Vice President Sara Duterte, who concurrently sits as Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, met with the officials of the agency on Wednesday, July 6, for a budget review. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The meeting, held at the Office of the Secretary (OSec) Conference Room in DepEd Central Office...
While she recognized all the gains in education under the previous leaderships, Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 4, assured that improving the country’s basic education will be prioritized under her term as the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary. Vice President and Education...
Professor Emeritus Leonor Briones on Monday, July 4, formally turned over to Vice President Sara Duterte the leadership of the country’s biggest bureaucracy: the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (left) with former Education Secretary Leonor Briones...
As she formally assumed the position as a Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 4, paid tribute to her predecessor Leonor Briones. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (left) with former Education Secretary Leonor Briones during the...
Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte assured representatives from private schools that the government will exhaust possible means to help them as they recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte delivers her inaugural...
Addressing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and the K to 12 Program are among the priority areas that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte will focus on once she sits as the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice president-elect and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Keith...
For a group of education workers, it takes more than “peace and discipline” to address the learning crisis in the country. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) “What we need is a leadership that recognizes the learning crisis, the desperate quality of education, the chronically underpaid status...
Incumbent Education Secretary Leonor Briones welcomed on Wednesday, May 11, the possibility of vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte leading the Department of Education (Deped). Education Secretary Leonor Briones / DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN She made the statement the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is holding a virtual National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF) 2021 starting Tuesday, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 to highlight the role of science and research in addressing present global challenges and issues amidst a pandemic. NSTF 2021 (Photo from DepEd) The NSTF...
• At 80, Briones leads the largest bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of personnel and millions of students. • ‘They say I am already old but I believe I have the youngest ideas. There is no correlation between the state of my knees and the state of my brain,’ she said. • Believing...