If the proposed bill by Quezon City 5th District Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas passes into law, it could increase the teaching supplies allowance for teachers from P5,000 to P10,000. (DepEd / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No. 4072, or the “Teaching Supplies Allowance...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the allocation of a policy support fund for the adoption and implementation of the Basic Education Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (BEMEF). Department of Education Central Office (DepEd file photo) In DepEd Memorandum No. 083 series of 2022...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to establish a mechanism where elementary and secondary students can have free and uninterrupted acces to digitized copies of textbooks and other learning materials. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, filed Senate...
The promise of the Department of Education (DepEd) to ease the workload of teachers remains “all talk,” a group on Sunday, Sept. 18, said. “One month into the school year and our conditions have only worsened,” said Manila Public School Teachers Association (MPSTA) president Louie Zabala...
Instead of suspending the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-MultiLingual Education (MTB-MLE), a national coalition of civil society organizations urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to identify its strengths and challenges to improve its overall implementation. (ALI VICOY / MANILA...
Following the approval of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to allow voluntary use of face masks in open areas, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to release updated guidelines for schools that implement in-person classes . (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We will issue the...
Independent minority solon, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman publicly complimented Vice President Sara Duterte for seeing eye-to-eye with him on the topic of devolution of functions from the national government to the local government. Albay 1st district Rep . Edcel Lagman (left) and Vice...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) practice of seemingly circumventing the government’s procurement law came under scrutiny at the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s hearing on Thursday, September 15. During the panel’s hearing, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada noted how the DepEd...
An advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 15, urged Congress to prioritize the recovery of the education system in the deliberations for the 2023 budget as the learning crisis continues to grip the country. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City during the first day of classes for...
Migration to private schools should not be used as an “excuse” not to grant the demand of teachers for a pay hike, a group of education workers on Thursday, Sept. 15 said. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Using the old and worn-out private school card to deflect calls for salary upgrading...
(Photo from Unsplash) A week after creating a hotline, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Sept. 15, said it has received "less than 20" reports of abuse against students. In a press conference, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said that the reports received by DepEd through its hotline...
To help address the concerns of teachers when it comes to their workload, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to launch a “balancing tool” that would help determine which tasks are directly related to teaching and other assignments. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint...
