A group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to declare in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) the setting of a minimum salary standard for private school teachers that is equivalent to the entry-level salary of public school teachers. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
A survey conducted by the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) revealed that the majority of students in the country’s private Catholic schools are opposed to reintroducing the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. According to the April 2023 survey, 53 percent of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is currently finalizing the calendar for the incoming school year, Education Undersecretary and Spokesperson Michael Poa on Friday, May 19, said. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Poa gave an update on the preparations for the opening of the School Year (SY) in an...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte underscored the importance of education in ending the cycle of poverty when she visited two public schools in Tacloban on Thursday, May 11. (Photo from Official Facebook Page of Inday Sara Duterte) Duterte visited The Basper Elementary School 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...
The country's best campus journalists are set to gather once again in this year’s National Schools Press Conference (NSPC), the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, May 4, announced. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) To be held from July 17 to 21, DepEd said that the 2023 NSPC will mark the return...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, April 17, went to Masbate to check on students in seven public schools, where onsite classes were disrupted by clashes between security forces and communist rebels. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before elementary students during a...
Groups of teachers on Monday, April 17, welcomed the move of the Department of Education (DepEd) to stop the search for the best “Brigada Eskwela” implementers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Dapat lang na hindi na ito gawing contest, kasi kawawa ang mga teacher na napipilitan...
There will be no search for the “Brigada Eskwela” Best Implementing School Award for this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In DepEd Memorandum No. 020 s. of 2023 signed by Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, the agency revised...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) will firmly implement President Ferdinand R. Marcos' policy directive on ensuring full compliance by Philippine maritime schools with the training and certification standards of the European Commission. (Photo...
Due to the adjustments in the school calendar brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) has extended the application period for tuition and other fees increase, renewal of a permit to operate, and application for new offerings of private schools for the incoming...
An association of private schools expressed opposition to the no permit, no exam” policy because it will further aggravate the situation of the private education sector. Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (FAPSA), in a statement, said that the bill banning the “no...
