Classes in Gulod National High School-Mamatid Extension in Cabuyao City were suspended on Friday, March 23, after some of the students were hospitalized due to heat exhaustion after joining an unannounced fire drill. “To ensure that all learners are given time to rest and recover, classes were...
To strengthen partner-school engagement in schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) led the launching of the DepEd Partnership Assistance Portal (DPAP) to strengthen stakeholder engagement in schools. “Today marks a significant first step in building better relations between our partners and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) assured the affected learners, as well as their parents and guardians, that learning will continue despite the “alarming rate” of communist rebel activities in Masbate. DepEd, in a statement issued Thursday, March 23, vehemently condemned the “terrorist...
To resolve the teacher shortage in the country’s public schools, a group on Wednesday, March 22, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire 30,000 new teachers yearly in the next five years. Following the pronouncement of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that the agency...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 21, said that the Department of Education (DepEd) will cooperate with Congress on the proposed measure to prohibit a “no permit, no exam” policy in private schools. “Let us wait for the discussions doon sa Congress with...
The higher budget allocation of the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) program received praises from Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, who underscored the program’s importance in saving the private education sector from collapse. Also the chair of the...
As the House Committee on Basic Education held a hearing on the proposed Career Progression System for public teachers, a group on Monday, March 20, called on Congress and the Department of Education (DepEd) to formulate policies that would ensure a “fair and just” merit and promotion system....
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 20, approved the unnumbered substitute bill, subject to style and amendments, that would institutionalize the career progression system for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Alliance of Concerned...
A group of education workers on Saturday, March 18, urged the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to refocus its infrastructure program towards social services infrastructure especially the construction of classrooms in public schools. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
Six personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) who received the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) 2022 Outstanding Public Officials and Employees - Dangal ng Bayan Award and Pagasa Award were commended by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte. “We are sincerely grateful by...
A Grade 9 student from a public school in Dagupan City, Pangasinan was recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd) for winning the bronze medal in the Copernicus Olympiad Global Round - Natural Science Category IV held in Houston, Texas, USA. Venisce Elisha M. Rodriguez, a student of Science...
With the help of his teachers, a student from a public school in Tondo, Manila came up with a creative, environmentally friendly, and innovative solution to waste management. After seeing the growing problem of garbage and the lack of proper roads in their area, Grade 8 student John Paul Ralloma...
