Following announcements to schools to shift to distance learning, a teachers’ group on Friday, April 12, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) again to revert to the pre-pandemic school calendar. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “We reiterate that we need a more strategic response...
A group of education workers on Friday, April 12, maintained that fewer school days in April and May would be “more beneficial” to education. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “We stand by our proposal for the return of the school break to April and May as such would be more...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, April 10 remained firm on its decision to adhere to the original timeline for returning to the old school calendar. DepEd has issued a statement in response to President Marcos’ announcement on Wednesday that the government is exploring options to...
President Marcos said the government would do its best to revert to the previous school calendar following a week of suspension of classes in different parts of the country due to the extreme heat. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (file photo) Marcos said this after the Department of...
After witnessing the challenges of conducting face-to-face classes in April, marked by extreme heat and frequent class suspensions , a teachers’ group reiterated the urgent need to revert to the pre-pandemic school calendar. (ALI VICOY / MANILD BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “We believe it is now...
Amid calls for the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement early its planned reversion to the pre-pandemic school calendar, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte explained the rationale why reverting to June-March calendar cannot be implemented early. JOJO RINOZA / FILE...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, April 4 said he will ask the Department of Education (DepEd) to study the possibility of shortening the transition period in preparation for the return to the old school calendar. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said...
CAOAYAN, Ilocos Sur – Police arrested on Tuesday, March 26, an 18-year-old out-of-school youth for allegedly robbing his grandfather of more than P1 million and stealing a car in Barangay San Lorenzo Querubin here on Monday, March 25. MAP of Ilocos Sur with the town of Caoayan...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was wounded after she was stabbed by an allegedly mentally-ill man in a school in Barangay Linao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 23. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim was at school...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian cited the lack of an effective targeting mechanism as the reason for the Senior High School Voucher Program's (SHS-VP) failure to decongest public senior high schools. He noted that by offering vouchers, students can choose from a wider range of schools, including...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin advised the Department of Education (DepEd) to “look deeply” into the viral TikTok video of the angry...
