Even without face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) inaugurated 339 newly constructed school buildings and 98 restored Gabaldon Schoolhouses ahead of the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022. (Photo from DepEd) “Although the conduct of face-to-face classes is not yet allowed,...
Editorial Each new school year brings with it a different set of hopes, goals -- and in these tumultuous times -- challenges that were unheard of in past school years. This academic year, like last year, is starting in a peak of a pandemic, which has forced the Department of Education (DepEd) to...
The Philippines stands to lose around P11 trillion in the next four-decades from the pandemic-induced school closures, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) estimated. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO : AFP : FILE PHOTO) Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said Thursday,...
CHICAGO, United States -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Tuesday listed 26 Illinois schools with COVID-19 outbreaks, including several in the suburban Chicago areas, Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday. Students of Montrara Ave. Elementary School are seen in their in-person...
WASHINGTON, United States – It's back to school time in America after a year of remote learning, but forget about the iconic yellow school bus: because of COVID, there is a shortage of drivers. School buses are seen in Pasadena, California on March 19, 2021 (AFP/Harry How) The problem --...
Students of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS)-Main Campus have emerged as among the top performers at the Asian Schools Debating Championship (ASDC) held this month. PSHS-Main Campus (Photo courtesy of Bernard Llaguno/PSHS) “The Philippine Science High School System congratulates the...
(RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) While the learning delivery modality for school year (SY) 2021-2022 will be enhanced blended learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the conduct of face-to-face classes still remains a possibility. “I'd like to also emphasize that...
To provide essential support to education frontliners for the upcoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to deliver some 40,000 laptops to teachers, personnel, schools, and field offices nationwide this August. (Photo from DepEd) “The provision of internet-capable equipment...
Even without face-to-face classes this incoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that schools will remain operational areas that would cater to the needs of learners and other education stakeholders. File photo shows Lawang Bato National High School, Valenzuela City taken on...
Believing that distance learning poses more disadvantages than advantages, over 124 organizations called on the government to ensure quality and accessible education by allowing the safe reopening of schools that would pave the way for face-to-face classes. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “There...
With decreasing enrollment in private schools, group calls for ‘urgent policy intervention’ from gov’t A group of private schools on Monday, Aug. 23, called on the government to implement “policy intervention” the soonest possible time with the steady decline in enrollment. (RIO DELUVIO /...
The House of Representatives on Monday, August 23 passed on third and final reading the bill that proposes to define tax rates for proprietary schools in order to allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on taxable income. STUDENTS With all 203 members present voting in the...
