In an effort to harness the expertise of academe, government agencies, industry, and professional organizations towards reforms that will ensure that academic programs produce competent graduates that will supply the manpower needs for the local and international labor markets, the Commission on...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina As in previous years, yesterday’s opening of School Year 2021-2022 for 24.6 million basic education students was seen as a hopeful time for young minds to start acquiring knowledge to attain a bright future. “Punong-puno ng pag-asa ang...
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...
The Department of Education (DepEd) formally opened a new school year on Monday, Sept. 13, amidst a raging pandemic . Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte last June 2021 (DepEd Philippines Facebook page) Despite the challenges, Education Secretary Leonor...
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...
As the new school year started in public schools, a students' group on Monday, Sept. 13, said that the shortage of learning materials, delayed wages, and lack of teachers' benefits are among the "manifestations of a failed education system." Teachers from Mabolo Elementary School arrange modules...
The youth arm of opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Monday, September 13, unveiled its 11-point agenda, which includes education, economic recovery, livable wages, economic protection, human rights, and national sovereignty, for the 2022 national election. 1Sambayan Youth, which is comprised of...
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...
With almost five million students dropping out from schools, the Department of Education has nothing to celebrate about in yesterday’s opening of the 2021-22 school year. School opening image Makabayan lawmakers slammed Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ claim of success and victory as a...