Business leaders and industry players agreed the need to improve the quality of the country’s technical-vocational education and training (TVET) as critical part in the multisectoral efforts to upskill and reskill Filipino workers to ensure they remain globally competitive. At the Joint General...
A group of education workers on Friday, May 12, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to take accountability in “negligence and corruption cases” that led to the alleged fire sale of laptops in retail and online stores. (DepEd file photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines...
Groups of teachers and students on Thursday, May 11, expressed concerns about the appointment of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte as the co-vice chair of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (ALI...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has called on the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to strengthen enterprise-based training (EBT), or programs that are developed within companies and firms. “We keep saying that EBT is the best way to improve outcomes and...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, May 11, that it has inaugurated a three-story Provincial Training Center located in Lipa City, Batangas. In a statement, TESDA said that this is part of its commitment to expanding tech-voc training in the country as...
It's a rare thing now, seeing people read—even more so reading with actual physical books. Because of this, we are very excited about this latest announcement by the National Book Development Board (NBDB). The NBDB, best known for the Book Nook, is a program where the agency sets up reading and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that Early Registration in public schools for select grade levels started on Wednesday, May 10. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte issued DepEd Order No. 010, s.2023 or the “Amendment To DepEd Order...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte stressed the need to work together and help put Filipino children in school as she donated P100,000 to support the programs of a non-profit civic society group. (Photo from the Office of the Vice President) Speaking during the 77th annual ball of...
Following the release of the draft of the [revised Kindergarten to Grade 10 curriculum](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/29/dep-ed-releases-draft-of-k-to-10-curriculum-what-s-new-this-time) by the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of teachers raised concerns about some revisions in various learning...
To get more feedback from education stakeholders regarding the review of the country’s basic education curriculum, the Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the extension of the public review of the draft revised curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10. (JOJO RINOZA / MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to re-strategize the Child Protection Units (CPUs) in schools to become more “efficient” in protecting and upholding children’s rights. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “They must double their efforts and commence in adapting the recommendations...
To further strengthen teacher education in the country, an advocacy group urged education agencies to fast-track the publication of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act (RA) 11713 or the Excellence in Teacher Education Act. (DepEd file photo) “The publication of the IRR...
