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(Eagle News) – The next school year will formally start on August 22, 2022 and end on July 7, 2023 to complete the 203 school days for school year (SY) 2022 to 2023, the Department of Education said. In Department Order No. 34 series of 2022, the DepEd said that it issued the school calendar and activities for SY 2022-2023 “in accordance with its commitment to the resumption of 5 days in-person classes despite the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will continue to implement blended learning for school year 2021 to 2022, the Department of Education said over the weekend. According to the DepEd, the conduct of face-to-face classes, whether partial or not, is still banned unless President Rodrigo Duterte allows it. The department said the enrollment starts on Aug. 16 until September 13. Classes will start on Sept. 13 and will end on June 24. Overall, there are 209 […]
(Eagle News) — Education Secretary Leonor Briones hailed the country’s teachers, students, and parents as school year 2020 to 2021 came to a close. In a statement, Briones said she was “honored to be part of the accomplishments and milestones” of this year’s graduating batch, noting that “despite being tested in an extraordinary time,” the learners “persevered and made valuable gains for the future.” “While this historic season gave unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government urged local government units to pass ordinances banning videoke sessions and other activities that can distract students as they attend online classes. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año also called on vehicle owners to refrain from blowing the horns of their vehicles during school hours. Año said students were still adjusting to blended learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Bilang mga disiplinado at responsableng mga […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Education’s recommendation to allow face-to-face classes in areas where there is a low risk for COVID-19—but only on a limited basis. “I’m with you on this,” the President said after Education Secretary Leonor Briones made the proposal during a meeting with the President on Monday but which was aired on Tuesday morning. Briones had proposed the classes be held once or twice a week in those […]
(Eagle News) — Senators questioned the Department of Education’s readiness for the opening of classes on August 24, saying not enough teachers have been trained so far for the “new normal” of distance and blended learning. In the hearing of of the Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture , Senators Francisco Tolentino and Sherwin Gatchalian noted that teacher training for online and blended learning is being done hastily and only 40 percent of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Thursday, June 25, appealed to private schools for basic education to defer increases in tuition and other school fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The department made the appeal as it also called for “transparency” in the structure of fees, following what it said were “concerns over certain school charges that are not consistent with distance learning.” In asking the private schools to make the postponement of the […]
(Eagle News)–The total number of enrollees for school year 2020-2021 has reached over 13 million, as schools continued their remote enrollment of students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Department of Education, as of 8 a.m., Saturday, June 20, the total number of enrollees has reached 13,253,716 nationwide for kindergarten to Grade 12, including ALS and non-graded learners with disabilities. Of the figure, the DepEd said 12,786,022 have enrolled in public schools while 458,320 […]
(Eagle News)–Over 3000 students have transferred from private schools to public schools in Manila, the local government has reported. According to Division of City Schools (DCS)-Manila Superintendent Dr. Maria Magdalena Lim, the 3,057 transferees figure was based on data as of June 18. Lim said this was expected, with the loss of jobs of some parents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manila government reported that 231,061 have enrolled in public schools in Manila since June […]
DepEd training teachers for new way of online teaching (Eagle News) — Almost 10 million students have now enrolled in public schools to avail of the multiple learning modalities prepared by the government amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Education. During the hearing at the Senate Committee on Basic Education on Thursday, June 11, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that since the start of enrollment, the number of enrollees have reached […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Monday, June 8, said the groundwork for blended learning was “well underway,” as it noted it would comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive face-to-face classes be postponed until a vaccine against COVID-19 was available. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said DepEd was currently conducting its remote enrollment nationwide “in order to assess learners’ household information, which will be crucial in the preparation and contextualization of […]
(Eagle News) – There will be no face-to-face classes or sessions until the safety of students and teachers is assured amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education announced on Thursday night, May 28. In a report during President Rodrigo Duterte’s public address, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that there has been confusion among the people who associate the opening of classes with physical classes. “We are used to learners, we are used to teachers […]
