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(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 12, threw its support behind Education Secretary Leonor Briones after the Commission on Audit noted errors in some textbooks for public schools. “As far as I know, the Secretary of Education is a very competent, intelligent educator and she is someone who will never allow any irregularity or any anomaly inside her department,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. The COA said in its 2018 audit report that filled with […]
(Eagle News) — Some 27.2 million students, mostly from public schools, troop to their classes today for the school opening for the school year 2019-2020. Education Secretary Leonor Briones welcomed students nationwide for the school opening today which she said was made possible with the help of the “whole community” – from parents, teachers, local government units and national government agencies. “On behalf of the Department of Education (DepEd), I am honored and pleased to […]
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Education suspended work on Tuesday, April 23, following the 6.1-magnitude quake that killed at least seven an hurt 81. Education Secretary Leonor Briones said covered by the suspension was work at the Central Office and the National Capital Region including all its schools division offices and public elementary and secondary schools. She said the recommendation was made upon the advice of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. All concerned […]
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Education on Tuesday, March 12, reminded schools to tighten their security following the brutal slay of a Grade 9 student in Cebu. In a statement, the DepEd said the Schools Division Office of Lapu-Lapu City already issued a memorandum to all public and private elementary and secondary schools to this effect. The DepEd said schools should also restrict practices for school presentations and other school-related activities until 5 p.m. only; instruct school […]
(Eagle News) — Inviting candidates to graduations is “highly discouraged” this election season, the Department of Education said on Tuesday, March 5. In a statement, the DepEd said that while the act was not prohibited per se, it, after all, may still be “misinterpreted as an endorsement of a candidate” by principals and teachers. If, however, the invitation of a candidate or his or her attendance in a graduation was done due to a “valid and […]
(Eagle News) — Five students were killed and six were injured after the public utility van they were on collided with a truck in Negros Oriental on Friday, March 1. In a statement, the Department of Education said the casualties were students from the Basay National High School and their coach who were on their way home from a competition in Cebu. Of those who were killed, one was a Grade 7 student, and four were […]
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Education is studying the Department of Health’s proposed “no-vaccination, no-enrollment policy” in public schools following the increase in measles cases in the country. “As much as there is a growing need to reinvigorate the campaign for the importance of vaccination, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones emphasizes that the proposed policy must take into consideration the human rights of learners, especially their access to quality basic education,” the DepEd said. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Department of Education (DepEd) sa lahat ng mga opisyal maging sa mga teaching at non-teaching personnel nito na iwasan ang anumang uri ng partisan politics. Sa isang press conference ng DepEd sa Quezon City, sinabi ni Education Secretary Leonor Briones, na hindi niya papayagan na magamit ang ahensya sa anumang uri ng manipulasyon sa halalan. Bilang paghahanda ng DepEd sa eleksyon, naglabas sila ng mga resolusyon noong Nobyembre na layong […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Friday, Dec. 21, reminded all public and private schools of the “necessity and importance of adopting and enforcing anti-bullying policies” in their respective institutions. The DepEd issued the reminder after at least four videos of an Ateneo Junior High School student physically and verbally assaulting other students went viral on social media. According to the DepEd, DepEd Order No. 40, series of 2012, or the DepEd Child […]
(Eagle News) — Obligado pa rin ang mga guro sa mga pampublikong eskwelahan na mag-report sa trabaho sa holiday break mula Disyembre 16 hanggang Disyembre 22. Nilinaw ng Department Of Education (DepEd) na ang DepEd Memorandum Order No. 49 kung saan nakatakda na hanggang Disyembre 15 na lamang ang klase sa public schools at holiday break mula Disyembre 16 hanggang 22. Iginiit ng ahensya ang kanilang Order No. 53 kung saan nakasaad na required pa […]
(Eagle News) — Nais buhayin ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang programang “School Inside A Garden (SIGA) program. Ayon kay Education Secretary Leonor Briones, ito ay bilang pagsuporta nila sa National Greening Program ng gobyerno. Layon din nitong protektahan ang kalikasan sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaroon ng mga halamanan sa paaralan. Nakapaloob sa nasabing program ay ang dalawa ring proyekto ng ahensya na naglalayong makatulong sa pagpapanatili ng maayos na kapaligiran. Ito ay ang Gulayan sa […]
(Eagle News) — Pangungunahan ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang pagdiriwang ng National Reading Month ngayong buwan. Batay sa memorandum na inilabas ng DepEd, sinabi ni Education Secretary Leonor Briones na kailangang sumali ang mga pampubliko at pribadong paaralan sa bansa sa mga nakalinyang aktibidad ngayong taon. Layon ng National Reading Month na mapalawak ang kaalaman ng mga mag-aaral sa pamamagitan ng paghimok sa kanilang magbasa ng mga aklat. Ang tema ng National Reading Month […]
