The Department of Health (DOH) is not recommending the regular conduct of coronavirus testing among teachers, students and school personnel who will be taking part in the pilot implementation of the limited face-to-face classes. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
By Aaron Dioquino The Quezon City Public School Teachers Association (QCPSTA) has started distributing school supplies to students in Barangay Roxas, Quezon City on Sunday, Sept. 26. According to DZBB, the distribution is QCPSTA's advanced way of celebrating World Teacher’s Day on October 5,...
Due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) continued to implement Blended Learning when it formally opened the School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Photo from DepEd Blended Learning, as defined by DepEd, refers to “face-to-face with any...
A union of teachers and education workers on Friday, Sept. 24 denounced the Department of Education (DepEd) for “not fulfilling its promise to pay” overtime work rendered by public school teachers from June to October last year. Teachers sorting out printed modules to be distributed to students...
Filipino public school teachers were among the 18 winners of the Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange for Global Education (APTE) Best Practices Award. AMONG THE BEST. From left, Filipino teachers Noel V. Sadinas from Nueva Vizcaya, Honey Rose V. Yu Vega from Cebu City, and George B. Borromeo from Manila...
A group of teachers and education workers called on the public, especially the youth, to open their eyes to the “tyranny” of President Duterte as the country commemorates the 49th year since then President Ferdinand E. Marcos put the country under martial law. President Duterte / Malacañang...
Senator Joel Villanueva has slammed the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for cancelling the September, 2021 licensure exams for teachers. Senator Joel Villanueva leads a hearing of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development on March 8, 2021. (Senate PRIB)...
While many sectors welcomed the approval of limited face-to-face classes, a group of teachers on Monday, Sept. 20, asked the government to reconsider its decision to allow the pilot implementation of in-person learning for now. Hundreds of children in Tawi-Tawi received books and pairs of slippers...
For a group of teachers and education workers, the reported cheating among learners through “Online Kopyahan” Facebook page is a result of the “flawed design” of and lacking provision for distance learning. Photo from Unsplash The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday, Sept. 20,...
A leader of the opposition Makabayan bloc welcomed on Monday, Sept. 20 the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow limited face-to-face classes in 120 schools in the country. STUDENTS Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro said the welcome development in the...
Printed modules, lack of gadgets, too much work -- these are just some of the problems that encountered during the first week of classes, a teachers’ group said. Photo taken at Latian Elementary School in Alabel, Sarangani in January 2021 (DepEd Tayo Sarangani Facebook page) “One week after the...
For a teachers’ group, the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022 - particularly the first week of classes - is far from being being “successful” as claimed by the Department of Education (DepEd). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “A mere opening of the school year (not the school) does not...
