(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Students should be taught using the language that they best understand. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday, July 1, said this in reaction to a part of the inaugural address of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
As the incoming Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers challenged Vice President Sara Duterte to “deliver on the promises that her father failed.” Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte (file photos) The incoming DepEd Chief, who...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines slammed the mandatory school reporting of teachers beyond the official school year calendar, calling it a “new form of forced labor.” (DepEd) ACT Philippines, on Tuesday, June 28, criticized the Department of Education (DepEd) after receiving...
Education workers and teachers delivered their 10-point challenge to the new administration days before Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took his oath as President and incoming Vice President-elect Sara Duterte assumed the post of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary. (NOEL B. PABALATE /...
A group of education workers opposed the move to go back to pre-pandemic class sizes by easing physical distancing during the conduct of face-to-face classes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines today questioned the plan of the Department of...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Tuesday, June 21, questioned the Department of Education’s (DepEd) plan to ease physical distancing in classrooms for schools under Alert Level 1 for school year (SY) 2022-2023. (Juan Carlo De Vela / Manila Bulletin) “We oppose the move to...
A group of education workers questioned the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) for teachers to hold enrichment classes for learners who received low grades this school year. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Was this move even consulted with experts, school administrators, teachers,...
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...
To help ensure the safe 100 percent reopening of schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to immediately resolve “old normal” problems which have been haunting public schools even before the Covid-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “How are we going to achieve a better...
An initial list of 1,036 electoral board (EB) members who reportedly rendered more than 24 hours of election service has been submitted by a group to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have called for the granting of overtime pay to poll workers since our...
For a group of education workers, it takes more than “peace and discipline” to address the learning crisis in the country. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) “What we need is a leadership that recognizes the learning crisis, the desperate quality of education, the chronically underpaid status...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Monday, April 25, bared the labor issues and concerns of teachers and other education workers and pledged to highlight their plight and demands during the observance of Labor Day 2022. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) To discuss the...
