On the second of classes for the newly-opened school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) has recorded over 25.5 million enrollees or 97.5 percent of the enrollment last year. Distribution of modules and school supplies in Taguig City on the first day of classes for SY 2021-2022 on Sept. 13,...
In order to cover the needs of the education sector amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a teachers’ group on Tuesday, Sept. 14, called for bigger funding as Congress deliberated the proposed budget for the Department of Education (DepEd) for next year. Photo from ACT As the House...
The Department of Education is hoping that the number of enrolled students for the school year 2021-2022 will exceed last year's enrollment numbers. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd/MANILA BULLETIN) At the deliberation of the House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriation on the...
Without face-to-face classes and with schools still closed, the first day of classes in public schools nationwide officially started on Monday, Sept. 13, under a distance learning set-up. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Just like last year, the Department of Education (DepEd) is implementing the...
Wearing their school uniforms, students of primary and secondary schools together with their parents held a protest action on Monday, Sept. 13, to call for safe and effective education program during the pandemic. Photo from Salinlahi Alliance for Children's Concerns FB page The students and...
As it continues to bear the brunt of the pandemic, the country’s private education is now in a “critical state” especially with the steady decrease in enrollment in the past two years. (Photo from Unsplash) “As we start a new school year, the private education sector is in critical...
With the months-long preparation undertaken by the entire Department of Education (DepEd), Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, Sept. 13, assured that the newly-opened School Year (SY) 2021-2022 will not be a “repeat” of last school year. Education Secretary Leonor Briones / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Amid “unaddressed” challenges under the distance learning set-up first implemented last school year, a group of education workers criticized Education Secretary Leonor Briones for declaring a “successful” opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Grade 2 pupil Kesha Aranez from Atienza...
A teacher from Gregorio Santiago Elementary School in San Miguel, Manila distributes modules and school supplies to a parent of a student during the first day of the School Year (SY) 2021-2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As the new school year opened in public schools, Education Secretary Leonor...
Taguig City has been chosen by the Department of Education (DepEd) as one of the pilot cities in Metro Manila for face-to-face classes once the government allows them. Classes in the country opened on Sept. 13 with 24.6 million students, according to DepEd Sec. Leonor Briones. Upper Bicutan...
Malacañang has yet to give the go signal for the conduct of pilot face-to-face classes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday, Sept. 13. Teacher Pauline Marie Marasigan-Romero of Rafael Palma Elementary School prepares her online...
There are more than 77,000 students enrolled in public schools in Muntinlupa this year, according to the Schools Division Office in the city. As of Sept. 12, 77,248 students have been enrolled from Kinder to Grade 12 and Special Education (SPED), lower by 11.21 percent, or 9,759 students, compared...
