The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, July 14, announced that the National Academy of Sports (NAS) has begun its nationwide search for talented Filipino student-athletes to identify and become part of its first batch of scholars. Filipino student-athletes (Photo from DepEd) The NAS...
Recognizing the importance of face-to-face classes for stakeholders, Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Wednesday, July 14, expressed hope that the resumption of face-to-face learning this upcoming school year remains a possibility. 100118_teacher_12_vicoy “All those who are interested in...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, July 14, called out the Commission on Audit (COA) as well as other media reports pointing out its “low utilization rate” of the Bayanihan 2 funds. CHED Chairperson Popoy De Vera (Photo from CHED) “The media reports, and for that matter...
As poverty and education have always been closely interrelated, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that governments - like the Philippines - must find means to address these challenges. Education Secretary Leonor Briones/ DepEd / FILE PHOTO MANILA BULLETIN “We did not need a pandemic to tell...
Even as the World Bank already apologized for inadvertantly releasing a report on the poor learning outcomes of Filipino children, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believed that the government should be open to accepting its findings to address what he also considered a "crisis" in the Philippines'...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 13, urged learners to participate in the upcoming 5th "DokyuBata" Video Documentary Contest starting in July this year. (Photo from DepEd) “We want our learners to become more discerning in studying and interpreting media materials in...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones urged the employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) as well as the general public to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DepEd and Pasig City collaborate to vaccinate education frontliners against COVID-19. (Photo from DepEd) Briones, in...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s call for the Philippine government to declare an “education crisis” did not sit well with Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) “I don’t know who should judge whether we have a crisis in...
President Duterte has accepted the apology of the World Bank after its premature publication of a report on Filipino students' academic abilities but said he wanted to see the actual and latest assessment of the students' performance. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) Duterte...
Around 1 million teaching and non-teaching personnel will start receiving their subscriber identity module, or SIM cards with connectivity load, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday, July 12. (Photo from DepEd/ MANILA BULLETIN) DepEd said it has begun distributing SIM cards to its...
The Philippines will continue to implement the "blended learning" policy until more people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease, Malacañang said Monday. Without face-to-face classes, teachers are expected to teach remotely during school year. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are conducting an impact evaluation survey that seeks to determine the employability of the country’s Senior High School (SHS) graduates. (DepEd Facebook page) DepEd said the survey on “Impact Evaluation...
