Teachers expressed outrage on Tuesday, Sept. 3, over allegations of budget misuse under Vice President Sara Duterte’s leadership at the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and former DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (MB Visual Content Group) The allegations emerged following a House...
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Ranking congresswomen said that Vice President Sara Duterte left a glut of problems in the Department of Education (DepEd) for her successor, erstwhile senator, Secretary...
President Marcos has approved the creation of a Cabinet cluster to tackle the country’s education crisis in a “whole system rather than in multi-agencies silos.” President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting on the creation of Cabinet Cluster for...
An advocacy group on Monday, April 8, called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to “harness and strengthen” the capacity of local stakeholders to address the issues persistently hounding the country’s education sector. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) During its Annual...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 12, highlighted the important role of the private education sector in addressing the challenges faced by the country’s education system. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Our public schools cannot address the education crisis...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed its support to the Department of Education (DepEd) especially in addressing learning gaps which greatly contributed to the education crisis in the country. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “Patuloy kaming makikiisa sa Kagawaran...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement effective intervention programs to help struggling learners catch up with their studies. Gatchalian made the call following reports flagging “mass promotion” in basic education schools, warning that this...
A teachers’ group on Friday, Feb. 17, stressed that the education decline in the country cannot be averted for as long as only half of the needed budget is given to address the existing and emerging challenges in the education sector. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of...
Given suboptimal performance and persisting inequitable access, the Philippine education system needs swift action to address the current education crisis, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) emphasized. A study “Philippine Education: Situationer, Challenges, and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, June 20 affirmed his support to the incoming Department of Education’s (DepEd) administration saying he is committed to work with Vice President-eleect Sara Duterte-Carpio who is set to take the lead of the agency. Duterte-Carpio took her oath of office on...
A multi-stakeholder movement underscored the great need for ample government funding and a “more evidence-based and comprehensive plan” to expand safe school reopening as the country reopens its schools for limited face-to-face classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA...
Declaring an education crisis will be among the first things Vice President Leni Robredo will do if elected president. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) Robredo said this at "The Education President: Interviews with Presidential Aspirants on Philippine Education"...
