Mandaue City donates tablets for its junior high students

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/11/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City government led by Mayor Jonas Cortes with the Department of Education turned over 16,688 tablets to junior high school students in the city’s public schools on Friday, December 11, 2020.…

DepEd sets Dec. 12 as last day of first quarter in public schools

Daphne Galvez 12/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has set Dec. 12 as the last day of classes for the first quarter of the school year in public schools. In a Facebook post on Monday, DepEd said…

House adopts resolution urging Duterte to allow face-to-face classes in Batanes

Neil Arwin Mercado, Tonette Orejas - @inquirerdotnet 11/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives adopted Monday a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the conduct of face-to-face classes in the province of Batanes. In pushing for the face-to-face classes in Batanes, House Resolution…

Cebu mayors back ‘limited’ face-to-face classes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayors in Cebu province expressed support for the return of face-to-face classes albeit in a limited capacity. The League of Municipalities in Cebu (LMP-Cebu), in a resolution dated October 30, 2020 and released…

DepEd apologizes for teacher’s FB post body-shaming Angel Locsin

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 11/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education apologized in a statement issued on Friday for a Facebook post showing part of a physical education module that body-shamed actress Angel Locsin by calling her “an obese person.” The…

DepEd scraps ‘inappropriate’ bidding on Christmas ham, cheese

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 11/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) said it has canceled the call for bidding of more than P4 million funds allocated for procurement of Christmas ham and cheese for its holiday celebration. This comes after…

DepEd has over P1.9B balance in unliquidated cash advances — COA

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 10/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has accumulated an unliquidated cash advance balance of P1.9 billion as of yearend of 2019, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). In its annual audit report for DepEd…

DepEd’s P 370-million vehicle purchases questioned

Meg Adonis 10/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A teachers’ group has described as the Department of Education’s (DepEd) version of the “dolomite scam” its purchase of over P370-million worth of service vehicles “at a time when [it] could not even provide…

Students accuse DepEd of ‘washing hands‘ of distance education issues

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 10/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) accused the Department of Education (DepEd) of trying to avoid accountability for the challenges posed by distance and blended learning on the mental health of…

No major concerns reported during first week of public school classes in CV – Jimenez

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -A week since public school classes opened, the different offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the region continue to receive applications for late enrollments. The education department has already recorded over 1.8…

DepEd modules stump even adults

Meg Adonis 10/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Just two days after schools opened officially nationwide, Shin struggled with questions in an English subject. No, it was not college English but Grade 4 English that the 2019 graduate of information technology confronted…

New normal learning: ‘We are ready’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the first time in her two decades of teaching, Rebecca Padayhag will not personally meet her pupils in Matutinao Elementary School in Badian town, southwestern Cebu. This Monday, October 5, Rebecca will…

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