Millions of students trooped to their respective schools on Monday, Aug. 22, as the country reopened schools two years after being locked down in an online learning setup. However, progressive party-list groups and youth-led organizations urged students to document and expose “both examples of...
School opening in Dinalupihan Elementary School, Bataan (Photo from DepEd) Citing reports from the field offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that the first day of classes in public schools on Monday, Aug. 22, has been “orderly and peaceful” so far. DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa...
The Parañaque city government announced that 10 out of 46 schools in the city are now implementing full face-to-face (F2F) classes with the opening of the new school year on Monday, Aug. 22. The remaining 36 campuses in the city will be adopting blended learning, and in November this year, all...
Members of ACT hold sunrise protest to demand government responsibility for safe school reopening (Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) At sunrise, public school teachers on Monday, Aug. 22 staged a picket protest at Mendiola in Manila to call on the government to take on its responsibility for the...
F inally! More than 50,000 schools nation wide will open their doors today, Aug. 22, 2022 — a welcome step to normalcy after the two-year disruption caused by the global pandemic, which saw both teachers and students (and their parents) enduring the highs and lows of online learning. The school...
Vice President Sara Duterte, who sits as the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary in a concurrent capacity, will be in Bataan on the first day of classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023. VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As announced by DepEd on Saturday, Aug....
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to clarify that the P5,000 cash allowance usually received by classroom teachers is not an additional monetary aid but a benefit given to them on school opening. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School, in Bangued, Abra last June 2021 (Courtesy of...
Groups of teachers on Saturday, Aug. 20, decried the deluge of students and parents at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) asking for financial assistance merely two days before the start of classes. The first day of education aid distribution was marred by chaos as thousands...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged by an advocacy group to allow private schools the discretion, upon consultation with parents, to continue blended learning for School Year (SY) 2022-2023. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We go back to that adage, ‘parents know...
Unable to sustain their operations due to the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years, 425 private schools have decided to “permanently” close down, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN In a joint press conference...
With the “glaring” shortages in basic education resources, teachers’ groups cannot help but express their disappointment over the pronouncement of the Department of Education (DepEd) that it is “all systems go” for school opening next week. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance...
The majority of schools nationwide are expected to open the School Year (SY) 2022-2023 with the implementation of blended learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said. Lakan Dula Elementary School in Tondo, Manila holds a dry run of classes on Aug. 19 for the school...
