Public school teachers made their version of a letter certifying as “urgent” the passing into law of salary increase bills. (Juan Carlo de Vela / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines made this move after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. asked the...
School break in April to May is “more beneficial” to education compared to July-August vacation, a group of education workers on Monday, May 22, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are almost through the hottest months and it is alarming how it has made our learners and teachers suffer...
Amid calls to revert to the pre-pandemic school calendar, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the proposals related to this are still being studied. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Hindi pa tapos yung pag-aaral tungkol diyan, kung ibabalik or hindi (The study on this is not yet completed,...
A group of education workers on Friday, May 12, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to take accountability in “negligence and corruption cases” that led to the alleged fire sale of laptops in retail and online stores. (DepEd file photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines...
As the Department of Education (DepEd) revises the K to 12 curriculum, a group urged Vice President Sara Duterte, who serves as the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary in a concurrent capacity, to retract her “red-tagging statements” publicly apologize for “attacking human rights.”...
A group of education workers expressed concern about the new curriculum for Kinder to Grade 10 noting that it will essentially weaken the sense of nationalism among learners in the primary years of schooling. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) “ACT agrees that the development of foundational...
A group of education workers on Thursday, April 27, reiterated its call to scrap the K to 12 program and pushed for a basic education curriculum that would address the learning crisis in the country. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “There is no point in continuing a program that not...
Noting that “red-tagging” legal and legitimate unions poses grave dangers to the life of an organization and its leaders, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) against the Department of Education (DepEd). (Courtesy...
A group of education workers on Wednesday, April 19, said that teachers have all the “rights and reasons” to complain about their overly delayed benefits such as the Performance-based Bonus (PBB). (Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) - National Capital...
Public and private educators reiterated their calls for wage increase less than two weeks before the nation commemorates Labor Day. In a press conference held Tuesday, April 18, public and private educators gathered to demand wage increase, stressing that the provision of decent salary to Filipino...
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...
To bring back “summer” school break, a group of education workers urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to adopt 185 class days yearly. “Class days have usually been set between 200 to 205 days in the past school years,” Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) ACT Chairperson Vladimer...
