As the current school year almost draws to a close, face-to-face classes in more than 7,000 schools remained suspended on Thursday, May 2, due to the extreme heat experienced nationwide. A student uses a folder to protect himself against the scorching heat. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE...
Senators on Wednesday, May 1 welcomed the Department of Education’s (DepEd) “aggressive” stance to revert to the old academic calendar for school year 2024-2025 in response to the public clamor. “I support this ‘aggressive option’ to revert to the old academic calendar in...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri urged the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to return to the pre-pandemic calendar this coming school year (SY). (MB file photo/Noel Pabalate) This is instead of a gradual return in SY 2025-2026 that will further...
Following the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to revert to the old school calendar, an advocacy group urged the agency to “ensure continuity and conduciveness of learning environment.” JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “Our students need a fixed...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte assured stakeholders that the quality of learning in public schools will not be affected by the gradual return to the old school calendar. Junior High School (JHS) students inside the classroom (Rio Deluvio/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said on Thursday, Feb. 22, that with the implemented adjustments, the pre-pandemic academic calendar may resume by the School Year (SY) 2026-2027. Photo credit to MB Visual Content Group "Eventually, we might be able to return, hopefully by June, for the opening...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the current school year will end in May instead of June based on the school calendar for School Year (SY) 2023-2024. (DepEd / MB VIsual Content Group) In DepEd Order No. 003 series of 2024 signed by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara...
The enrollment for the current school year remained below the “expected number” of enrollees based on the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd / MB Visual Content Group As of Friday, Sept. 15, data from the Learner Information System (LIS) for the school...
ILOILO CITY – Schools across Iloilo province have to make to do with what they have as school year 2023-2024 opens on Tuesday, August 29. HENRY Gulmatico Mota (right), principal of Cagamutan Elementary School in Leganes town, Iloilo province, discusses matters related to the school opening with...
Unmet targets, combined with emerging needs, continue to contribute to the growing backlog in basic education resources particularly classrooms and teachers. A classroom at Batasan National High School in Quezon City was divided into two to address the issue of classroom shortage. (Photo:...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will prioritize the students' welfare in its review of the academic calendar. BACK-TO-SCHOOL — President Marcos speaks to the media in Victorino Mapa High School in Manila, following this year's Brigada Eskwela on...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry on the readiness of basic education institutions to conduct classes for school year (SY) [2023-2024](tel:2023-2024). Aside from the lifting of the public health emergency due to Covid -19 and the threat of El...
