in selected Philippine areas. (Unsplash) Marcos, on Tuesday, July...
Vice President Sara Duterte has visited typhoon-stricken Bohol to personally check on the damage typhoon Odette left in the province last year. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of the OVP) Duterte, also the Education Secretary, on Friday, July 22, went to check on the schools ravaged by...
Making school uniforms non-mandatory isn’t enough to make education accessible as students also need financial aid, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel said. File photo of college students roaming around the campus before the pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) This, after...
The Las Piñas City government started conducting vaccinations of its pediatric population on Friday, July 15, to prepare public school students for face-to-face (F2F) classes this coming school year. Vaccination at Moonwalk Elementary School in Las Pinas (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO)...
The Department of Health (DOH) said that Covid-19 vaccination sites will be set up in different schools to encourage more eligible students as well as their guardians to get vaccinated against the viral disease. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement as different schools...
While it strongly supports the resumption of face-to-face classes, an organization of private schools appealed for “flexibility” when it comes to the learning delivery modalities that can be used for its students. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Even before President Ferdinand...
