The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara (Angara’s Facebook page) A Mindanao congressman who fumed over the Department of Education's (DepEd) chronic failure to address the country’s shortage of...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) House Assistant Majority Leader Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon is calling for an inquiry into what he described as the "rigged" bidding of laptops and other...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Some P9 billion worth of laptops that were supposed to boost the Department of Education's (DepEd) e-learning program weren't delivered in 2023 or during the last full year of Vice...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB) Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is pressing the Department of Education (DepEd) to take immediate action against contractors who failed to fulfill obligations under the agency’s...
Then-Department of Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte presenting her "Isang Kaibigan" book (Duterte's Facebook page) The Department of Education (DepEd) said through an official on Monday, Sept. 2, that it had nothing to do...
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Ranking congresswomen said that Vice President Sara Duterte left a glut of problems in the Department of Education (DepEd) for her successor, erstwhile senator, Secretary...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) over lapses in its P5.69 billion School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in 2023, with reports of delays and non-delivery of nutritious food products (NFPs) and pasteurized milk in several regions. Worse,...
Sixty-seven schools in Baguio will benefit from the Generate Opportunities & Lead in Education to Accelerate Development (GO & LEAD) program, an initiative that offers professional development for school principals, aiming to improve student outcomes and boost overall school performance....
Designed to bolster its Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Design (STEAMED) initiative, the Department of Education (DepEd) has partnered with iamtheCODE to offer free coding and digital skills courses to young women and girls across the Philippines. (Photo from DepEd) ...
Recognizing the need to address learning gaps among Filipino students, the Department of Education (DepEd) has partnered with Khan Academy to boost the foundational skills of learners, especially in public schools. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara observes digital classroom session in visit to Khan...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Even vocational instructors and librarians are entitled to the higher teaching allowance provided by Republic Act (RA) No. 11997, or the “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act". ...