A group of education workers on Monday, April 18, once again called for the suspension of the Department of Education (DepEd) directive requiring the mandatory physical reporting of teachers in schools under Alert Level 1. Faculty members of Commonwealth High School in Ecol St., Quezon City report...
The internet signal in most Metro Manila schools is “not strong” enough for teachers to hold online classes, a survey conducted by a group released on Monday, April 18, showed. Unstable internet connection in schools becomes a major challenge for teachers who are required for onsite reporting....
A group of teachers once again urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to restore Philippine History as a dedicated subject at the secondary level following the “MaJoHa” incident. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) For the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), there is an urgent need...
Mechanical, unreasonable, and counter-productive. This is how the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (DepEd) described the latest directive of the Department of Education (DepEd) mandating the 100 percent onsite reporting of public school teachers in areas under Alert Level 1. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE...
To help teachers improve teaching literacy and numeracy, the Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a webinar series. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) DepEd, through the Bureau of Learning and Delivery (BLD), has partnered with the US Embassy - Regional English Language Office (RELO), for the...
To update and harmonize its functions to the agency’s mandate, the Department of Education (DepEd) has issued the omnibus guidelines on the regulation of operations of the Parents-Teachers Associations (PTAs). (Photo courtesy of DepEd) DepEd, in its Department Order No. 13 series 2022, provided...
A group of teachers on Sunday, April 10, appealed to Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones to halt the implementation of a new policy on work arrangement. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a Facebook post by its national chairperson Benjo...
Senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero on Friday, April 8 said the Department of Education (DepEd) should immediately release the funds intended for its field offices to prepare public schools across the country for face-to-face classes. Escudero made the call...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay on Thursday, April 7, is supporting calls to increase the salaries of public school teachers and give them additional benefits. “Our teachers have long been asking for an increase in pay, and it is high time that we make this a...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Thursday, April 7 supported calls to exempt teachers’ election honoraria from taxes. ‘’It is the least that the government can give them as incentive for the extra and thankless - yet patriotic - duty,’’ Lacson said in a statement....
Exempting the honoraria of teacher-poll workers from tax is up to Congress through law amendment, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, April 6, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Undersecretary for Administration Alain Pascua, during the “Laging Handa”...
Teachers, who are members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), on Wednesday, April 6, flocked to the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila to press the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a dialogue in order to address their issues and concerns as Board of Election Inspectors...