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UNESCO, KOICA and DepEd Lead Ceremonial Groundbreaking to Kick Off Construction of Girls Education Center 15/04/2021 Share this article The UNESCO Project Better Life for Out-of-School Girls to Fight Against Poverty and Injustice in the Philippines is moving forward with the construction of 1,728sq.m 2-storey Girls Education Center. The Center is expected to cater to 1,889 Alternative Learning System girl-learners in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte, areas which were devastated by ...

April 14, 2021 DR MA. Gemma Ledesma, newly installed regional director of Department of Education (DepEd)-Eastern Visayas, lauded the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and Korea International Cooperation Office (Koica) during the groundbreaking ceremony of Girls Education Center in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. "We see this facility as one that has been needed for years. We are excited because we know for sure that this type of sup...

Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs), Career Executive Service Eligibles (CESEs) and Career Service Executive Eligibles (CSEEs) attentively listen to a presentation during a CESB Leadership Conclave with the Theme: "Govergence: Cultivating Exemplary Service." (Photo courtesy of Mr. Ernesto Alcanzare, Yes For Peace - Bayanihan ng Bayan lead organizer) The Whole of Nation approach to ending the armed conflicts being pursued by the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict...

Published March 10, 2021, 4:02 PM Exactly a year ago, on March 10, 2020, schools were closed and students from all levels stopped attending face-to-face classes due to the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Friday, March 13, 2020 marked the last day of school for students in Iloilo City after the local government is suspending classes on March 16-31, 2020. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin File photo) A year after, on Wednesday, March 10, schools are still physically closed for millions kinder, ...

QUEZON CITY, Mar. 8 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today provided updates on the implementation of its Government Internship Program (GIP) for the year. Taking into great consideration the safety and protection of the youth from the continuing threat of COVID-19, the Department announced that it has decided to postpone the GIP for 2021.  The DSWD explained that the decision to postpone the internship program was part of the DSWD’s continued adherence to the Inter...

Published March 8, 2021, 7:26 PM For the second straight year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) postponed the implementation of its Government Internship Program (GIP). The DSWD announced the cancellation of the program for this year to ensure the the safety and protection of the youth from the continuing threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The decision to postpone the internship program was part of the DSWD’s continued adherence to the Inter-Agency Task Forc...

(MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the Comparative Enrollment report from DepEd’s Public Affairs Service (PAS), the total enrollment at the basic education level is already at 26, 657, 411 as of Jan. 15, 2021.  Compared to the enrollment when classes started in October 2020 at 25, 035, 660, DepEd’s latest enrollment data showed 6.48 percent increase or 1, 621, 751 enrollees.  There were also notable increases per sector based on the October 2020 vs February 2021 enrollment. In public schools, an ...

Published February 27, 2021, 2:29 PM The Department of Education (DepEd) has allowed the result of the presentation portfolio assessment to be used as basis for the issuance of an elementary diploma or a junior high school level certificate of program completion for learners under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) program. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Joint Memorandum DM-OUCI-2021-049 dated Feb. 24 issued by DepEd Undersecretary Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio and ALS A...

Published February 25, 2021, 7:07 PM Poverty, COVID-19, weak internet signals These, among others, are the reasons why more than six million elementary and high school students were not able to enroll this school year during the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic period. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate basic education committee, said the reasons for these are numerous and varied. Others are afraid, they were told by their parents not to enroll until there are vac...

Published February 22, 2021, 4:04 PM Teachers and coordinators who are at the forefront of providing education to out-of-school youth in the Philippines got a big boost after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) turned over more than P16 million ($333,000) worth of laptops to enable them to continue serving the community even during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.  USAID Philippines Office of Education Director Dr. Thomas LeBlanc handed over the 37...