Education workers and teachers delivered their 10-point challenge to the new administration days before Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took his oath as President and incoming Vice President-elect Sara Duterte assumed the post of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary. (NOEL B. PABALATE /...
A group of education workers opposed the move to go back to pre-pandemic class sizes by easing physical distancing during the conduct of face-to-face classes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines today questioned the plan of the Department of...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Tuesday, June 21, questioned the Department of Education’s (DepEd) plan to ease physical distancing in classrooms for schools under Alert Level 1 for school year (SY) 2022-2023. (Juan Carlo De Vela / Manila Bulletin) “We oppose the move to...
A group on Friday, June 10, called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to give additional compensation to teachers who are handling remedial classes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines Secretary General Raymond Basilio, additional...
A group of education workers urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to further discuss the compensation of teachers who will serve in the upcoming May 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday,...
A group of teachers and education workers called on the public, especially the youth, to open their eyes to the “tyranny” of President Duterte as the country commemorates the 49th year since then President Ferdinand E. Marcos put the country under martial law. President Duterte / Malacañang...
There is no stopping the country’s teachers from marching alongside many sectors this Monday, July 26, to express dismay over President Duterte’s “empty” promises and programs and policies that resulted in the suffering of the country’s education sector. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The...
(Jojo Riñoza/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines has criticized the Duterte administration for its supposed "poor performance" in the country's education system. "Less than a week before President Duterte delivers his last SONA, the Alliance of...
