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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 Force Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine, particularly on setting of age r...

(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 increase of 1.64 percent (366,250) in enrollment – from 22, 346, 159 to 22, 712, 409 – was repor...

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 Assistant Secretary G.H. Ambat, it was announced that the presentation portfolio assessment for ALS e...

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 vaccines. Other parents tell their children not to enroll because of poverty and just look for jobs. Th...

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 371 laptops to DepEd Assistant Secretary for Alternative Learning System (ALS) G.H. Ambat at a ceremon...