After allowing its local officials to decide whether or not classes will be suspended in their respective areas, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Jan. 14, maintained that it will not declare a nationwide academic or health break. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN During the “Laging Handa”...
While they consider the move of the Department of Education (DepEd) to allow suspension of classes in high-risk areas, teachers groups on Thursday, Jan. 13, urged the agency to come up with a more “decisive action” on the matter. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
At least two senators are supporting calls for a two-week health break for teachers who are now reeling under a fresh wave of COVID-19 cases since the start of January 2022. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said that since the Omicron...
Two senior congressmen aired on Wednesday, Jan. 12 contradicting views to the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro chided DOTR for barring unvaccinated individuals from taking...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to implement a one-week “academic health break” to help teachers and students to cope with the challenges brought by another surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (FILE PHOTO / DEPED / MANILA BULLETIN) “We reiterate our call to provide...
It really does takes a village Two years of online distance learning has proven that teachers can't do it all when it comes to their students' educational growth. Parents have a role in it, too! Through Globe's Global Filipino Teachers (GFT) program and in partnership with the Department of...
(Image from Unsplash) Over 50 percent of teachers in the National Capital Region (NCR) are experiencing flu symptoms amid the worst coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, a group of education workers said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines,...
Amid the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections nationwide, a group of education workers pushed for the implementation of a two-week “health break” in areas placed under Level 3 by the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Instead of repeatedly warning teachers and other personnel against electioneering, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to empower its massive workforce to responsibly exercise their rights and freedoms amid the election season through education. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
A group of education workers claimed that the living standards of teachers as well as their families have “practically deteriorated” in the last few years. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines Raymond Basilio, one of the...
In relation to the forthcoming 2022 national and local elections, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded teachers and non-teaching personnel of the rules against electioneering, partisan political activities. Public school teachers serve during the May 2019 national and local elections. (ALI...
The safe reopening of schools amid the pandemic might still not be possible with the approved budget for the education sector, a group of education workers said. Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2021 during the first day of pilot face-to-face classes in Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Manila. (ALI...
