Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, January 17 said he expects the Department of Education (DepEd) to release an “honest-to-goodness” report at the end of this month on the current state of the Philippines’ basic education. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education,...
To address the challenges faced by the country’s basic education sector, the Department of Education (DepEd) will launch its Education Agenda before the month ends. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “It’s really to give the public an idea of the steps that this administration will take and also...
To give the public and education stakeholders an idea of the current state of Philippine basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd), led by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, will give updates through the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023. (DepEd / MB Visual Content...
The Department of Education (DepEd), headed by Vice President Sara Duterte, plans to present its Basic Education Report 2023 (BER) to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Jan. 30 to give an overview of the present state of the country’s basic education, as well as plans and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, December 29 said developing the talent for cybersecurity should start from basic education. While the Depatment of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) eyes short-term training programs for cybersecurity experts and software engineers, Gatchalian...
Is the Department of Education (DepED) eyeing the creation of their own e-learning platform ahead of the proposed institutionalization of blended learning modality? Earlier in 2022, DepED aired its plans to institutionalize blended learning, an approach to education that combines both virtual and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the Senate to increase the Department of Education’s (DepEd) capital outlay for Special Education (SPED) for 2023. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said the agency’s capital outlay budget for SPED should be increased from...
The controversial Department of Education (DepED) Order No. 49 s. 2022 has two goals: To depoliticize the department and promote professionalism among its personnel. After gaining complaints from educators and the public alike, DepED Spokesperson Michael Poa, in a televised interview, clarified the...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina As many face-to-face classes started yesterday in our public schools, the perennial problems prior to the pandemic – severe shortage of classrooms, teachers, and instructional materials – have surfaced anew. With around 27.69 million basic...
Less than a week before classes begin, the Department of Education (DepEd) revealed that the number of enrolled learners for the school year (SY) 2022-2023 has climbed to 21,272,820 on Tuesday, Aug. 16. (DepEd) Of this number, 18,722,393 were from public schools, 2,478,488 from private schools,...
The number of enrolled learners for the School Year (SY) 2022-2023 has climbed to 17,900,833, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Tuesday, Aug. 9. (Photo courtesy of DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The enrollment period for the upcoming SY began on July 25, 2022. Of the more than...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the delivery of mental health services in basic education schools in the Philippines. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 379 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act in hopes of immediately countering...
