Citing various concerns, a group of teachers on Thursday, March 7, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to suspend its Catch-Up Fridays Program. (DepEd file photo) “Catch-Up Friday is not a necessity and therefore must be immediately suspended,” said Teachers’ Dignity Coalition...
Welcoming the removal of administrative tasks for public school teachers, a group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Jan. 26, to ensure the "full implementation" of the policy. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “Ikinatutuwa namin ang pahayag na ito at umaasa kaming magiging...
Amid reports on reverting to the old school calendar, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Jan. 18, said that the guidelines for the next school year are still being finalized. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “Let’s wait for the final DO [Department Order], we’re...
A teachers’ group welcomed the “favorable response” of the Department of Education (DepEd) to the clamor of teachers and the general public to revert the school calendar of basic education to the pre-pandemic system. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Nagpapasalamat kami sa DepEd at...
The Teacher's Dignity Coalition (TDC) and Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) said on Thursday, Jan. 4, that the decision to end the Senior High School (SHS) program in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs) was "haphazard," with no guarantee of...
For a group of teachers, the result of the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) “does not come as a surprise” anymore as problems in the country’s education system continue to persist. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “Similar to 2018, the Philippines...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, Nov. 30, reiterated the need to strengthen the teaching of Philippine history in the basic education curriculum as the nation commemorated the 160th birth anniversary of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Issuing a statement, the...
A group of teachers expressed their concerns regarding the one-time rice assistance to be provided to government employees for fiscal year 2022. Public school teachers (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) in a statement issued on Monday, Oct. 9,...
Additional service credits could be given to teachers who served as poll workers during the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Nov. 2, said. The Electoral Board and poll watchers at the Manila High School in Intramuros,...
A group on Monday, Oct. 30, urged candidates in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) 2023 not to blame the teachers serving as members of the Electoral Board if they lose. Voters flocked to Gregorio Perfecto High School in Tondo, Manila on Oct. 30, 2023, for the Barangay and...
While it does not tolerate any form of abuse by teachers against students, a group on Thursday, Oct. 12, challenged the Department of Education (DepEd) to “safeguard” the rights of teachers to “due In process and equal protection of the law.” In a Quezon City school. one classroom was...
Groups on Thursday, Oct. 5, called on the government to prioritize the welfare and uplift the dignity of Filipino teachers by acting on their concerns and by addressing the problems faced by the country’s education sector. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In separate...
