Over 300 elementary pupils received school supplies and dental kits when Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte visited a public school in Aklan on Monday, March 13. In a Facebook post, Duterte shared photos of her visit to Caticlan Elementary School in Malay,...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate House Bills (HBs) 346, 549, and 6940, which would provide protection for teachers from wrongful allegations of child abuse. The three bills—Institutionalizing support...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
Two Senior High School (SHS) students from the Philippines have been invited to join a study tour in Vienna, Austria after winning a virtual education exhibition. Salina M. Konno and Jhames Bernard M. Dingle, both Grade 12 students of Francisco E. Barzaga Integrated High School in Dasmariñas,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, March 12 said the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) will study the challenges hounding the K to 12 curriculum, including the implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) to determine where Filipino students can...
Former Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has been inducted as a Regular Member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). Briones is currently the Center Director of INNOTECH, a regional center on educational innovation and technology of the Southeast...
The Department of Education (DepEd), led by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, underscored the importance of providing a safer digital community for the protection of children and women. “I urge everyone to work with vigor and enthusiasm in promoting the advancement of inclusive...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, March 9, reminded all public schools to ensure the conduct of unannounced fire and earthquake drills as the country observes Fire Prevention Month this March. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group DepEd said that all public schools across the country...
The Senate on Monday, March 6 approved on third and final reading the bill establishing a well-designed, well-systematized learning recovery program that would address pandemic-related learning loss. Twenty-two (22) senators voted yes to Senate Bill No. 1604 or the Academic Recovery and...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Department of Education said classes in this city are not suspended due to the transport strike starting on Monday, March 6. City Schools Division Superintendent Hermogenes Panganiban, in a memorandum dated Friday, March 3, said that schools shall shift from...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (DepEd/MB Visual Content Group) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Sunday, March 5, maintained that alternative learning modes—both in-person and online—must be implemented during the looming transport strike this week that...
A group on Friday, March 3, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to be “more considerate” of the plight of both teachers and learners as well as drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) during the transport strike set next week. MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN “DepEd's categorical...
