The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday, Sept. 21, announced that it has reached “herd immunity” with employee vaccination. (Photo from CHED) Chairperson Popoy De Vera said that all CHED offices nationwide have achieved the required vaccination level to protect their employees...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to improve the quality of teacher education and training in the country. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 2152 or the Teacher Education Excellence Act would be a “major step out of an...
While many sectors welcomed the approval of limited face-to-face classes, a group of teachers on Monday, Sept. 20, asked the government to reconsider its decision to allow the pilot implementation of in-person learning for now. Hundreds of children in Tawi-Tawi received books and pairs of slippers...
For a group of teachers and education workers, the reported cheating among learners through “Online Kopyahan” Facebook page is a result of the “flawed design” of and lacking provision for distance learning. Photo from Unsplash The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday, Sept. 20,...
Learners who are enrolled for School Year (SY) 2021-2022 will receive enhanced quality self-learning modules (SLMs), the Department of Education (DepEd) assured. Photo taken at Calay IP School, Sarangani in September 2020. (DepEd Region XII) DepEd, in a statement issued Monday, Sept. 20, reiterated...
As it welcomed the approval of limited face-to-face classes , a group of teachers and education workers urged the government to ensure safety of learners and teachers and the quality of learning during the pilot run. (KEITH BACONGCO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
A leader of the opposition Makabayan bloc welcomed on Monday, Sept. 20 the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow limited face-to-face classes in 120 schools in the country. STUDENTS Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro said the welcome development in the...
Reports of the existence of an Online Kopyahan (cheating) Facebook group should be a serious cause for concern of the country’s educators as “it exposes the limits of the current education set-up” in the country. Rep. Fidel Nograles rostrum Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles warned that...
Printed modules, lack of gadgets, too much work -- these are just some of the problems that encountered during the first week of classes, a teachers’ group said. Photo taken at Latian Elementary School in Alabel, Sarangani in January 2021 (DepEd Tayo Sarangani Facebook page) “One week after the...
Students in Junior High School (JHS) or those under Grades 7 to 10 are not yet among those who will participate in the pilot testing of limited face-to-face classes. Junior High School (JHS) students inside the classroom (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the data obtained by the...
As the country moves on its second week of school opening, a new challenge in the implementation of distance learning was exposed online cheating. (Photo from Unsplash) A Facebook group called “Online Kopyahan” came to light over the weekend as it was used to leak answers from online learning...
After repeated attempts, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Sept. 20, has finally received the approval of President to pilot limited face-to-face in basic education to be participated in 120 select public and private schools. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Education...
