Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday warned public schools not to turn away students who are not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 as the country prepares for face-to-face classes. Escudero said he received reports that some schools have required students...
(Photo from DepEd) 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. “These schools...
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. (Photo from DepEd) Based on the data from DepEd Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), a total of eight (8) schools located...
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. His visit to the Williams Lake First Nation in British...
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. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In the second edition of the Secretary’s Award...
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. The joint statement from the...
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. Girls arrive at their school in Panjshir on March 23,...
(Photo courtesy of DepEd) More than 10,000 schools offering basic education nationwide are currently implementing limited face-to-face classes in areas under Alerts Levels 1 and 2, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, March 23. In a virtual presser, DepEd Assistant Secretary Malcolm...
A total of 3,593 students from private schools in Pasay City, who qualified as “Travel Scholars”, received financial assistance amounting to P4,000 each. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano along with the city councilors distributed the financial assistance to the beneficiaries at the Cuneta Astrodome on...
To provide support to private education institutions offering basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has established the Private Education Office (PEO) at the DepEd Central Office (CO). (Photo courtesy of DepEd) "With the establishment of the PEO, DepEd can now fully exercise its...
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. This is because the department has found out that there are...
CEBU CITY — More than 500 schools in Region 7 have started holding limited face-to-face classes, the Department of Education-Central Visayas (DepEd 7) reported. DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez said a total of 555 schools in Region 7 are already holding in-person classes. Jimenez added that...
