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THE education sector and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) received the biggest allocations amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2022 budget law, which President Duterte signed on Thursday. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said this year's national budget — the last under the Duterte administration…
Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon on Dec. 1, 2021 (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) Across the world, school closures due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic brought significant disruptions to education. In the Philippines, the pandemic hig
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go praised the education sector and its stakeholders for their efforts to ensure the continuity of learning and education during the Covid-19 pandemic. This, after the country earned a five-star rating for remote learning readiness in a study by the United Nations Children's Fund. The Remote Learning Readiness Index gave just four out of 67 countries high scores for preparedness in all levels of basic education, including Argentina, Barbados, and Jamaica. To measure their readiness, the index...
THE United States Peace Corps and the Department of Education (DepEd) conducted a series of virtual trainings on utilizing newly developed distance learning materials for educators nationwide. The series of training sessions from October 12 to 29 marked the culmination of a 14-month collaboration between the peace corps and the…
Out of the 67 nations analyzed, the Philippines was one of only four countries that received a five-star rating for its pandemic response across all levels of basic education. (Photo from DepEd) In the recently-published Ensuring Equal Access to Education in Future Crises: Findings of the New R