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Committed to bringing quality education even in the most geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced its target to build and finish 599 classrooms for the Last Mile Schools Program this year. “These schools with concrete walls, electricity and clean water are more than buildings. They represent hope […]
The Department of Education (DepEd), the largest bureaucracy in the Philippines government, is now recommended for ISO Certification. Under the leadership of Secretary Leonor Briones, the DepEd Central Office, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) Regional Office, Schools Division Office of Biñan, Biñan Elementary School, and Biñan Integrated High School were recommended for ISO […]
Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said the Department of Education (DepEd) should immediately release the funds to its field offices to prepare public schools across the country for face-to-face classes. Escudero made the call following reports that teachers were spending their own money and taking out loans to retrofit their classrooms for the progressive expansion of […]
To help accelerate the expansion of in-person classes nationwide, Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to proactively participate in pediatric vaccination against COVID-19. In Executive Order No. 166 s. 2022, which adopts the Ten-Point Policy Agenda on Economic Recovery, the acceleration, and expansion of the vaccination program and the resumption of […]
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s order calling for the resumption of face-to-face classes across the country, which is part of the administration’s 10-point policy agenda meant to hasten the recovery of the pandemic-weary economy. Since last year, Escudero has been pushing for the return to in-person classes in areas […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to allow physical End-of-School Year (EOSY) rites in schools located in Alert Level 1 and 2 areas. The Department announced that limited in-person graduation rites will be allowed for schools in Alert Level 1 and 2 areas, in consultation with the LGU, schools, and CLCs with strict compliance […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has created the Private Education Office (PEO) at the DepEd Central Office (CO) to provide support to private education institutions. “With the establishment of the PEO, DepEd can now fully exercise its supervisory and regulatory functions and continue to implement programs of assistance to schools, learners, teachers, and other personnel […]
The Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list has welcomed the Department of Education’s move to participate in the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). “This is the correct approach. Rather than attacking the Pisa for its assessment, what we must do is work towards identifying the problems hounding our […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has allotted around P1 billion support fund for all public schools nationwide as more schools are set to participate in the progressive expansion of limited face-to-face or in-person classes. “Nagdadagdag din kami ng resources, in addition to the regular budget, we are spending one billion more to strengthen the progressive […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) unveiled its first-ever completed last mile school in Eastern Visayas during a turnover ceremony in Calbiga, Samar recently. “This is only the first step to the many developments under the Public Schools of the Future framework,” Secretary Leonor Briones said. “We will continue to close the gap between the geographically […]