The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic should no longer be used as an “excuse” not to go back to face-to-face classes, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte said on the opening of School Year (SY) 2022-2023 on Monday, Aug. 22. VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte...
Around 1,800 out of the 3,600 enrolled students in Fortune Elementary School (FES) in Marikina City participated in the "peaceful and orderly" inauguration of face-to-face classes after two years amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Fortune Elementary School. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Ann Hernandez) In an...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nearly 220,000 students returned to school for face-to-face classes Monday, Aug. 22, in this city after a two-year hiatus from the Covid-19 pandemic. STUDENTS arrive early in an elementary school in Zamboanga City during the first day of face-to-face classes Monday, Aug. 22....
Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "Wes" Gatchalian inspected Monday, Aug. 22, the facilities in three public schools to ensure the safe and orderly opening of the face-to-face classes for school year 2022-2023. Gatchalian visited Roberta de Jesus Elementary School, Lawang Bato Elementary School, and...
Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on August 22, 2022 (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Gaps in education resources marred the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 22,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed three of its service buses to ferry students to their schools for free on the first day of face-to-face classes on Monday, August 22. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) offers free bus rides to students, workers, and other ordinary passengers on the opening...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units to have their personnel stay near schools and all roads leading to campuses across the country in order to sustain what he described as peaceful and safe resumption of face-to-face classes for millions...
Millions of students trooped to their respective schools on Monday, Aug. 22, as the country reopened schools two years after being locked down in an online learning setup. However, progressive party-list groups and youth-led organizations urged students to document and expose “both examples of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. welcomed the resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, Aug. 22, with a reminder for teachers and students to keep on observing health protocols against Covid 19. SANITIZE! —Students at Andres Bonifacio Elementary School in Manila queue to...
School opening in Dinalupihan Elementary School, Bataan (Photo from DepEd) Citing reports from the field offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the first day of classes in public schools on Monday, Aug. 22, has been “orderly and peaceful” so far. DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Gov. Manuel Mamba suspended classes from preschool to elementary in this province Monday, Aug. 22, due to tropical depression “Florita.” THE 1st Cagayan Provincial Mobile Force Company led by Police Capt. Tristan John Zambale are on standby and has prepared search,...
Members of ACT hold sunrise protest to demand government responsibility for safe school reopening (Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) At sunrise, public school teachers on Monday, Aug. 22 staged a picket protest at Mendiola in Manila to call on the government to take on its responsibility for the...
