Over 400 senior high students from all over Cagayan Valley on Wednesday, June 1, have signed an online petition calling the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement academic ease to lighten the burden both for students and teachers. (Pixabay) On May 31, the Concerned Students of Cagayan Valley...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones lauded the efforts of local government units (LGUs), Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), and other stakeholders for guiding and supporting parents and families in the blended learning setup of their children. DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Longtime sports patron MILO has partnered with the Philippine Jump Rope Association (PJRA) and the Department of Education in promoting the sport of jump rope to the grassroots level through the “10 million skips challenge.” The tripartite program will have 180,000...
In line with the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Department of Education (DepEd), in collaboration with the Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines (BCSP), launched a toolkit on Philippine biodiversity. (Screenshot from BCSP) "Samot-Saring Buhay: A...
Senator Sonny Angara on Friday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to expedite the procurement and release of connectivity load for its teachers, as the budget for this purpose has been available for some time already under the 2021 national budget and the economic stimulus package Congress...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a legislative inquiry on the status of the use Filipino sign language (FSL) as a language of instruction for the deaf under the under the K to 12 basic education system. The chairman of the Senate basic education committee filed a resolution for this...
The European Union Delegation to the Philippines is preparing a one big summer blowout for Filipino children as it mounts the virtual edition of the annual cultural festival “Lakbayin Natin ang EU” as part of its Viva Europa 2021 celebration. (European Union Delegation to the Philippines)...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
The Philippine government has tapped San Miguel Corporation (SMC) for its new packaging solution that will prolong the shelf life of local milk. SMC’s packaging unit, San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp. (SMYPC), recently signed an agreement with the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), an attached...
• 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...
Photos uploaded by Lanton Elementary School (LES) show students, some in uniform, assisting other pupils in learning their modules at home. The activity is part of the school’s peer-teaching programs dubbed “Kapitbahay ko, Sagot ko” and “Ka-Math bahay ko, Ka-Math turuan ko,” both of which...
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...
