BACOLOD CITY – Suspected shabu worth P204,000 was seized from a 17-year-old Grade 9 student during a routine security inspection in a school in Barangay Banago here on Monday, July 20. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported that a school guard noticed suspicious items...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected illegal drugs were recovered from a 14-year-old Grade 9 student inside a public high school in Javier, Leyte on Thursday. Police identified the child in conflict with the law (CICL) as CMC in compliance with laws protecting the identity of minors. The Javier Municipal...
ILOILO CITY – A gun was seized from a Grade 10 student in Barotac Nuevo town in Iloilo province. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) said that authorities retrieved a .38 caliber revolver with six bullets from a 15-year-old boy inside the high school on Tuesday, June 30. A teacher was...
The Department of Education–National Capital Region (DepEd NCR) on Saturday, March 7, conducted the first Unified Science High School Admissions Test (USHAT) 2026, a standardized entrance examination designed to streamline and modernize the admission process for science high schools across Metro...
Aiming to strengthen learning standards and boost student performance nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, said it is gradually phasing out long-standing policies such as grade transmutation and automatic “mass promotion.” “Bagamat hindi pormal na polisiya,...
A new ten-year national education roadmap has been formally presented to President Marcos, outlining an ambitious strategy to address the Philippines’ deepening learning crisis. In a statement issued Friday, January 30, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) said it formally...
At Grade 3, nearly one in three Filipino children can read, count, and solve problems at a level deemed “proficient” but by the time that same cohort reaches the end of high school, that number has all but vanished. In a statement issued Friday, January 16, the Second Congressional Commission...
In a small public school in the Zamboanga Peninsula, a once-reluctant Grade 2 learner now raises a hand to read aloud—a quiet but telling change teachers say was rare before last summer. Scenes like this are reflected in the results of an independent evaluation that found significant improvements...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the implementing guidelines for the P100-million Bayang Bumabasa Fund, formally opening applications for 131 priority public schools identified as needing urgent literacy support. In a statement issued on December 23, DepEd said the guidelines are...
A staggering number of Filipino students in Grades 1 to 3 are struggling to read, with only 15 percent reaching grade-level proficiency, highlighting the urgent need for rapid measures—such as more reading materials, teacher capacity building, and parental engagement—to address the growing...
Citing the need for classrooms conducive to learning, the government was urged to utilize partnerships between local government units (LGUs) and the private sector to accelerate the construction of cost-effective classrooms and eliminate shifting schedules for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students....
ILIGAN CITY – A nine-year-old Grade 3 pupil of the Maria Cristina Falls Elementary School here was allegedly mauled by four Grade 8 students in Purok 30, Zone 12, Barangay Maria Cristina, this city, on Monday, Aug. 4. The victim, Jonard Ensipido, sustained serious injuries and is confined in the...
