While it supports education and learning continuity amid the pandemic, a council urged the government to allow quality education to thrive by supporting the private education system. (Photo from Unsplash) “Education indeed should not only continue. For us, quality education must thrive,” said...
Private schools that have been hard-hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic received support from business groups as they now face a 150-percent increase in income tax rate. (Pixabay) The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), in a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has finally broken its silence on the report released by the World Bank saying that more than 80 percent of Filipino learners “do not know what they should know.” DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN In a statement issued Monday, July...
The Department of Education (DepEd) commended two public schools after they were recognized for their programs addressing plastic problems. Two public high schools from the Philippines win SEAMEO awards for sustainable development initiatives (Photo from DepEd) “The Department is proud of our...
A group on Thursday, July 1, slammed the Department of Education (DepEd) for its “failure to obligate” some P1.744 billion “Bayanihan 2” allotment for distance learning needs. (Photo from DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines expressed disappointment over DepEd’s...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday proposed that another resolution be crafted to complement the approval of a Senate bill that seeks to amend tax regulations governing private schools and institutions. Drilon, during the Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing on Senate Bill No....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is vouching on the role of local universities and colleges (LUCs) in increasing students’ access to education while addressing persistent jobs-skills mismatch. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said LUCs also play...
With the continued rollout of the government’s inoculation program against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded that the use of schools as vaccination sites should be approved by its local officials first. The government continues to roll out its COVID-19...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, June 25, announced that private schools and non-DepEd public schools are allowed to start their respective school openings as soon as they are ready - provided that there will be no face-to-face classes. DepEd allows private, non-DepEd public schools...
A group of private schools said the new tax hike policy of the Bureau of Internet Revenue (BIR) will cause "irreparable" damage to private schools, stakeholders, and local communities. (Unsplash) "The new tax rates will burden the schools during this period while we are fighting for survival and...
The new tax hike policy Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) continues to threaten the private educational system, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Tuesday, June 22, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, COCOPEA said that the Revenue Memorandum...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, June 17, announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) of 14 Regional Offices has already been processed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Public school teachers have been waiting for the release of the 2019...
