The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the current school year will end in May instead of June based on the school calendar for School Year (SY) 2023-2024. (DepEd / MB VIsual Content Group) In DepEd Order No. 003 series of 2024 signed by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara...
The enrollment for the current school year remained below the “expected number” of enrollees based on the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd / MB Visual Content Group As of Friday, Sept. 15, data from the Learner Information System (LIS) for the school...
ILOILO CITY – Schools across Iloilo province have to make to do with what they have as school year 2023-2024 opens on Tuesday, August 29. HENRY Gulmatico Mota (right), principal of Cagamutan Elementary School in Leganes town, Iloilo province, discusses matters related to the school opening with...
Unmet targets, combined with emerging needs, continue to contribute to the growing backlog in basic education resources particularly classrooms and teachers. A classroom at Batasan National High School in Quezon City was divided into two to address the issue of classroom shortage. (Photo:...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will prioritize the students' welfare in its review of the academic calendar. BACK-TO-SCHOOL — President Marcos speaks to the media in Victorino Mapa High School in Manila, following this year's Brigada Eskwela on...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry on the readiness of basic education institutions to conduct classes for school year (SY) [2023-2024](tel:2023-2024). Aside from the lifting of the public health emergency due to Covid -19 and the threat of El...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Ilocos Sur 1st district Rep. Ronald Singson believes that its time to revert to the old school calendar wherein classes start in June. Singson filed House Bill (HB) No. 8508, which seeks to establish the first Monday of June of every year as the start of the academic year,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that Early Registration in public schools for select grade levels started on Wednesday, May 10. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte issued DepEd Order No. 010, s.2023 or the “Amendment To DepEd Order...
Government agencies should ensure the health of children not just against Covid-19 but also against dengue and other wet season diseases, as they start the new school year on Aug. 22, Monday, with face-to-face classes. This was the call made Friday, Aug. 19 by Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla to...
If Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay" Villafuerte would have his way, he would have vaccination centers established in the country’s schools to support the government's inoculation drive ahead of the incoming 2022 to 2023 school year. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin,...
Over the years, the Brigada Eskwela is a tradition that kicks off a new academic year, highlighted by “bayanihan” where community members help in cleaning up classrooms and school premises to make them ready for the students. Sometimes, there are minor to medium repairs and maintenance work...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte says the whole School Year 2022-23 is the time frame within which to conduct a comprehensive review of the country’s K-12 basic education program that has always been the object of close public scrutiny. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from...
