The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, February 9, rolled out its Classroom Leasing Initiative, a stopgap solution aimed at immediately easing classroom congestion in overcrowded public schools while permanent classroom construction is underway. The initiative was launched in Pila, Laguna,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, February 6, fast-tracked the promotion of 2,915 public school teachers and school leaders in the National Capital Region (NCR), marking a major step in addressing long-standing career advancement backlogs in the basic education sector. The newly...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, announced it is accelerating efforts to complete unfinished classroom projects nationwide while preparing to broaden delivery approaches in 2026 to address persistent gaps in public school infrastructure. In a statement, DepEd Secretary...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, expressed strong support for President Marcos’ digital reform agenda aimed at strengthening education-to-employment pathways. DepEd conveyed its support during the launch of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated the significance of its learning recovery initiative, the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program, which is designed to improve learning outcomes by separating classroom teaching from remedial instruction for struggling students. DepEd...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is launching a multi-pronged initiative to tackle the country’s growing classroom shortage—combining technologies with expanded participation from private sector groups and non-government organizations (NGOs). In an interview over DZRH on Thursday, February...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday, February 5, announced that the department is reshaping early learning by prioritizing reading proficiency, values formation, and foundational skills for younger students. In an interview on DZRH, Angara said DepEd is reorienting...
Aiming to strengthen learning standards and boost student performance nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, said it is gradually phasing out long-standing policies such as grade transmutation and automatic “mass promotion.” “Bagamat hindi pormal na polisiya,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, highlighted a new decentralized strategy to address the country’s growing classroom shortage by empowering local government units (LGUs) to directly oversee school construction projects. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, in an interview...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has set its sights on accelerating system-wide reforms and delivering on key program commitments by anchoring its 2026 strategic plans on the recommendations of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II). During the National Planning Conference...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, February 2, announced a major step toward improving procurement transparency by formalizing a partnership with Open Ownership. In a statement, DepEd said the collaboration aims to strengthen integrity and risk detection in public procurement,...
A historic P1.3-trillion education budget is driving sweeping reforms across the Department of Education (DepEd) this year—empowering programs from expanded school feeding and classroom support to accelerated teacher promotions and higher pay under the administration’s push to strengthen basic...
