Recognizing the concerns of teachers regarding their current workload, the Department of Education (DepEd) eyes the possible hiring of more teaching and non-teaching personnel in 2023. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “If needed, next year, DepEd plans to hire additional non-teaching personnel ...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Sept. 29, defended anew its request for P150 million in confidential funds under its 2023 budget, noting that it will be used for initiatives that are “part and parcel” of its mandate: the protection of learners. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group)...
While the K to 12 program has yet to fulfill the promise of employment for its graduates, the Department of Education (DepEd) maintained that the possible removal of the Senior High School (SHS) program may not be a part of the K to 12 review. Photo was taken at Signal Village National High School,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros of the Senate minority group has sought a reallocation of some of Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds. Hontiveros made the call during a public hearing on the proposed P666.25-biliion budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) where the Vice President is...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has bewailed the unsolved school building backlog in the country although Congress has given billions of pesos for the school building program. Legarda pointed this out in yesterday’s (Sept. 29) public hearing by the Senate finance subcommittee D on the...
Senator Pia S. Cayetano on Thursday, September 29 thanked Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte for issuing a “very clear” directive regarding the need to hold face-to-face classes. “Thank you for the example that you have set for DepEd,” Cayetano said...
Senators on Thursday, September 29 warned a Department of Education (DepEd) official after noting inconsistencies in her statements regarding the agency’s P2.4-billion laptop deal with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS). Senate Minority Leader Aquilino...
Some teachers reportedly “rejected” or “returned” the laptops issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the P2.4-billion controversial deal after finding out that these are way below the specifications needed for them to fulfill their tasks. (DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
A week before World Teachers’ Day (WTD) on Oct. 5, a group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to give public school teachers “more time allotment” for lesson preparations and other teaching-related duties. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reminded local government units (LGUs) that public schools in their respective areas may only be used as “immediate” evacuation and not as long-term shelters for affected families or individuals. Evacuees who were affected by "Karding" are still staying at...
To ensure learning continuity amid the cancellation of classes during natural calamities or disasters, the Department of Education (DepEd) has instructed schools to implement distance learning delivery when classes have been declared suspended. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) As stated in DepEd...
To prevent setbacks to 100 percent face-to-face classes this November, a group of education workers called for the speedy repair of schools that were damaged by typhoon Karding. An aerial shot taken on September 26, 2022, shows Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan still submerged in flood after...
