A group of education workers urged the government to ensure that the results of the National Achievement Test (NAT) to be conducted by the end of this month will be used in improving the quality of education in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “This year’s NAT is of special...
Despite the 2023 salary adjustment, a group of education workers on Thursday, Jan. 12, called the government’s measure a “failure” with over 70 percent of its workers still being “paid below living wage.” Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) stage a picket protest in front...
The review of the K to 12 curriculum is still ongoing, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Jan. 11, said. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group In a Viber message, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa told reporters that the “review is still ongoing” for the K to 12 basic education...
The Department of Education (DepEd), headed by Vice President Sara Duterte, plans to present its Basic Education Report 2023 (BER) to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Jan. 30 to give an overview of the present state of the country’s basic education, as well as plans and...
A total of 649 memoranda of agreement, 16 memoranda of understanding, and two memoranda of partnerships were signed by the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in 2022, further advancing technical vocational education and training (TVET) in the country. TESDA Director General...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada is now pushing for a bill seeking the teaching of the 1987 Constitution in the secondary education curriculum of all public and private educational institutions in the country. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (Senate PRIB) Estrada said doing so would help raise the level of awareness...
The National Achievement Test for Grade 12 (NATG12) for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 will be administered this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. Photo taken at Signal Village National High School, Taguig City June 2019 / file photo / DepEd Public Affairs Service Undersecretary and...
The honesty of a nine-year-old Muslim boy in Davao del Norte was commended by the Department of Education (DepED). (Photo courtesy of DepED) Ashnor Abbas Cadato, a Grade 3 learner of Sto. Niño Central Elementary School, Talaingod District, was cited for his honesty after returning a lost envelope...
An average of eight out of 10 technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates got employed, a study conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) revealed. TESDA Director General Danilo P. Cruz. (Photo courtesy of TESDA) In a statement released on...
(Photo courtesy of DepEd / SDO Misamis Occidental) The estimated cost for the repair and reconstruction of schools that were damaged due to shear line and Low Pressure Area (LPA) in Mindanao is now at P409 million, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Jan. 5, said. (Photo courtesy of...
The Department of Education Central Office (DepEd CO) received the Bronze Award in the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for its continued outstanding practice in human resource management. DepEd...
The resumption of classes in public schools after the Christmas break has been smooth and orderly so far, the Department of Education (DepED) on Wednesday, Jan. 4, said. (DepED / MB Visual Content Group) “No untoward incidents have been reported so far in relation to the resumption of classes,”...
