A group of education workers urged President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to prioritize the upgrading of teachers’ salaries amid runaway inflation and oil price hikes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called on the incoming...
The Department of Education (DepEd) enjoined teachers to enroll in an online course to ensure the learning continuity of children who belong to the marginalized sector. (Image sourced from DepEd Facebook page) DepEd announced that the Disability-Inclusive Teaching in Emergencies or “DTeEm”...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the budget for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) has been increased to P50,000. DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla, in a Facebook post, said that the MOOE budget “can now be used to buy for any...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), on Saturday, June 4, said that it will be adapting an enhanced table of specifications for the subjects of the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) beginning March 2023. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) In an advisory, the Commission addressed...
To help ensure the safe 100 percent reopening of schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to immediately resolve “old normal” problems which have been haunting public schools even before the Covid-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “How are we going to achieve a better...
A group urged the incoming leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) to fully implement the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers a vintage law that supports the welfare of public school teachers. (DepEd file photo) “The full implementation of the Magna Carta for Teachers may not...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda welcomed the House of Representatives' adoption of the Senate's version of the proposed Poll Workers' Tax Exemption Act. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) "I am thankful for the House for adopting the Senate’s version of House Bill (HB) No. 9652,...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In support of the approval of the bill that will tax-exempt election service pay, members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines staged a mass action at the Senate of the Philippines on Monday, May 30. In the final week of the 18th Congress, ACT...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, May 29, welcomed the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on granting additional honoraria for select teachers for their extended service during the 2022 National and Local Elections on May 9, 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Education workers urged outgoing President Duterte to show some concern for teachers by certifying as urgent the legislation for tax-exemption of election service pay. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines pressed Duterte to “certify as urgent” the...
Learners, teaching and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) as well as other interested persons or groups were invited to join the 2022 Global Media Competition (GMC) organized by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). (Image courtesy of DepEd) The...
To strengthen its recruitment process and increase personnel quality and retention, the Department of Education (DepEd) has set up a competency-based Merit Selection Plan (MSP). (DepEd file photo) The agency issued DepEd Order No. 019, s. 2022 which will serve as a guide in the selection, hiring,...
