The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to revert the school calendar of basic education to its pre-pandemic schedule as teachers and students in public schools endure the harsh heat in classrooms during the dry season. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers NCR Union (ACT NCR Union), in a...
Many young Filipinos nowadays do not often view farming as a viable and economically sustainable career path; an oversight that could threaten the future of food production. However, the pandemic made many realize the importance of growing their own food, just like a young teacher in Benguet. ...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte did not mince words when she hit back at the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Party-list for its suggestion to hire 30,000 public school teachers and construct new classrooms to address the education crisis in the country. In a statement,...
A group pushing for the hiring of more teachers and the construction of more classrooms expressed disappointment with the response given by the Department of Education (DepEd) to its demands. In a statement issued Monday, March 27, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines reiterated that...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, March 27, claimed that the recent call of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) for the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire 30,000 additional teachers per year to resolve the problematic teacher-student ratio was just a tactic to...
To resolve the teacher shortage in the country’s public schools, a group on Wednesday, March 22, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire 30,000 new teachers yearly in the next five years. Following the pronouncement of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that the agency...
As the House Committee on Basic Education held a hearing on the proposed Career Progression System for public teachers, a group on Monday, March 20, called on Congress and the Department of Education (DepEd) to formulate policies that would ensure a “fair and just” merit and promotion system....
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 20, approved the unnumbered substitute bill, subject to style and amendments, that would institutionalize the career progression system for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Alliance of Concerned...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
Allocate the equivalent of at least 6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to education. This, according to House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, will help the Marcos administration address the severe classroom backlog and learning crisis...
With the help of his teachers, a student from a public school in Tondo, Manila came up with a creative, environmentally friendly, and innovative solution to waste management. After seeing the growing problem of garbage and the lack of proper roads in their area, Grade 8 student John Paul Ralloma...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
