The leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to clarify some of the content of its new order that will “extend the work of teachers” beyond the scheduled end of the school year this month. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) on Monday,...
Senator-elect Alan Peter Cayetano has reiterated the importance of having a grassroots sports program to enable aspiring athletes to receive formal training as early as possible. Cayetano noted that “grassroots sports,” often facilitated by small clubs and volunteers from sports organizations,...
Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon in December 2021 (OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) To help ensure an effective learning recovery, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the importance of transforming education for all. “We emphasize the urgent need...
A group of education workers called on the government to suspend the increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) contribution and demanded a salary hike for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “It is best, that the implementation of the PhilHealth premium increase to...
In line with its efforts to provide quality and relevant second chance basic education to Filipinos, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been working with various organizations. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In particular, DepEd has been closely working with UNICEF to help provide opportunities for...
A group on Friday, June 10, called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to give additional compensation to teachers who are handling remedial classes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines Secretary General Raymond Basilio, additional...
The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023 has listed four Philippine universities as among the best in the world on its University Rankings for 2023. Screenshot from QS World University Rankings 2023 The top global universities in the Philippines that were included in the latest...
To be able to respond to the ever-changing challenges in education, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones underscored the importance of inter-ministerial collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Education Minister’s conference Education Secretary Leonor Briones (Photo from DepEd) “Never before...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education (CBCP-ECCCE) expressed its support for the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) for the resumption of face to face classes in the country. CBCP/MB Bayombong Bishop Elmer Mangalinao,...
A group of education workers urged President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to prioritize the upgrading of teachers’ salaries amid runaway inflation and oil price hikes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called on the incoming...
Congratulating this year’s awardees of the Nestlé Wellness Academy Claremont School of Valenzuela has been recognized by the Nestlé Wellness Academy (NWA) as its Best in Class awardee, topping the program’s inter-school competition among private schools across the country for School Year...
Outgoing Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones emphasized the need to review reforms on curriculum, as well as implement structural changes, in order to transform education and its systems. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd File Photo / Manila Bulletin) In a policy...
