DepEd welcomes probe on alleged anomalies raised by COA report

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 04:49:22 +0000

The Department of Education (DepEd) has welcomed the possible probe by Congress on the alleged anomalies raised by the Commission

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Teachers’ group bewails lack of reading materials in DepEd for nationalism lessons

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:20:35 +0000

A militant group of teachers on Monday (Aug. 12) decried what it said was the Department of Education’s (DepEd) failure to supply learning materials for Filipino and Araling Panlipunan to the detriment of lessons on nationalism in schools.

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Error-filled books: DepEd traces COA findings to late data updates

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:50:36 +0000

Error-filled books: DepEd traces COA findings to late data updates

Amid calls for accountability as prompted by a state audit report on error-filled textbooks worth P254 million, the Department of Education (DepEd) sought to explain the findings of the report as a question of procedure.

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COA report: P254M went to ‘error-filled’ DepEd books

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 22:55:15 +0000

Besides examining the books of the education department, state auditors have become grammar cops and fact checkers of its instructional materials.

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US gives P2B to boost quality early education in Bicol, W. Visayas

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:16:29 +0000

US gives P2B to boost quality early education in Bicol, W. Visayas

MANILA, Philippines — The United States has given P2 billion to aid the Department of Education (DepEd) in implementing innovative approaches to ensure quality early education to at least two million young students in the Bicol and Western Visayas regions. The program, which was launched at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan at the DepEd Main Building […]

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DOH, DepEd to study class suspensions amid nat’l dengue alert

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:42:37 +0000

The Department of Health (DOH) would still have to study alongside the Department of Education (DepEd) the possibility of suspending classes in areas most affected by dengue.

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Lumad teacher refutes accusations of teaching rebel ideas to students

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:50:23 +0000

Lumad teacher refutes accusations of teaching rebel ideas to students

A teacher from one of the closed Lumad schools in Compostela Valley has refuted allegations that they’re teaching children rebel ideologies.

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Gatchalian eyes mandatory education programs for elementary, HS teachers

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:38:00 +0000

Elementary and High School teachers who wish to pursue higher education for free may soon be able to do so under a bill filed by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.

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DepEd admitting students from shuttered ‘lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 06:42:42 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) assured on Thursday that students affected by the temporary closure of 55 schools serving “lumad” communities in Mindanao will be admitted in other nearby public schools. 

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DepEd twits ACT for ‘claiming credit’ in initiating funds for admin buildings

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:18:01 +0000

DepEd called out a teachers’ group representative for “claiming credits” in the agency’s initiative to include the construction of administration buildings in its 2020 budget proposal.

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