The Philippine National Police (PNP) will help the Department of Education (DepEd) in refining the protocol for the school safety drills after its nationwide simultaneous launching was postponed not only due to bad weather but also the concerns raised by some educators. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio...
A ranking congressman from Metro Manila is batting for the creation of a national council that gives parents a direct hand in education policy and school governance. Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas has filed House Bill (HB) No. 5682, which institutionalizes the National Parent Council in a...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, August 24 called for a nationwide community town hall dialogues in schools after the Department of Education (DepEd) heeded calls and postponed its planned live-shooter simulation activities. Cayetano cited the joint statement of the Philippine...
The Philippine Psychiatric Association (PPA) and the Philippine Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSCAP) urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to defer its planned live shooter attack simulation, citing a lack of evidence that such drills prevent casualties and studies showing they...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) directed commanders nationwide to remind officers of their responsibility to secure service firearms at home and off duty even as it committed full support to nationwide school safety drills set by the Department of Education (DepEd) on August 25. Police General...
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara wants a comprehensive and holistic approach in coming up with a strong support system for all learners following another case of gun attack that left two students dead. Angara explained that...
The deadly shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Aug. 18 should not be treated as just another case of campus-security failure. It should serve as a warning that the government must confront school violence on two fronts: keeping weapons and threats out of campuses, and teaching young...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 11 has called on the public not to blame teachers for incidents of violence in schools, saying school safety is a shared responsibility among families, communities, and schools. DepEd-11 spokesperson Jenielito Atillo made the statement...
President Marcos does not need to issue an executive order (EO) for the Department of Education 's (DepEd) proposed policy allowing schools to decide whether to resume classes based on local conditions after disasters or bad weather, Malacañang said. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Aug. 19,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Edgardo Angara vowed here yesterday that DepEd would strengthen school-based guidance and counseling programs to help identify students experiencing emotional or psychological distress as calls mounted for tighter safeguards on firearms...
Ranking congressmen have begun to espouse various actions in response to the shocking, livestreamed shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18 that left two students dead. Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said in a press...
Some of the country’s most influential business and civil society groups are calling for the institutionalization of a four-percent share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) as the minimum allocation for funding the education sector. In a joint statement last week, the groups said...
