Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta wants to know if his right to education was violated after he was dropped by his advisor as he was finishing his doctoral dissertation in 2017. Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta during the CHR budget hearing on Sept. 15. (Screencap from House of...
An advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 15, urged Congress to prioritize the recovery of the education system in the deliberations for the 2023 budget as the learning crisis continues to grip the country. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City during the first day of classes for...
Migration to private schools should not be used as an “excuse” not to grant the demand of teachers for a pay hike, a group of education workers on Thursday, Sept. 15 said. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Using the old and worn-out private school card to deflect calls for salary upgrading...
(Photo from Unsplash) A week after creating a hotline, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Sept. 15, said it has received "less than 20" reports of abuse against students. In a press conference, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said that the reports received by DepEd through its hotline...
To help address the concerns of teachers when it comes to their workload, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to launch a “balancing tool” that would help determine which tasks are directly related to teaching and other assignments. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to rechannel the P150-million “confidential funds” it has requested to address the shortage in basic education resources, especially in public schools. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “At a time of a grave learning crisis, apportioning such amount...
Teachers' group mourned the death of their fellow teacher in Bicol who reportedly passed away after attending teaching duties despite not feeling well. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) - Bicol and the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in separate statements,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Around the world, girls are falling behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report published on Wednesday. The report finds that boys have up to 1.3 times the odds...
Special children's education do not have dedicated funds under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) allocation of the Department of Education (DepEd). (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) This was bared Wednesday, Sept. 14 by DepEd Undersecretary Ernesto Gaviola during the agency's budget hearing...
Public school teachers, students, and parent groups trooped to Congress on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to call for the doubling of the education budget for 2023. Members of Alliance of Concerned Teachers stage a picket protest in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Wednesday, Sept. 14,...
As it continues to receive reports from the field that some teachers are required to render teaching tasks for more than six hours or stay and work in the school beyond eight hours, a group on Monday, Sept. 12, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to reiterate the policy on working hours with...
With the resumption of face-to-face classes this school year, a group urged the government to ensure that learning recovery among affected learners would be an utmost priority. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “Learning recovery is our most urgent task with the reopening of face-to-face...
