The Philippines, led by the Department of Education (DepEd), will hold the post of President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council this year. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group The country, through DepEd, will commence its presidency during the opening ceremony of...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL DR. JUN YNARES Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte did the unexpected recently: give the nation an agency report that showed the true picture of the state of the country’s education system rather than do the standard practice of heaping platitudes on supposed...
Palarong Pambansa, an annual multi-sport event joined by student athletes across the country, is officially back. The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Feb. 7, announced the conduct of the 2023 Palarong Pambansa from July 29 until Aug. 5, 2023 in Marikina City. This, after years of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, February 6 has sought an inquiry on the state of education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said the inquiry primarily seeks to address the low enrollment in BARMM...
DepEd / MB Visual Content Group A group of teachers expressed concern about the planned revision of the K to 12 curriculum as laid out by the Department of Education (DepEd) in its Basic Education Report (BER) 2023. DepEd, led by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, delivered the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution calling for a congressional inquiry on the status of the implementation of Republic Act 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013, noting the alarming incidence of bullying in the country despite the existence of the law. Gatchalian, chairman of the...
The number of schools that were damaged in the aftermath of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Southern Philippines continues to increase based on the report submitted to the Department of Education (DepEd). (Photo from DepEd) As of Feb. 3, DepEd monitoring showed that the number of schools...
A teachers’ group expressed support for bills that seek to grant allowance to be used by teachers to buy supplies for teaching. DepEd file photo The Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed the Teaching Supplies Allowance or “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act” currently filed in different versions...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have "beaten and detained" an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women's university education, his aide said Friday. A spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the immediate release of...
The midyear break in public schools nationwide will start next week based on the school calendar issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) for School Year (SY) 2022-2023. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN As stated in DepEd Order No. 34 series of 2022 or the School Calendar and...
(Photo from DepEd) Fourteen schools were reported to have sustained damages in the aftermath of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Davao de Oro early this week, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Feb. 3, said. Citing data from Education Cluster Updates - Region 11, DepEd said that...
As teachers play a crucial role in the success of education delivery, a group welcomed the proposal to amend the Republic Act 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We believe that in order to fix the education system, the priority must be...
