The President of Kalayaan College, a private and non-sectarian institution founded by University of the Philippines (UP) professors, announced that they will be ending the institution’s operations due to “continuing financial losses.” The institution's logo (Image courtesy of Kalayaan...
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...
Academic advocates from Teach for the Philippines (TFP) are hopeful that the new administration would bring in new bouts of inspiration and impact for children nationwide. Photo courtesy of TFP / Niki Baroy The TFP expressed hope that the education of Filipino children will be among the priorities...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the guidelines on eligibility and application for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) for the incoming school year. Photo was taken in Signal Village National High School, Taguig City in June 2019. (DepEd Public Affairs Service file...
To guide its personnel and other stakeholders on the duty to respect, protect, fulfill and promote all children’s rights to and in education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has ordered the adoption of the Rights-Based Education (RBE) Framework in the country’s basic education system....
Composed of various proposals for the welfare of teachers as well as the quality of learning for children and the general reforms in the sector of education, a teachers’ group urged the new administration to consider its 13-point agenda for education. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Students should be taught using the language that they best understand. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday, July 1, said this in reaction to a part of the inaugural address of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
A group of teachers on Thursday, June 30, urged newly-inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to fulfill the promises made to the education sector during the campaign period. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Any new administration signals a new beginning and therefore hope...
As the incoming Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers challenged Vice President Sara Duterte to “deliver on the promises that her father failed.” Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte (file photos) The incoming DepEd Chief, who...
