The Catch-Up Fridays program, a learning mechanism designed to enhance students' abilities in reading, critical thinking, analysis, and writing, will be recalibrated, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).(DepEd / file photo)Dennis Legaspi, Media Relations Chief from the Office of...
Exactly 10 days before her resignation as the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) took effect, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, July 9, highlighted some of the agency's achievements for Filipino learners during her two-year term.Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte /...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, May 23, said that efforts are underway to "strengthen and improve" the implementation of its Catch-Up Fridays program.Students during "Catch-Up Fridays" (DepEd file photo)"We actually have to also recognize na meron mga ganyan na sitwasyon dahil...
A group of teachers urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to stop implementing some learning recovery initiatives if it would push through with the conduct of Saturday classes once the school calendar reverts to the traditional June-March cycle.(DepEd / MB Visual Content Group)In reaction to...
Recognizing that not all students might need to "catch up" with foundational skills such as reading, the Department of Education (DepEd) plans to integrate peer tutoring as part of its Catch-Up Fridays program. (Courtesy of DepEd) "Pwede din natin gawin or i-institute sa ating mga...
Amid calls to halt the implementation of its latest learning recovery initiative, the Department of Education (DepEd) stated on Tuesday, March 12, that it is currently collating feedback from the field regarding implementing Catch-Up Fridays.(DepEd file photo) DepEd Undersecretary and...
Citing various concerns, a group of teachers on Thursday, March 7, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to suspend its Catch-Up Fridays Program.(DepEd file photo) "Catch-Up Friday is not a necessity and therefore must be immediately suspended," said Teachers' Dignity Coalition (TDC)...
Citing the additional burden on teachers, a group of education workers on Monday, March 4, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to halt the implementation of its Catch-Up Fridays Program.(Manila Bulletin file photo) "Catch-Up Fridays should be halted, and consultations should precede any...
Several concerns have been raised regarding Catch-Up Fridays, the latest learning recovery effort of the Department of Education (DepEd).Students reading during Catch-Up Fridays (DepEd file photo) "Based on EDCOM consultations, Catch-Up Fridays do not appear to be structured to optimize...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, March 1, issued a warning against individuals selling or requiring students to buy learning materials to be used for Catch-Up Fridays and other activities in school.(DepEd file photo) "The Department reiterates that such acts are strictly...
The Department of Education's (DepEd) policy to implement the "Catch-Up Fridays" will help fast track the country's learning recovery program, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, January 19. Gatchalian said he sees the necessity of implementing the program which is aimed at...
Last week, on January 12, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched Catch-Up Fridays, a program "to strengthen foundational, social, and other relevant skills necessary to realize the objectives of the basic education curriculum."The program title conveyed in three words a problem that will...