Higher education institutions (HEIs) cannot be required to conduct face-to-face classes, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, July 13, said. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual presser, CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera explained that the existing policy of the...
After over a decade, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) finally lifted the moratorium on the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CHED Chairperson Popoy De Vera announced the lifting of the moratorium for undergraduate and graduate Nursing...
Following the controversies that hound the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a progressive youth group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to take the lead in crafting and implementing a comprehensive mechanism that will cover all schools and protect all students from campus...
Public and private schools across the country will be given ample time to “slowly transition” from distance learning to full face-to-face classes beginning Nov. 2, 2022. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 12, released the official calendar...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 12, announced that classes for school year (SY) 2022-2023 will begin on Aug. 22, 2022 and end on July 7, 2023. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon in December 2021 (OSDS – DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) DepEd has...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 11, disclosed the it sought the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the reports of emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse allegations in the Philippine High School for Arts (PHSA) in Los Baños, Laguna. (DepEd...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, July 11, said he is in favor of restoring history as a separate subject in the high school curriculum. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian, in a televised interview, noted that history has been incorporated...
Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte was urged to lead a multi-agency investigation on the alleged abuses in the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA). Vice President Sara Duterte during the ceremonial turnover of DepEd leadership on July 4, 2022. (Photo...
To help transform national systems, strengthen capacity, and empower children to reduce the number of school days that learners lose due to the impact of hazardous events, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Information System (DRRMIS). DepEd /...
As it condemned the alleged “normalization” of bullying and abuse in the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a group called for concrete action to protect the learners and make the elimination of sexual violence a top priority. (Photo sourced from Unsplash) The Civil Society Network for...
Following the claims of fraternity-related violence by a university fraternity, the University of the Philippines – Diliman (UPD) said it would investigate the matter and assured that the students involved would be held liable. (Photo from UP Diliman Facebook page) Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, in a...
If Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte would have his way, he would put up e-learning centers in every municipality and city in the country as a way to buttress the education system amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Rep. Duterte, son of former President Rodrigo...
