DepEd cancels crowd-drawing events in upcoming school year

Darryl John Esguerra 05/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education’s (DepEd) annual sporting events, fairs, and other academic competitions that draw large crowds will be called off in the upcoming school year amid the lingering threat of the coronavirus disease…

It’s back to school, physically or virtually, on August 24 – DepEd

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 05/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The opening of classes for the next school year has been set on August 24, 2020, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced Tuesday. Education Secretary Leonor…

DepEd: No graduation rites during COVID-19 crisis

Catherine Gonzales - Inquirer.net 04/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — There will be no graduation rites in the country due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday. Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that while the Luzon-wide enhanced…

DepEd Sec. Briones now COVID-19 negative

Cathrine Gonzales 04/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones is now negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Good news. Early this morning nagtext sa akin si [Health] Secretary [Francisco] Duque na ang resulta ng test…

CV delegates in DepEd events under home quarantine

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—All 478 delegates of Central Visayas in the recent National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) and National Festival of Talents (NFOT) of the Department of Education (DepEd) are currently considered as persons under monitoring (PUM) and…

Briones: Schools can hold graduation rites if DOH guidelines strictly implemented

Daphne Galvez - Inquirer.net 03/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Graduating students can still march on their graduation as long as their schools are able to strictly implement the guidelines of the Department of Health (DOH) in combating the spread of the 2019 coronavirus…

DepEd to decide on calls to shorten classes

Rosalie Abatayo 03/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has yet to decide on the calls to cut short the school year amid the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) threat. Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, Central Visayas director of DepEd, said…

Cebu board members ask DepEd to revisit mother tongue guidelines

Rosalie Abatayo 03/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Blaming the Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) for dwindling competency of learners, legislators in Cebu province have called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to review the guidelines for its implementation. The call…

Toga out, ‘sablay’ in? DepEd official tackles graduation fashion

Matthew Reysio-Cruz - Inquirer.net 02/20/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — The toga, long at odds with the Philippines’ tropical climate, has persisted as a graduation staple. A new proposal from a Department of Education (DepEd) official, however, may finally change that. In a…

Pupils’ problem not literacy but reading comprehension – DepEd

Leila B. Salaverria, Meg Adonis 02/18/2020

The problem in Bicol is not about literacy but about reading comprehension, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said on Monday, as she sought to correct and clarify an Inquirer report saying that some 70,000 students in the region…

Jagobiao school assures students’ safety amid nCoV threat

Rosalie Abatayo, Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Leonard Wood Elementary School in Barangay Jagobiao in Mandaue City was supposed to celebrate the feast day of the Our Lady of Lourdes this Thursday, February 13, 2020. But as threats of the…

CVIRAA meet postponed due to 2019-nCoV scare

Mars G. Alison 02/04/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meet has been postponed by the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) to a still undetermined date.  The regional meet, which serves as a…

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