Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement effective intervention programs to help struggling learners catch up with their studies. Gatchalian made the call following reports flagging “mass promotion” in basic education schools, warning that this...
A teachers’ group on Friday, Feb. 17, stressed that the education decline in the country cannot be averted for as long as only half of the needed budget is given to address the existing and emerging challenges in the education sector. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of...
Given suboptimal performance and persisting inequitable access, the Philippine education system needs swift action to address the current education crisis, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) emphasized. A study “Philippine Education: Situationer, Challenges, and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, June 20 affirmed his support to the incoming Department of Education’s (DepEd) administration saying he is committed to work with Vice President-eleect Sara Duterte-Carpio who is set to take the lead of the agency. Duterte-Carpio took her oath of office on...
A multi-stakeholder movement underscored the great need for ample government funding and a “more evidence-based and comprehensive plan” to expand safe school reopening as the country reopens its schools for limited face-to-face classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA...
Declaring an education crisis will be among the first things Vice President Leni Robredo will do if elected president. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) Robredo said this at "The Education President: Interviews with Presidential Aspirants on Philippine Education"...
Declaring an education crisis will be among the first things Vice President Leni Robredo will do if elected president. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) Robredo said this at "The Education President: Interviews with Presidential Aspirants on Philippine Education"...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo emphasized the need to improve the quality of education in the country to provide more opportunities for younger Filipinos who are about to enter the workforce. Vice President Leni Robredo during the PiliPinas Debate of the Commission on Elections...
Struggling private schools in the country shouldn't be left to "die". Such was the appeal of Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas to the Department of Education (DepEd), which he feels could be more proactive in supporting private schools already in dire straits. (Unsplash) "I personally met...
Ahead of the two-day visit by Vice President Leni Robredo to Negros Occidental, a youth group there on Thursday, November 4, unveiled their youth agenda and expressed their support for the presidential aspirant. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Negros Youth for Leni...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) A Ramon Magsaysay awardee for education urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to address issues and concerns on the current curriculum in order to solve the educational crisis in the country. “The Philippines is in a crisis. We cannot really afford to look at the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 27 expressed his disappointment that President Duterte did not mention the current "education crisis" in the Philippines in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA). Gatchalian said he was hoping the President would tackle the education crisis that...
