In a landmark move to combat childhood malnutrition, the Department of Education (DepEd) has officially launched the expanded School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP), providing daily meals to all public Kindergarten learners across the Philippines for the first time in history. The universal rollout of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has filed criminal charges against individuals accused of defrauding the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program. In a bold move to protect public funds and uphold integrity in education, DepEd, under the leadership of Secretary Sonny Angara, announced that it...
The provincial government of Nueva Ecija vowed to continue its price support program to help farmers sell their produce at a higher price. Gov. Aurelio “Oyie” Matias Umali said during the Provincial Food Council (PFC) meeting in Palayan City on Tuesday that the program is a big help to palay...
The Ayala Group recently welcomed 100 students to a transformative internship program that aims to help them thrive in their professional lives. The Ayala Group Summer Internship Program (AGSIP) is a six-week journey that combines real-world experience with an opportunity for interns to find their...
Thousands of young workers will be deployed to public schools beginning in August under a nationwide tutoring initiative jointly launched by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to help address the country’s worsening literacy crisis. Under a...
Amid renewed public scrutiny and growing calls for its abolishment, the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) on Friday, July 11, issued a strong appeal to preserve and reform the K to 12 basic education program. In a statement, PEAC stressed that while frustrations surrounding the...
The country’s leading Catholic education institutions on Tuesday, July 9, strongly opposed the proposed removal of Senior High School (SHS) from the Philippine education system, calling the move “untimely” and “dangerously shortsighted.” In a joint statement, the Catholic Educational...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) are accelerating efforts to achieve full internet connectivity in all public schools nationwide by the end of 2025, aiming to bridge the digital divide and enhance the quality of education...
A total of 251,846 socialized housing units were committed by at least 42 private developers to the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) program of the national government. The commitment was related in a letter sent to Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 8, announced that it is scaling up the Healthy Learning Institutions (HLI) program to transform public schools into health-promoting campuses nationwide. From remote mountain barangays to crowded urban classrooms, over 1,500 public schools have...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed on Monday, July 7 the proposed National Student Allowance Program (NSAP) bill which seeks to provide a monthly allowance of P1,000 to every Filipino student from kindergarten to college. The bill, among the first 10 priority measures she filed for the 20th...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) 2025 summer Literacy Remediation Program (LRP) significantly improved reading proficiency among Grade 3 students previously classified as “Low Emergent Readers,” according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2). Citing DepEd’s...
