(Eagle News)–The Department of Education is pushing for a connectivity allowance for public school teachers and senior high school students for the first months of the year 2021. In a statement, the department said Education Secretary Leonor Briones has requested the Department of Budget and Management for P4 billion in funds for the implementation of the Digital Education, Information Technology and Digital Infrastructure and Alternative Learning Modalities. Under the initiative, each of the 900,000 public […]
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Customs bureau donates seized gadgets, items to DepEd for use in distance learning program
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs will donate devices and other items it seized to the Department of Education for use in the distance learning program. In a statement, the bureau said the gadgets include flash drives, hard drives, mobile phones, full HD LED computer monitors, printers, laptops, routers, pocket WIFIs and tablets. The other items, on the other hand, include school bags and shoes. The bureau said to ensure the items have passed the minimum […]
DepEd assures schools would follow IATF guidelines, minimum health standards
(Eagle News) – The Department of Education said that it would follow guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and the Department of Health (DOH) once the new school year starts on August 24. Education Secretary Leonor Briones tried to assure parents of learners that they should not worry about this new school year as the DepEd and all schools will observe minimum standards set by the IATF for schools […]
