The Senate Committee on Finance will strive hard to increase the budgets for education and health in the final version of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Sen. Sonny Angara, Senate finance committee chairman, during deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget in...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has initiated an investigation into an incident involving "unscrupulous individuals" who are falsely claiming to be authorized representatives or officials from its School Infrastructure and Facilities (SIF) strand. Courtesy of DepEd In an...
More than 20 million learners are currently enrolled for the incoming school year, the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed. Students line up outside to enter Batasan Hills National Highschool in Quezon City on Nov. 2, 2022, the start of full face-to-face classes in public...
Unmet targets, combined with emerging needs, continue to contribute to the growing backlog in basic education resources particularly classrooms and teachers. A classroom at Batasan National High School in Quezon City was divided into two to address the issue of classroom shortage. (Photo:...
Public schools facing high enrollment numbers are expected to implement double or triple shifts and reduced class hours in the upcoming school year, an official from the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Thursday, Aug. 24. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School during the first day...
While public schools can still accept late enrollees, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 24, reminded parents and guardians not to wait until the first day of classes to enroll the children for this school year. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City...
Some 220 students at the Manila City Jail earned their certificates and diplomas through the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS), Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) She...
The enrollment for School Year (SY) 2023-2024 has reached 18.8 million based on the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd / MB Visual Content Group The total number of registered students for SY 2023-2024 has reached 18,833,944, DepEd said. This, DepEd...
A week before classes in public schools start, the Department of Education (DepEd) has recorded over 16.8 million learners for School Year (SY) 2023-2024. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group Based on the latest data from the Learner Information System (LIS) Quick Count for SY 2023-2024 as of Aug....
Amid criticisms, the Department of Education (DepEd) stood firm on its decision for schools to remove “unnecessary” materials inside classrooms to help learners focus on their teachers and the lessons during classes. A teacher of Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Malate, Manila takes down...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), as well as the Department of Education (DepEd), are among the most trusted and top-performing government agencies for the second quarter of the year, an independent survey conducted by the OCTA Research bared. MB file photo Based on the survey...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Monday, Aug. 21, expressed her gratitude to Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte for intervening in the management and supervision of the 14 public schools that are caught in the territorial dispute between Makati City and the...
