The Department of Education (DepEd) is harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the early detection of disabilities in students across the Philippines. DepEd champions groundbreaking initiatives to ensure inclusive education for learners with disabilities (Photo from DepEd) In a...
LUCBAN, Quezon – Police arrested a 17-year-old Special Education student for allegedly slashing the neck of a nine-year-old SPED pupil here on Saturday, August 26. Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Lucban police chief, said the suspect was arrested hours after the incident and turned over to...
Pursues a career in SPED Teaching surpasses the realms of jobs or professions. It encompasses service, vocation, and life mission. Proving this day and night are millions of Filipino teachers who stand as second mothers to students. One of them is Rosalie Macaspac, an SM scholar alumna who chose to...
A total of 1,856 learners with disabilities (LWDs) participated on Monday, Dec. 12, in the 17th Special Children (SPED) Holiday held at the Valenzuela City People’s Park Ampitheater. The SPED Holiday is an annual Christmas and year-end event for the LWDs in Valenzuela City organized by the local...
P3PWD Party-list Rep. Rowena Guanzon wants the Department of Education (DepEd) to explain where it spent its budget on special education or SPED programs for 2022. P3PWD Party-list Rep. Rowena Guanzon This, after Guanzon claimed on Twitter that DepEd "only spent 1.13 of SPED budget this as of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the Senate to increase the Department of Education’s (DepEd) capital outlay for Special Education (SPED) for 2023. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said the agency’s capital outlay budget for SPED should be increased from...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that aims to ensure equal opportunities for students with special needs. The Senate, voting 23-0 on Monday, May 31, approved Senate Bill No. 1907 or the proposed law Instituting Services for Learners with Disabilities in Support of...