Dismayed over the further reduction of the number of participating schools in the pilot run of limited face-to-face classes set to start next month, a group of education workers on Wednesday, Oct. 20, urged the government to focus on building the confidence of stakeholders. Without face-to-face...
For a teachers’ group, the Department of Education (DepEd) must ensure the safety of both teaching and non-teaching personnel as it conducts the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes at the basic education level starting next month. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School in...
As part of its preparations for the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Task Force (NTF) on Vaccination agreed to accelerate the vaccination of teachers and school personnel. (Photo from DepEd) “DepEd already met with the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to give incentives to teachers and non-teaching personnel who have decided to get their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs. Photo taken in Pasig City on June 29, 2021 (DepEd Public Affairs Service) “Bahagi ng programang ginagawa ngayon ay makabuo...
Faculty unions, associations, and educators from the private education sector on Saturday, Oct. 16, called on the next leaders of the country to pay attention to the plight of private schools especially amidst the pandemic. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -...
Despite the “denial” coming from the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers on Friday, Oct. 15, asserted that its call for 77 days of overtime pay has “legal and moral grounds.” (Photo from ACT Philippines) “Teachers have responded to the exigencies of the service...
By now, public school teachers should have received their P1,000 incentive for this year’s World Teachers Day (WTD) celebration. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School in Bangued, Abra last June (DepEd Abra) This, after the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Oct. 11, assured that it...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. emphasized Wednesday, Oct. 13, the immediate need to vaccinate all the students, teachers, and other school personnel against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if the national government intends to pursue the conduct of face-to-face classes. Vaccine czar Carlito...
For a group of education workers, the claims that teachers’ pay increased under the Duterte administration is nothing but a “big fat lie” because the the bottom-line of the issue is that the President “failed to fulfill his promise” of doubling their salaries. Photo from Alliance of...
The passers of the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers will have their online oathtaking on Nov. 12. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said the online oathtaking at 10 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Cebu through Microsoft Teams. The Commission said inductees shall...
The House of Representatives' recent plenary budget deliberation has exposed some shortcomings in the Philippine educational sector, its members lamented. (DepEd/File Photo) Among the shortcomings were the zero appropriation for four state universities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
A group of education workers urged teachers to “actively educate” the students and the public on the importance of the upcoming elections as the filing of candidacy for the 2022 polls closed Friday, Oct. 8. ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN “Our teachers have the moral and patriotic duty to...
