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Vice President Sara Duterte, the concurrent education secretary, goes to Danao City on the first day of classes to attend the turnover ceremony of classrooms at the Melecio B. Tito Elementary School

A month before President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration ends, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones looked back and enumerated the country’s education milestones over the last six years. Pilot face-to-face pilot classes in selected Metro Manila schools on Dec. 6, 202

EDUCATION EQUITY. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio delivers a speech in Davao City in this undated photo. The Department of Education said it is hoping she will continue the legacy of her father President Rodrigo Duterte's administration on education equity. (Photo Courtesy: Davao City Government) MANILA - The incoming education leadership, under Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio, must continue pursuing education equity for all learners, Department of Education (DepEd) Secreta...

If world leaders and ministers want to accelerate addressing equity gaps in education, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones underscored the need to implement specialized programs for the affected sector. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Briones highlighted the need for these speci

(Photo from DepEd) The Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to build and finish 599 classrooms for the Last Mile Schools Program this year as part of its commitment to bring quality education even in the most geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the country. “These schools w

(Photo from DepEd) The Department of Education (DepEd) assured that it will continue to support schools that are located in far-flung areas after its Last Mile Schools Program marked a milestone with the first-ever completed school in Eastern Visayas. “This is only the first step to the many dev

The Department of Education (DepEd) officially announced that it would receive a higher allocation this year following the approval of the 2022 national budget. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN In the General Appropriations Act (GAA), P631.77 billion was given to DepEd as allocation a

With the approved 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the education sector, the Department of Education (DepEd) expressed confidence that it would be able to build on the progress of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) with the budget allocated to the agency. The education sector also obtained the…

Civil-society organizations (CSO) hailed the increase in the government’s investment on child protection programs under the proposed 2022 national budget approved by the bicameral conference committee (Bicam). Social Watch Philippines (SWP) said the government’s investment on these programs increased to P622.2 million under the Department of Education (DepEd) and P178.5…

BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, face-to-face classes in 100 public schools across the country were held for the first time in almost two years. This pilot run classes is very much welcome considering that the education of a significant number of students has been disrupted due to the