Pending the possible return to the pre-pandemic school calendar, a teachers’ group on Wednesday, April 12, proposed to the Department of Education (DepEd) to consider shortening class hours in schools during the hottest months of the year. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The...
A teachers’ group expressed support for bills that seek to grant allowance to be used by teachers to buy supplies for teaching. DepEd file photo The Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed the Teaching Supplies Allowance or “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act” currently filed in different versions...
As teachers play a crucial role in the success of education delivery, a group welcomed the proposal to amend the Republic Act 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We believe that in order to fix the education system, the priority must be...
To demonstrate “delicadeza,” a group of teachers urged officials involved in the purchase of overpriced laptops to vacate their respective posts through courtesy resignation or filing a leave of absence. (Image from Unsplash) “While no formal charges have yet been filed against the said...
An organization of employees under the Department of Education (DepEd) with Head Teachers (HTs) positions in the national plantilla reiterated its call on the agency not to dissolve their positions to create an expanded career progression system for public school teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
The findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the purchase of overpriced laptops were welcomed by teachers’ groups on Thursday, Jan. 19. (Photo from Unsplash) In separate statements, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed the...
A group of teachers on Saturday, Dec. 17, welcomed the order of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to grant service recognition incentive (SRI) and rice allowance to government employees. (DepED file photo) “Natupad ang isa sa ating Christmas wishes, ang ipagpatuloy ang SRI bilang...
More than 28 million students have enrolled for School Year (SY) 2022-2023, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 22, said. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on...
Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on August 22, 2022 (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Gaps in education resources marred the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 22,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to clarify that the P5,000 cash allowance usually received by classroom teachers is not an additional monetary aid but a benefit given to them on school opening. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School, in Bangued, Abra last June 2021 (Courtesy of...
Even if the Department of Education (DepEd) rejected calls to move the school opening date to a later date , teachers assured that they “they will not miss on their responsibilities to the schoolchildren” once classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 start next week. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
A group of teachers on Friday, Aug. 12, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to make its “no discrimination” on vaccination pronouncement a written policy to avoid confusion on the field once full face-to-face classes resume this school year. (NOEL B. PABALATE / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
