“Shouldn’t we be taking advantage of the face-to-face classes for teachers to do accurate assessments of what the learners have and have not learned in the past years?” This was what Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Chairperson Vladimer Quetua said, hitting the Department of Education’s...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We congratulate the Department of Education (DepEd) and its leadership, as well as the administrators and faculty of both public and private schools. Congratulations are in order because, finally, in most of the country, our schools are back to in-person,...
F inally! More than 50,000 schools nation wide will open their doors today, Aug. 22, 2022 — a welcome step to normalcy after the two-year disruption caused by the global pandemic, which saw both teachers and students (and their parents) enduring the highs and lows of online learning. The school...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged by an advocacy group to allow private schools the discretion, upon consultation with parents, to continue blended learning for School Year (SY) 2022-2023. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We go back to that adage, ‘parents know...
A total of 129 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Cebu City Jail Female Dorm graduated from the alternative learning system (ALS), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Thursday, Aug. 18. The ALS is a parallel learning system in the Philippines that provides opportunities...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants to institute a nationwide learning recovery program for students who may have been left behind in terms of education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian, who chaired the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture in the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will allow public schools nationwide to implement the learning delivery modality of their choice before the mandatory resumption of full face-to-face classes in November. Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021...
To address “learning loss” among students caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) has set strategies anchored on the Basic Education Development Plan (BEDP) 2030. (Photo from Unsplash) “Right now, on the learning loss, we are trying to address that long term with...
The construction of Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) in schools affected by the Abra quake is expected to start soon after the Department of Education (DepEd) downloaded the needed funds. (Photo from DepEd Facebook page) In a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 10, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa...
Some 128 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory (QCJFD) have completed elementary and junior high school under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) program. The QCJFD said that the graduation and moving-up ceremony was held inside the facility on Saturday, Aug....
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) immediate solution for the urgent need to provide a "safe space for teachers and students" following the destructive magnitude 7.0 northwestern Luzon quake is by building and looking for temporary learning spaces. Aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid DepEd Order No. 34 required all public and private schools to switch to five-day in-person classes starting Nov. 2. In fact, they can start full-in-person classes as soon as schools open on Aug. 22 but can also choose from any five-days of in-person classes;...
