Progressive solons and party-list groups want the return of Philippine history in the country’s educational curriculum after actress Ella Cruz, who is portraying Irene Marcos in a pro-Marcos film, likened history to gossip. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Representatives Raoul...
Academic advocates from Teach for the Philippines (TFP) are hopeful that the new administration would bring in new bouts of inspiration and impact for children nationwide. Photo courtesy of TFP / Niki Baroy The TFP expressed hope that the education of Filipino children will be among the priorities...
Composed of various proposals for the welfare of teachers as well as the quality of learning for children and the general reforms in the sector of education, a teachers’ group urged the new administration to consider its 13-point agenda for education. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Students should be taught using the language that they best understand. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday, July 1, said this in reaction to a part of the inaugural address of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
A group of teachers on Thursday, June 30, urged newly-inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to fulfill the promises made to the education sector during the campaign period. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Any new administration signals a new beginning and therefore hope...
As the incoming Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers challenged Vice President Sara Duterte to “deliver on the promises that her father failed.” Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte (file photos) The incoming DepEd Chief, who...
Following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ inauguration and subsequent address on Thursday, June 30, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has issued a reminder to the 17th Chief Executive: “while it is good that we should be forward looking we should not forget the past.” Rep....
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines slammed the mandatory school reporting of teachers beyond the official school year calendar, calling it a “new form of forced labor.” (DepEd) ACT Philippines, on Tuesday, June 28, criticized the Department of Education (DepEd) after receiving...
Education workers and teachers delivered their 10-point challenge to the new administration days before Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took his oath as President and incoming Vice President-elect Sara Duterte assumed the post of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary. (NOEL B. PABALATE /...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Gon on Sunday, June 26 said he is confident that Executive Order 174 which President Duterte recently issued would help ensure that Filipino students have access to quality education even under the “new normal.” EO 174, which establishes the expanded career...
Field officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) commended the support of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’ administration in transforming the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP). Education Secretary Leonor Briones (Photo from DepEd) DepEd, in a statement, said that in...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, June 23, welcomed the “timely issuance” of Executive Order No. 174 titled Establishing the Expanded Career Progression System for Public School Teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) DepEd said that the EO will officially create new position...
