As a form of courtesy to Vice President Sara Duterte, the House leadership limited on Wednesday, Sept. 14 the number of interpellators on the Department of Education's (DepEd) proposed 2023 budget to just a single digit. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (Screenshot from Zoom) Because...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, Sept. 14, expressed support for Vice President Sara Duterte, pledging that the lawmakers will find ways to fund the projects and programs of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), which she chairs. VP and...
Many have been said about Vice President Sara Duterte, especially about her tough, no-nonsense attitude, but President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sees another side to her that made him motivated to assign a gigantic task to her: leading an embattled agency that molds the future of Filipino...
A visibly irked Pasig City lone district Rep. Roman Romulo lectured a resource person who cut him mid-sentence during a hearing a committee hearing on the proposed suspension of the implementation of the use of the mother tongue in teaching Filipino children. Dr. Ricardo Nolasco (left) and Pasig...
Elementary and secondary schools in coastal areas are gearing to become more disaster-resilient after a House panel on Tuesday, Sept. 13, unanimously passed a resolution for the master design and architectural plan for schools in areas regularly hit by calamities. (Photo from Dinagat Islands Rep....
As it continues to receive reports from the field that some teachers are required to render teaching tasks for more than six hours or stay and work in the school beyond eight hours, a group on Monday, Sept. 12, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to reiterate the policy on working hours with...
Three senior citizens have accomplished their dreams of finishing their studies. Under the Alternative Learning System (ALS), 82-year-old Mwusews Anthony Mari Diaz, who completed junior high school; 73-year-old Luvisminda Fajardo, who graduated from elementary; and 63-year-old Erlinda Dejumo, who...
Recognizing how the environment becomes more complex and rapidly changing for learners, a child rights group underscored the need to demonstrate different approaches to address their difficulties. During this year’s celebration of International Literacy Day, Save the Children Philippines gathered...
A group of victim-survivors from various schools said that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as well as the heads of higher education institutions (HEIs) should explain how they are handling alleged cases of abuse against students. (File photo from Unsplash) “We sincerely believe that...
With the Philippines ranking last among 79 countries in reading comprehension, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said on Sunday, Sept. 11, the government should again build school libraries. (Photo from St. Scholastica’s College) Recto, representative of Batangas’ 6th district, cited the need...
MULANAY, Quezon – Pupils of the San Isidro Elementary School (ES) in Barangay San Isidro, this town, have been using a cockpit arena as classroom since the start of the face-to-face classes in August. San Isidro ES was declared by the Department of Education (DepEd) permanently closed in...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated over P36-million worth of books on Thursday, Sept. 8, to selected schools in Western Visayas. USAID Philippines Resident Legal Officer Michelle McLeod (third from right) and DepEd-6 Director Ramir Uytico (third...
