Vice President and Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte stressed the importance of providing more support to teachers which will help improve the quality of education in the country. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “By improving the quality of entry-level teachers and reskilling and...
(Photo from Unsplash) As the Philippines endeavors to align its education landscape to international standards, there is a greater need to collectively improve the overall system of learning delivery. To be at par with the rest of the world, the country needs to achieve significant improvements in...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The provincial government of Benguet has hired some 147 Provincial School Board (PSB) teachers to augment the teaching force in the province with the expected return to full face-to-face this November. Photo via Zaldy Comanda Governor Melchor Diclas said the newly...
The Pasig City Council approved, on its third and final reading, a resolution granting P1,000 each to all teachers and non-teaching personnel of the city’s public schools as a financial incentive during Teachers Month. Photo from Councilor Corie Raymundo FB During the council’s regular session...
The University of Sto. Tomas (UST) will soon be home to 163 science teachers from Pasig City after the local government and USTsigned on Tuesday, Sept. 20, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for a “Certificate in Science Teaching Program.” Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's FB The program offers...
As a “thank you” and tribute to the sacrifices made by teachers amid the pandemic, a former teacher from the Department of Education (DepEd) Zamboanga City composed a song for them in line with the celebration of National Teachers' Month (NTM). In a Facebook post, DepEd Philippines shared the...
To commemorate the 50th year of the Martial Law declaration, a group of teachers on Wednesday, Sept. 21, dedicated classes to “enlighten” students about its historical truths. (Photo from ACT Philippines) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines held a walk-through exhibit to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to implement a “uniform policy” on Covid-19 response in schools and provide assistance to learners as well as teachers and non-teaching personnel who contracted the disease since the resumption of face-to-face classes this school year. (ALI VICOY /...
If the proposed bill by Quezon City 5th District Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas passes into law, it could increase the teaching supplies allowance for teachers from P5,000 to P10,000. (DepEd / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No. 4072, or the “Teaching Supplies Allowance...
The promise of the Department of Education (DepEd) to ease the workload of teachers remains “all talk,” a group on Sunday, Sept. 18, said. “One month into the school year and our conditions have only worsened,” said Manila Public School Teachers Association (MPSTA) president Louie Zabala...
There is a special person in every person’s life who goes by the name of “teacher.” Some met that special person in nursery school, most in elementary and high school, others in college. The memory of a special teacher comes around when there is a need to provide a solution to a problem, like...
Migration to private schools should not be used as an “excuse” not to grant the demand of teachers for a pay hike, a group of education workers on Thursday, Sept. 15 said. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Using the old and worn-out private school card to deflect calls for salary upgrading...
