Grandfather shows love by building treehouse for grandson’s online class

Immae A. Lachica 08/23/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— What’s that one thing your grandfather did for you that you cannot forget? Did he build you a treehouse in the middle of a rice field to get a better internet connection for…

DepEd: School year ends on June 16, 2021

Jodee Agoncillo 08/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) said online classes might be extended until June 16 next year if the school days start on Oct. 5. Christmas vacation will be from Dec. 20 to Jan. 3,…

Online classes may be extended to about 7 to 8 hours — DepEd

Catherine Gonzales 08/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Online classes may be extended to about seven to eight hours, as the coming school year should end by May next year, the Department of Education said Monday. Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo said adjustments…

DepEd: Private, Catholic schools can reopen any time before Oct. 5

Jodee A. Agoncillo, Jovic Yee 08/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday said Catholic and other private schools and those not managed by it may open the school year before Oct. 5, provided they only use “distance learning modalities”…

DepEd: Private schools allowed to start classes before Oct. 5

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 08/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of  Education (DepEd) on Saturday allowed private schools to start classes on August 24 or any date ahead of the October 5 opening for public schools. “DepEd hereby clarifies that such private…

Senators eye October start of school year

Jodee A. Agoncillo 08/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Twelve days before the scheduled opening of the classes on Aug. 24, only 82 of the country’s 214 school division offices are half ready to distribute self-learning modules, spurring senators to again consider the…

DepEd-7 eyes one school per LGU to remain as isolation center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) will be looking into a compromise with the local government units that are asking for the extension of their use of some public schools as…

DepEd test broadcast got off to a bad start – netizens

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 08/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Some netizens have expressed concern about the kind of content the Department of Education (DepEd) would broadcast on TV as it adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic life. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, a…

Periodical exams not expected under new blended learning method

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Periodical exams and the typical grading system will not be encouraged for the new blended and modular learning that the schools will apply for Academic Year 2020-2021. According to the Department of Education…

Around 380K private school learners transfer to public schools – DepEd exec

Christia Marie Ramos 08/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Around 380,000 students have transferred from private institutions to public schools for the upcoming school year in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to an official of the Department of Education…

Dry run for start of classes marred by ‘glitches’

Jodee Agoncillo 08/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Technical glitches marred the national readiness dry run of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, August 10, 2020, for the opening of classes, but these were not enough to postpone the start of…

‘Chalk allowance’ gets blended with teachers’ new needs

Mariejo S. Ramos 08/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Call it “chalk allowance” no more, since there’s now hardly any need for blackboards. The Department of Education (DepEd) said the so-called chalk allowance given to teachers at the beginning of a school year…

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