(DepEd) House Deputy Speaker Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has filed a bill in the House of Representatives that aims to provide holistic support for teachers by establishing programs and services for their mental health and...
To address the disparity between the Philippines' high literacy rates and its low standings in international assessments, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara has called for a comprehensive examination of the literacy measurement methods employed in other countries. (Photo...
To help ensure that only well-prepared educators enter the profession, an industry-led advocacy group on Tuesday, Oct. 1, emphasized the necessity of evaluating and enhancing the licensure examinations for teachers. (DepEd file photo) “With systemic issues plaguing the current teacher...
The United States Embassy in Manila will hold on Oct. 9 an education fair, where opportunities to study in the US are being offered. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson encouraged the public to attend the event and choose the US as the next destination to study because the country...
Putting science and technology at the core of the Marcos administration’s “Bagong Pilipinas” campaign, President Marcos underscored the importance of the country’s STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) program. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MB file...
Vice President Sara Duterte asked lawmakers to stop using unreliable witnesses against her in their bid to besmirch her reputation. (From right) Vice President Sara Duterte and former DepEd undersecretary Sara Duterte (House of Representatives/Facebook) In a recent statement, the...
The Philippines is among the lower middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region that can borrow from the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) new funding aimed at addressing the education crisis. In a Sept. 26 statement, the ADB said it forged an agreement with the sovereign-backed Geneva-based...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (PPAB) Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel expressed concerns over the alleged misuse of P112.5 million in confidential funds by the Department of Education (DepEd) under Vice President Sara Duterte,...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Acidre's Office) House Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has been appointed as a commissioner of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), the national body tasked to...
Vice President Sara Duterte turned the table on former Department of Education (DepEd) undersecretary Gloria Mercado after she claimed irregularities in the agency’s bidding process, as well as claiming that she received possible bribes from the vice president herself. Former DepEd...
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Ranking solons in the House of Representatives couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened to the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) if Vice...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Sept. 24, expressed gratitude to the House of Representatives (HRep) for approving its proposed budget of P793.1 billion for 2025. (Photo from DepEd) Committed to the vision of "Bagong Pilipinas" under the administration of President Marcos,...
