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The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, July 9, has formally acknowledged the apology issued by the World Bank (WB) concerning the premature publication of a report highlighting poor learning outcomes among Filipino learners.

When Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that the World Bank owed the Philippines a public apology over an outdated report which “insulted and shamed” the country, all eyes were on the former – wondering what made her ask for such.

To provide educational materials to underprivileged students, a teacher from Batac City in Ilocos Norte built satellite libraries in remote areas of the city.

To improve literacy of Filipinos, the Department of Education (DepEd) has expanded and intensified the integration of financial education in the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has finally broken its silence on the report released by the World Bank saying that more than 80 percent of Filipino learners “do not know what they should know.”

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, June 25, announced that private schools and non-DepEd public schools are allowed to start their respective school openings as soon as they are ready – provided that there will be no face-to-face classes.

Recognizing the need to decongest the current curriculum, the Department of Education (DepEd) is currently reviewing the K to 12 curriculum for basic education.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, June 23, celebrated its 123rd founding anniversary.

Following President Duterte’s decision to postpone limited face-to-face classes in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, June 23, said that it will continue to implement “enhanced blended learning” as it prepares for the opening of the upcoming school year.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, June 21, said that there is an ongoing review of the K to 12 curriculum and it might be able to come up with the latest version of the curriculum by the end of the year.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, June 17, presented its strategic directions to keep educational opportunities accessible to every learner in the Philippines during the 5th Strategic Dialogue for Education Ministers (5th SDEM).

MSEUF had to shift to a combination of online learning and asynchronous modular learning for their students, as the community quarantine prohibited face-to-face classes.

The commercial value of coffee, pili, and cashew trees is already recognized, but we have other trees of similar commercial potential like kalumpít and balobo that are unknown to most.

Being a teacher doesn’t mean you stop learning. That was the first thing Isabel learned when she started teaching computer programming to young girls three years ago.

Not only do tutor-moms know how to handle kids and have the creative skills to keep them focused on the lesson, but also it's a great opportunity to provide them with the extra means to earn, especially in these difficult times.

Learning never stops for Neri Naig. 

Practical strategies for parents to help their children learn when the school year begins again, from a public school teacher.

One of the incalculable losses of the Covid-19 pandemic is in how children and teenagers have, in many ways, been forced to “grow up.” In particular, due to the shift to online and modular learning, students are now taking more of an initiative in their own education and learning process.