DepEd shuts down 55 ‘lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:27:54 +0000

DepEd shuts down 55 ‘lumad’ schools

MANILA, Philippines — Progressive groups on Sunday condemned the Department of Education (DepEd) order suspending the permit to operate of 55 schools for indigenous children in the Davao region allegedly for teaching “left-leaning ideologies.”

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: ‘Lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:21:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte accused “lumad” (indigenous) schools of “teaching children to rebel against the government” and threatened to bomb them using the Army and the Air Force.

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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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Public school teachers’ debts rose to P319B in 2 years – DepEd

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:25:37 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers owe a combined debt of at least P319 billion, an increase of P18 billion in just over two years, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).

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Briones clarifies: I’m not against teachers’ salary increase

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 04:52:08 +0000

Briones clarifies: I’m not against teachers’ salary increase

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones on Friday clarified she is not against the salary increase of public school teachers.

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Duterte seeks funds for teachers’ pay hike

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:25:40 +0000

Duterte seeks funds for teachers’ pay hike

MANILA, Philippine — President Rodrigo Duterte is working on the appeal of public school teachers for a much-deserved salary increase, Malacañang said on Monday as a new school year started.

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School opening woes: Many students, few classrooms

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:24:47 +0000

School opening woes: Many students, few classrooms

MANILA, Philippines — As a new school year started on Monday, Education Secretary Leonor Briones carefully selected Signal Village National High School in Taguig City for her symbolic first visit of the day.

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Back to school for 27.2 million students; DepEd vows improvements

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:03:27 +0000

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MANILA, Philippines – Around 27.2 million students were welcomed back to school by  Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday as school year 2019-2020 kicked off nationwide.

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Teachers press Duterte on pay hike: ‘We are clinging to a knife’s edge’

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:28:46 +0000

Teachers press Duterte on pay hike

MANILA, Philippines — Solita Daz teaches Filipino, but she has long been grappling with hard math.

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Wanted: 33,000 public school teachers

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 05:58:53 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting to hire 33,000 new teachers this year, Undersecretary Anne Sevilla said Monday. 

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