The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to implement a “uniform policy” on Covid-19 response in schools and provide assistance to learners as well as teachers and non-teaching personnel who contracted the disease since the resumption of face-to-face classes this school year. (ALI VICOY /...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Sept. 19 clarified that it has proposed a budget of P532 million for Special Education (SPED) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN DepEd issued a statement to clarify and address “malicious and misleading” reports that it has...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Sept. 19, justified the need for “confidential funds” for the agency in its 2023 budget despite the lack of allocated funds in some of its existing programs. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “Confidential expenses are allowed for all civilian offices,...
If the proposed bill by Quezon City 5th District Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas passes into law, it could increase the teaching supplies allowance for teachers from P5,000 to P10,000. (DepEd / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No. 4072, or the “Teaching Supplies Allowance...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the allocation of a policy support fund for the adoption and implementation of the Basic Education Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (BEMEF). Department of Education Central Office (DepEd file photo) In DepEd Memorandum No. 083 series of 2022...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to establish a mechanism where elementary and secondary students can have free and uninterrupted acces to digitized copies of textbooks and other learning materials. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, filed Senate...
The promise of the Department of Education (DepEd) to ease the workload of teachers remains “all talk,” a group on Sunday, Sept. 18, said. “One month into the school year and our conditions have only worsened,” said Manila Public School Teachers Association (MPSTA) president Louie Zabala...
Instead of suspending the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-MultiLingual Education (MTB-MLE), a national coalition of civil society organizations urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to identify its strengths and challenges to improve its overall implementation. (ALI VICOY / MANILA...
Following the approval of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to allow voluntary use of face masks in open areas, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to release updated guidelines for schools that implement in-person classes . (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We will issue the...
Independent minority solon, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman publicly complimented Vice President Sara Duterte for seeing eye-to-eye with him on the topic of devolution of functions from the national government to the local government. Albay 1st district Rep . Edcel Lagman (left) and Vice...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) practice of seemingly circumventing the government’s procurement law came under scrutiny at the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s hearing on Thursday, September 15. During the panel’s hearing, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada noted how the DepEd...
An advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 15, urged Congress to prioritize the recovery of the education system in the deliberations for the 2023 budget as the learning crisis continues to grip the country. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City during the first day of classes for...
