An organization of employees under the Department of Education (DepEd) with Head Teachers (HTs) positions in the national plantilla reiterated its call on the agency not to dissolve their positions to create an expanded career progression system for public school teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, January 20 called for a stricter enforcement of the law penalizing bullying, especially in the country’s schools. Gatchalian is referring to the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 or Republic Act No. 10627, which he said is becoming alarmingly predominant in schools...
Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Thursday, Jan. 19, denounced the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for conducting “red-tagging orientations” in schools because these “condition the minds of the youth” into thinking...
The findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the purchase of overpriced laptops were welcomed by teachers’ groups on Thursday, Jan. 19. (Photo from Unsplash) In separate statements, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will further strengthen its internal controls and procurement process following the findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the “ overpriced laptops ” given to public school teachers. (DepEd file photo) “DepEd has always said that we are committed...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of graft and perjury charges against high-ranking officials of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Services and the Department of Education (DepEd) who figured in the alleged anomalous purchase of “overpriced” and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, January 17 said he expects the Department of Education (DepEd) to release an “honest-to-goodness” report at the end of this month on the current state of the Philippines’ basic education. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education,...
A group of education workers on Monday, Jan. 16, called the attention of the Department of Education (DepEd) to the challenges encountered by teachers regarding their incentives. (DepEd file photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a letter, addressed to Vice President and...
Amid the ongoing review of the K to 12 curriculum, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that there are “no specific” details yet on the planned inclusion of “National Culture of Peace” into the basic education curriculum. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Wala pang (There is no)...
The conduct of full face-to-face classes, particularly in public schools, remained the policy of the Department of Education (DepEd) amid concerns about new Covid-19 subvariants. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City on the first day of school opening on August 22, 2022. (MARK...
To address the challenges faced by the country’s basic education sector, the Department of Education (DepEd) will launch its Education Agenda before the month ends. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “It’s really to give the public an idea of the steps that this administration will take and also...
To give the public and education stakeholders an idea of the current state of Philippine basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd), led by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, will give updates through the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023. (DepEd / MB Visual Content...
