The Department of Education (DepEd) - Manila was urged to clarify a memorandum regarding completing certain tasks scheduled for June this year which may “violate” the mandatory vacation set for teachers. (Noel Pabalate / Manila Bulletin / file photo) The Teachers' Dignity Coalition-National...
While it lauded the “landmark move” of the Department of Education (DepEd) that aimed to rationalization of workload for teachers, a group on Monday, May 13, urged the agency to also address the “ambiguities” in the said policy to ensure its effective implementation. (DepEd / MB Visual...
A group has criticized the "very slow" progress in studying the salary increase for teachers, reiterating its call for the government to prioritize their welfare amid challenges in the education sector. Filipino teachers (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) "When it comes to the welfare...
As it welcomed the latest policy issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) on payment of teaching overload, a group of education workers urged the government and the agency’s leadership to ensure full and sufficient funding for it. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “To ensure that these...
A group of teachers on Tuesday, April 30, lauded the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to support the proposal to immediately return to the old school calendar. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) "Yun pong dinanas nating init sa mga paaralan at kanselayon ng face-to-face...
As it rationalized the workload of teachers in public schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, April 30, also announced that those who will work beyond the prescribed hours will receive payment for the overload. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Dated April 29, the...
To ensure that public school teachers can devote more time to classroom teaching, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced the issuance of a policy that rationalizes public school teachers’ workload and defines ancillary tasks and assignments that can be given to them. NOEL PABALATE / FILE...
The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified on Tuesday, April 23, that the reported deaths of two teachers in Iloilo were not related to heat stroke but due to other illnesses. (DepEd file photo) “According to the Schools Division Office concerned, no teachers died from heatstroke,” DepEd...
The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that there is no need to buy shirts as alternate uniforms during the hot weather as teaching and non-teaching personnel can wear collared existing shirts of “any color.” (DepEd file photo) “The memo to the field is that as an alternate...
Following announcements to schools to shift to distance learning, a teachers’ group on Friday, April 12, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) again to revert to the pre-pandemic school calendar. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “We reiterate that we need a more strategic response...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
The old school calendar, which starts in June and ends in March, should be implemented this incoming school year 2025-2026, a teachers’ group said on Thursday, April 4. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Isa sa mga ipinanawagan namin is dapat ibalik na ng DepEd dun sa old school calendar...
