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Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 and the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to move teachers up in the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccination program, adding that he supports a similar call from at least 33 education, business and medical groups who […]
Public school teachers will assist the national government in its vaccination program through information drive. This is what Education Secretary Leonor Briones emphasized in a recent press briefing, clarifying that teachers would not administer vaccines against COVID-19 once it is available. “Dini-deny namin iyong perception na ang mga teachers ay sila mismo ang mag-vaccinate ng […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) lauded President Rodrigo Duterte and lawmakers for increasing the budget for teaching and connectivity allowances to assist public school teachers and learners amidst the pandemic. In the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2021 signed by President Duterte recently, DepEd was given the budget allocation to increase the teaching supplies and […]
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones said the department will provide financial assistance to teachers and employees severely affected by the recent typhoons. “I have directed all field offices, through their respective regional directors, to submit lists of teachers and personnel who were severely affected by the recent typhoons and flooding. These lists will […]
Senator Win Gatchalian hailed the Senate’s third reading approval of a measure that would increase teachers’ allowance for teaching supplies. Senate Bill No. 1092 or the Teaching Supplies Allowance Act of 2020, which Gatchalian co-authored and co-sponsored, aims to institutionalize and increase the annual teaching supplies allowance, previously known as the “chalk allowance,” from the […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed Senate Resolution No. 526 seeking a Senate inquiry on the quality of teacher education and training in the country, including the performance of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). “The quality of teacher education and training and the performance of TEIs eventually reflected in the learning outcomes of students,” Gatchalian said citing […]
Addressing the concerns of teachers amid uncertainties in this time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the best way to celebrate National Teachers’ Month. For Senator Win Gatchalian, this is the most meaningful way to observe the month-long celebration which culminates on October 5, coinciding with the official school opening. Gatchalian reiterated that addressing […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to utilize its P4 billion allocation under the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (Republic Act 11494) or Bayanihan 2 to invest in technology for the use of teachers. Under Bayanihan 2, the P4 billion allocation aims to assist the DepEd in putting up information technology […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking the immediate and smooth distribution of aid for displaced teaching and non-teaching personnel now that the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (Bayanihan 2) is signed into law. On September 10, The Department of Education (DepEd) reported that 748 out of 14,435 private schools nationwide are not operating for the […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) lauded the initiatives of the Manila City government to provide public city schools teachers and students with learning continuity equipment worth P1.2 billion. “Maraming salamat Yorme (Mayor Isko Moreno) sa iyong pagka-aggressive, at saka persistence and also for informing the public about what local governments and national departments do together and […]