Education Secretary Leonor Briones underscored the need to implement drastic changes in the delivery of education especially in the coming years. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) “The central and field offices need to collaborate in improving and enriching the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, April 24, pressed the government to address issues with its distance learning program after a Pulse Asia survey found that more Filipino parents are uncertain and do not believe that their children are learning enough. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was asked to clarify reports that some learners have yet to receive printed self-learning modules (SLMs) in time for the current grading quarter. Printed modules are prepared for students under distance learning. (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) The Teachers’...
The DepEd Commons, the online learning platform of the Department of Education (DepEd), has now millions of unique users - making the learning materials more accessible to learners and teachers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DepEd Commons/FB “The significant reach of DepEd...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, April 23, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to strengthen its child protection programs. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, made the call following reports of sexual harassment involving faculty members of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing the conduct of the virtual In-Service Training (VINSET) for teachers on a regular basis after an encouraging reception to its technological innovations. After the initiative reached approximately five million participants nationwide during the previous...
The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), released a microsite that features academic resources on environmental conservation and climate literacy that the public and private institutions can use for their classes. It involves lesson...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) uses #WomenMakeChange in its online advocacy during Women’s Month. This year’s theme is ‘Juana Laban sa Pandemya: Kaya!’ The team of formidable “Juanas” with Education Secretary Leonor Briones: Undersecretaries Annalyn M....
• At 80, Briones leads the largest bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of personnel and millions of students. • ‘They say I am already old but I believe I have the youngest ideas. There is no correlation between the state of my knees and the state of my brain,’ she said. • Believing...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday, March 11, that the Bureau of Customs will donate another batch of seized mobile phones and computers to the Department of Education (DepEd). (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Customs bureau is...
A technology-enable company providing access to affordable education financing in Southeast Asia is planning to scale up operations in the Philippines to reach as many students as possible and help them finish their degrees. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) ErudiFi, a tech-enabled company...
After extending the school calendar until July this year, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the deliberations for the opening of classes for School Year (SY) 2021-2022 are still ongoing. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DepEd Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Nepomuceno Malaluan confirmed...
