Over 170 public schools have been approved by the Department of Education (DepEd) to participate in the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes as part of its expansion phase. Students of Dumalneg Elementary School in Ilocos Norte during the first day of the pilot implementation of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Dec. 2, confirmed that 28 public schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to join the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes in basic education for School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Pilot face-to-face classes in Sinalongan...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday urged the government to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination program for minors and teachers in light of the global concern on the Omicron variant. Gatchalian pointed out the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Omicron a variant of concern on Nov. 26, and...
Finally, hope for a shot at a better life for the youth of Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said today, Nov, 30. The Partido Reporma standard bearer stressed this after the Department of Education (DepEd)...
Believing that education investment is a mobilizer of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery efforts and the futures of education, the Department of Education (DepEd) called for the renewal of commitment to prioritize education during an international meeting. Photo taken at Mother of Good Counsel...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday vowed to ensure there would be sufficient funding for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) to prevent the government’s debt to private schools from accumulating and risk affecting beneficiaries of the program. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate...
Gen. Dionardo Carlos, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to prepare for the face-to-face classes in Metro Manila. This, after the Department of Education gave a go-signal go for some schools to proceed with the face-to-face classes starting December 6 as...
To press the government to pay the “overtime” they rendered in School Year (SY) 2020-2021, teachers nationwide held a national day of action on Friday, Nov. 26. Photo from Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines Facebook page Teachers’ unions under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has once again appealed for possible increase in the honoraria of teachers who will serve as poll workers in the 2022 National and Local Elections. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) “Although it is less than our proposed increase for our teachers who will serve as poll...
In time for this year’s commemoration of Bonifacio Day on Nov. 30, a group of teachers once again called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to “immediately restore” the teaching of Philippine History in the high school curriculum. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and its attached agencies are set to receive a P629.8 billion budget for its National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2022 which is six percent higher than last year’s budget. Pilot face-to-face classes started in Laserna Integrated School in Nabas, Aklan on Nov....
The Department of Education (DepEd) received the highest trust rating among all the other national agencies, making it the “most trusted” government office based on a research for multi-tiered organizations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from DepEd) “This recognition...
