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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday signed the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act, a landmark measure aimed at strengthening mental health programs in schools and creating new plantilla positions for school counselors. “When our learners and school personnel are mentally healthy, academic performance improves, absenteeism decreases, and a culture of compassion and […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Rebisco Food Group have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to enhance support for learning programs in public schools through the REBISCOVER Learning Program. Education Secretary Sonny Angara, together with Geronimo Kamus, President of Rebisco Biscuit Corporation; Mr. Jonathan C. Ng, President of Suncrest Foods Incorporated, SFI Multimix […]
To make sure Filipino youths learn the values promoted by national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, Senator Robin Padilla is urging the Department of Education, National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to formulate an “enhanced Rizal program” to be integrated in the basic education curriculum. Padilla filed […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list is pushing for the inclusion of anti-graft and corruption modules in the country’s basic education curriculum to help empower the youth and stem corruption in the country. AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes filed House Bill No. 9054, or the proposed “Anti-Graft and Corruption Education Act” which seeks to integrate good conduct and […]
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan wants Filipino students to draw inspiration from national hero Jose P. Rizal, who developed a passion to learn foreign languages. Libanan filed House Resolution No. 910, urging the Department of Education (DepEd), which is currently conducting a review of the K-12 program, to integrate foreign language studies other […]
Vice President and Secretary of Education Sara Durterte has launched MATATAG: Bansang Makabata, Batang Makabansa, to set the new direction of the agency and stakeholders in resolving basic education challenges. Addressing around 400 education stakeholders, led by no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in attendance, Duterte laid down the challenges and recent accomplishments of DepEd, […]
Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) can now continue their basic education through the first senior high school program to be offered by the Schools Division Office. The Quezon City government signed a memorandum of understanding with the QCJMD, SDO, and the Fernando C. Amorsolo Senior High School. […]
Agusan del Norte 2nd District Representative Dale Corvera filed a bill seeking to include the scouting program in the elementary and junior high school curriculum in all public and private schools in the country. Corvera said he introduced House Bill No. 3035 before the House of Representatives plenary. In his explanatory note, the legislator said […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to strengthen the promotion and delivery of mental health services in the country’s basic education schools. Senate Bill No. 379 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act, one of Gatchalian’s priority measures for the 19th Congress, seeks to urgently counter the negative effects […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to accelerate the digital transformation of the basic education sector, one of his 20 priority measures for the 19th Congress.Under Gatchalian’s proposal, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will accelerate the installation, deployment, and activation of free public Wi-Fi in all public basic education […]