The country's best campus journalists are set to gather once again in this year’s National Schools Press Conference (NSPC), the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, May 4, announced. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) To be held from July 17 to 21, DepEd said that the 2023 NSPC will mark the return...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, April 17, went to Masbate to check on students in seven public schools, where onsite classes were disrupted by clashes between security forces and communist rebels. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before elementary students during a...
Groups of teachers on Monday, April 17, welcomed the move of the Department of Education (DepEd) to stop the search for the best “Brigada Eskwela” implementers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Dapat lang na hindi na ito gawing contest, kasi kawawa ang mga teacher na napipilitan...
There will be no search for the “Brigada Eskwela” Best Implementing School Award for this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In DepEd Memorandum No. 020 s. of 2023 signed by Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, the agency revised...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) will firmly implement President Ferdinand R. Marcos' policy directive on ensuring full compliance by Philippine maritime schools with the training and certification standards of the European Commission. (Photo...
Due to the adjustments in the school calendar brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) has extended the application period for tuition and other fees increase, renewal of a permit to operate, and application for new offerings of private schools for the incoming...
An association of private schools expressed opposition to the no permit, no exam” policy because it will further aggravate the situation of the private education sector. Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (FAPSA), in a statement, said that the bill banning the “no...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, March 9, reminded all public schools to ensure the conduct of unannounced fire and earthquake drills as the country observes Fire Prevention Month this March. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group DepEd said that all public schools across the country...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, February 24 expressed his support to proposals that seek to declare as unlawful the policy of a "no permit, no exam” in all public and private schools. Estrada reiterated that a learner’s inability to pay his or her tuition and other school fees...
To ensure that its officials, teaching, and non-teaching personnel uphold the values of integrity, transparency, and accountability, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been taking several measures to strengthen its anti-corruption drive. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group In a statement issued on...
A teachers’ group on Sunday, Feb. 19, said that schools in the Philippines should be “capacitated” to fight bullying which has been prevalent among the Filipino youth. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement, underscored...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan wants the Mandarin language be promoted in all school levels in the country, if only to help improve Filipinos' competitiveness in the international labor market. House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) “If we...
