Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Tuesday, January 2, he expects there is sufficient coordination between the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure that there will be no disruption in the education of students. This was after CHED...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, January 2 assured that the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or Republic Act No. 11975 has sufficient allocation to address possible funding deficiency in free higher education in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Gatchalian said the 2024 GAA...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President SaraDuterte (PPAB, Facebook) Constructing 2,201 new classrooms in 2023 is nothing to brag about if the actual classroom shortage in the country is nearly 75 times the figure. ...
A proposed bill in the Senate is seeking to rename the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) to the National Literacy Council and strengthen its powers and functions. Senate Bill 2510, introduced by Sen. Lito Lapid, also aims to expand the LCC, its membership structure and supporting mechanisms, and...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said that the 2024 national budget has allocated P210-million for the implementation of mental health programs and advocacies of the Department of Education (DepEd). Gatchalian said that he originally proposed P160-million for the implementation of mental health programs to...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will shift its focus to making education not only free, but also accessible to underprivileged Filipinos, while also advocating for world-class standards next year. Photo from CHED CHED Chairperson Prospero De Vera shared the good news that admissions to...
Under the leadership of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, the Department of Education (DepEd) highlighted various programs that were launched in 2023 that ensured quality education for every Filipino child, even those in remote areas. DepEd / Manila Bulletin In a video statement...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) lauded the performance of 16 overseas Filipinos who passed the September Philippine Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) held in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo from CHED "The Commission congratulates the sixteen OFWs for their outstanding...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it will offer fire insurance coverage for public school buildings under the Department of Education (DepEd) nationwide. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund will extend coverage to over 132,000...
(Unsplash) Education officials ought to "think very hard" on how to improve the Philippines' education standards following the country’s very dismal results in the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study. Thus, said Batangas 2nd...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalaian believes that addressing the prevalence of hunger and malnutrition among children is essential to seeing improvements in the performance of learners in the country. In a statement, Gatchalian cited the results of the 2022 Programme for International Student...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Dec. 15, announced that the learning materials allegedly held “hostage” by a service supplier will soon be distributed to public schools nationwide. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) In a statement, DepEd said it started “hauling various learning...
