The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, April 18, said it is coordinating with various government agencies regarding the 2021 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) of its personnel. In a statement issued Tuesday, DepEd said they are working with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of...
House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) Citing the Department of Education's (DepEd) alarming findings on suicide among learners this past school year (SY), Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar is seeking the intervention of...
Groups of teachers on Monday, April 17, welcomed the move of the Department of Education (DepEd) to stop the search for the best “Brigada Eskwela” implementers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Dapat lang na hindi na ito gawing contest, kasi kawawa ang mga teacher na napipilitan...
There will be no search for the “Brigada Eskwela” Best Implementing School Award for this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In DepEd Memorandum No. 020 s. of 2023 signed by Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, the agency revised...
A group alleged that the “negligence” of the Department of Education (DepEd) has been causing a delay in the release of benefits for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) “DepEd’s failure to submit the requirements for the release of our PBB [Performance-Based Bonus] 2021 is gross...
Senator Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara, one of the commissioners of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), is pushing for the use of technology in solving the country’s education problems. During the alignment meeting between EDCOM 2...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated its commitment to address and resolve the education crisis in the country during the meeting with the members of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) on Thursday, April 13. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (Photo...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian stressed on Thursday, April 13 the importance of employing a whole-of-government approach in addressing the challenges of providing quality education to Filipino learners. He said the concerned agencies could take advantage of their respective expertise...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 13, underscored the need for “collective efforts” in addressing the problems faced by the country’s education sector. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the meeting between the Second Congressional Commission on...
Pending the possible return to the pre-pandemic school calendar, a teachers’ group on Wednesday, April 12, proposed to the Department of Education (DepEd) to consider shortening class hours in schools during the hottest months of the year. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The...
To address the problems of undernutrition and malnutrition in students, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, April 11, pilot-tested the “Pansarap” program, a nutribun-like supplemental nutrition intervention for undernourished learners, in Vice President Sara Duterte's hometown of...
To bring back “summer” school break, a group of education workers urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to adopt 185 class days yearly. “Class days have usually been set between 200 to 205 days in the past school years,” Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) ACT Chairperson Vladimer...
