The deadly shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Aug. 18 should not be treated as just another case of campus-security failure. It should serve as a warning that the government must confront school violence on two fronts: keeping weapons and threats out of campuses, and teaching young...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 11 has called on the public not to blame teachers for incidents of violence in schools, saying school safety is a shared responsibility among families, communities, and schools. DepEd-11 spokesperson Jenielito Atillo made the statement...
President Marcos does not need to issue an executive order (EO) for the Department of Education 's (DepEd) proposed policy allowing schools to decide whether to resume classes based on local conditions after disasters or bad weather, Malacañang said. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Aug. 19,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Edgardo Angara vowed here yesterday that DepEd would strengthen school-based guidance and counseling programs to help identify students experiencing emotional or psychological distress as calls mounted for tighter safeguards on firearms...
Ranking congressmen have begun to espouse various actions in response to the shocking, livestreamed shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18 that left two students dead. Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said in a press...
Some of the country’s most influential business and civil society groups are calling for the institutionalization of a four-percent share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) as the minimum allocation for funding the education sector. In a joint statement last week, the groups said...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), directed all police units to coordinate with school authorities before conducting activities in any learning space in support of the new guidelines from the Department of Education (DepEd). The new guidelines set...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, August 17 declared Vice President Sara Duterte’s special disbursement officer at the Office of the Vice President, Gina Acosta, the first hostile witness in the trial over the alleged misuse of confidential funds. Presiding Officer Senator Francis...
Using personal social media accounts does not exempt teachers and other school personnel from professional and ethical standards, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded its personnel. This came after the agency received reports of posts that may not be consistent with DepEd’s standards of...
Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan couldn 't help but comment during the Senate impeachment trial Tuesday, Aug. 11 that only Superman could have done the single-day confidential funds disbursement feat indicated in the documents submitted by the Department of Education (DepEd) under its former...
Senator Loren Legarda on Monday, August 10 hailed the passage of Republic Act No. 12322 which now gives the Department of Education (DepEd) the flexibility to choose the curricular approach that are most effective for Filipino learners. Legarda said the new law now offers hope that classrooms will...
The number of classrooms damaged by the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone “Maymay” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” has climbed to 3,924, up from 2,424 reported a day earlier, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday, Aug. 10. Based on DepEd’s latest situation report...
