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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, June 24 urged local government units (LGUs) and schools to prepare for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots among minors aged 12 to 17.

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto bade farewell to the traditional practice of naming infrastructure projects, particularly government-owned buildings, after politicians, opting instead to recognize the achievements of prominent individuals who hailed from the city.

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the budget for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) has been increased to P50,000.

BEIJING, China — Beijing will gradually lift Covid-19 restrictions this week, city officials said Sunday.

More than 34,000 schools have been nominated to implement face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, May 30, announced.

SHANGHAI, China — Shanghai schoolchildren will gradually resume some in-person classes in June with daily Covid-19 tests, the local government said Thursday, as the Chinese metropolis gradually emerges from a lengthy lockdown that brought it to a standstill.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, May 4, said that more than 37,000 schools nationwide will be used as polling precincts for the May 9 national and local elections.

The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that the School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT) will not be used as a final determinant of whether or not a school will be allowed to participate in the progressive expansion of face-to-face classes.

With only 23 percent of schools and 11 percent of students nationwide participating in limited face-to-face classes, a multi-stakeholder group raised concerns about the implementation of in-classroom learning amid the pandemic.

ILOILO CITY — Eight pilot schools in Western Visayas region have been given Home Learning Resource Kits (HLRKs) as part of a program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

A few days before the polls, the top education leaders of the country renewed the call supporting the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan for president and vice president, respectively,

The Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to build and finish 599 classrooms for the Last Mile Schools Program this year as part of its commitment to bring quality education even in the most geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the country.

The Department of Education (DepEd) said that classes in 22 schools located in Agoncillo and Laurel in Batangas remain suspended amid Taal Volcano’s unrest.

OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Wednesday with an Indigenous community that recently identified 93 graves at a former residential school, part of a series of similar discoveries that shocked the country.

Over 60 schools and learning centers in various field offices were recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd) for their initiatives and innovations in managing the delivery of instruction amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON, United States – The United States and other Western countries on Thursday condemned the Taliban’s decision to shut girls secondary schools in Afghanistan just hours after reopening them, and urged the hardline Islamist movement to reverse course.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban ordered girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion and heartbreak over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group.

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Education Ilocos (DepEd Region 1) is planning various interventions to provide wider access and better delivery of enhanced and complete basic education in all barangays in the region.