(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Ilocos Sur 1st district Rep. Ronald Singson has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to finalize the guidelines that aim to revert the next school year to the pre-pandemic school calendar. “Given that this is a matter of great...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed his push for the passage of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2493 or the Revised Magna Carta for Public School Teachers in a bid to improve teachers’ welfare. This, after the Department of Education (DepEd) issued a directive removing administrative tasks from...
President Marcos has asked Filipinos to support the new MATATAG curriculum as it aims to provide a more progressive future for the youth. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he graced the Basic Education Report (BER) 2024 in Pasay City on Thursday,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Jan.24 kicked off the national launch of the School Mental Health Program and the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 at Esteban Abada Elementary School in Quezon City. Photo from DepEd With the theme, "Batang Matatag:...
The Department of Education (DepEd) launched on Jan. 23 the Teacher Effectiveness and Competencies Enhancement Project (TEACEP) to improve teachers' professional development and competency standards in Kindergarten to Grade 6 (K-6) education. The project developed in partnership with the World Bank...
(Unsplash) A ranking congressman has thumbed down the Department of Education's (DepEd) proposal to tweak the school year by reverting to the pre-pandemic June to March calendar from the current August to May calendar. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Education (DepEd) will soon introduce diagnostic tests to gauge students’ level of reading for the implementation of "Catch-up Fridays". “We really envisioned it to be structured but just to ease everyone in, we decided that...
President Marcos has tasked the Department of Education (DepEd) to immediately take necessary steps to improve the Philippines' ranking in the international students assessment which remains at a low level. MB File Photo During a sectoral meeting in Malacañan on Thursday, Jan. 11, Marcos ordered...
Senators on Thursday, January 4 urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to ensure no student would be displaced with the discontinuation of the Senior High School (SHS) program in state universities (SUCs) and local universities and colleges...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Tuesday, January 2, he expects there is sufficient coordination between the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure that there will be no disruption in the education of students. This was after CHED...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President SaraDuterte (PPAB, Facebook) Constructing 2,201 new classrooms in 2023 is nothing to brag about if the actual classroom shortage in the country is nearly 75 times the figure. ...
A proposed bill in the Senate is seeking to rename the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) to the National Literacy Council and strengthen its powers and functions. Senate Bill 2510, introduced by Sen. Lito Lapid, also aims to expand the LCC, its membership structure and supporting mechanisms, and...
