• 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...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has assured full support to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) efforts to ensure that Filipino learners continue their schooling despite the challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic. MB file Dominguez said the DepEd's blended or hybrid learning...
Lea Salonga The Department of Education has expressed its gratitude to Broadway star Lea Salonga who apologized following a misunderstanding about a learning module associating tattoos with criminals. READ MORE:...
Reading, in this age, has become even more important Photo courtesy of Rabiya Mateo People living below the poverty line and those who are illiterate are in the same portion of the population, research has shown. Increasing the availability of books to the illiterate children in developing...
From face-to-face to blended distance learning, students are still adjusting to the sudden change of the education system, needing the help of their parents or guardians in finishing academic tasks at home. For this reason, more parents are getting involved, focusing their attention to their...
Singer Lea Salonga called out the Department Education (DepEd) for allegedly allowing the release of a module that discriminates against people for having tattoos. In her Facebook account, Salonga posted a photo of a page of a learning module released by the department. “Okay, someone would need...
With online distance learning set for the school year, more parents are getting involved in assisting their children when it comes to finishing their daily tasks. Modules are sent for the students to study and accomplish at home, with parents and even guardians taking notice of lessons that could...
Kris Aquino The Queen of All Media Kris Aquino has slammed the teacher who called Kapamilya star Angel Locsin obese in a learning module of the Department of Education recently. DepEd has already apologized to Angel who wanted the teacher concerned to say sorry to her. On Nov. 17, Kris commented on...
Photo courtesy of Angel Locsin The Department of Education apologized in a statement for promoting a physical education worksheet that body-shamed actress Angel Locsin by calling her “an obese person.” According to DepEd’s Occidental Mindoro division, the material that has been circulating on...
