A group of teachers is lobbying for the creation of separate insurance if reforms in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will not be instituted soon. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement issued Thursday, May 19, called on the elected...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda flat-out said Thursday, May 19 that the country would benefit more if presumptive vice president Sara Duterte took up the portfolio of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary instead. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will highlight the country’s efforts to improve the quality of education as well as the challenges faced by the education sector in the Education World Forum (EWF) set next week. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We will advance our accomplishments...
One hundred kits containing laptop computers, tablets, and pocket wifi amounting to over P10 million were donated by the United States to schools in several provinces in the country. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) Through the United States Agency for International Development...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday lauded the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for supporting proposals for the opening of all public and private schools for face-to-face classes as this would accelerate the recovery of the education sector from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But while the...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) request to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a P3,000 allowance for poll workers who rendered services during the May 9 elections has been echoed by presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Public school teachers learn how to use a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to complete the K to 12 curriculum enhancement in July this year to address congestion, redundancies, and overlaps in the current curriculum. (Photo from DepEd) “The 2022 Basic Education Curriculum is envisioned to be responsive and attuned to the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday, May 14, reiterated that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is the agency responsible when it comes to processing and releasing honoraria and other allowances related to the election. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “The public is reminded that...
For a group of education workers, it takes more than “peace and discipline” to address the learning crisis in the country. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) “What we need is a leadership that recognizes the learning crisis, the desperate quality of education, the chronically underpaid status...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide additional pay for the teaching and non-teaching personnel who served as members of the Electoral Board amounting to P3,000. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Secretary Leonor Briones formally...
For a group of teachers, the next head of the Department of Education (DepEd) should come from the education sector. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) While the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) recognizes that Cabinet appointments as a prerogative of the Chief Executive, the “general sentiment” of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) pushed for continued upgrading of teacher education and training as it welcomed the passage of Republic Act 11713 or the Excellence in Teacher Education Act. (Photo from DepEd) “With the passage of this landmark measure, we look forward to radically upgrading...
