State auditors flagged various transactions that covered the utilization of P7.2 billion COVID-19 funds for the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) implemented by the Department of Education. Basic education under COVID-19 situation The Commission on Audit disclosed in the...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, June 21, welcomed the comments of Vice President Leni Robredo on the errors found in learning modules and assured her that these reported incidents have been “resolved” already. Education Secretary Leonor Briones during a virtual press conference on...
Vice President Leni Robredo scored the Department of Education (DepEd) for the errors in the learning modules it produced for distance learning this school year. Robredo, a leader of the opposition, said the errors should have been prevented if only the DepEd has put in place a “proper system“...
Following the “failure” of the Department of Education (DepEd) to deliver its promise of providing modules to students nationwide, a teachers’ group renewed its call for an independent audit of the agency's expenditure on the production of the modules. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
“DepEd” also known as the Department of Education in the Philippines became trending on social media Monday night, June 14, after a terrifying definition of an equally terrifying creature surprised lawmakers and other education stakeholders alike. Netizens took to Twitter their concerns on the...
After validating with concerned regional and division offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, June 14, confirmed that it was able to find a total of 155 errors in learning materials distributed to students under the distance learning set-up implemented this school year. A teacher...
A vulgar word was found in a self-learning module (SLM) issued by a division of the Department of Education (DepEd) to its students under the distance learning program. This was revealed by educator and “sick books crusader” Antonio Calipjo Go during the hearing of the House committee on public...
In a bid to stress to the public the importance of following health protocols, the government's pandemic task force is set to distribute modules to different barangays in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Nograles made...
Online distance learning can be overwhelming, most especially when you have a lot to catch up with. When 41-year-old housewife Lea R. Villanueva shared a photo of her 18-year-old daughter Kyla Mhikaela engrossed in finishing her schoolwork, the post garnered over 7,000 shares. Manila Bulletin...
