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50,000 DepEd non-teaching staff to get performance bonus: union leader

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 02:57 PM

Some 50,000 non-teaching staff of the Department of Education are finally eligible to receive a performance-based bonus they have clamored for since last year, a union leader said Tuesday. Read more »

DepEd revokes endorsement of police inventory on ACT teachers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 05:39 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education on Monday ordered its Manila division to revoke its endorsement of a police memo to conduct an inventory of members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers.  Read more »

DepEd chief calls for review of law on school bullying

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 07:21 PM

Dismissing a bully from school may not be the best solution to solving bullying, said Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Read more »

DepEd to review Ateneo student's dismissal for bullying

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 01:42 PM

The Department of Education on Monday said it will review the Ateneo de Manila University's dismissal of a junior high school student who was caught in a viral video assaulting his peer. Read more »

Child protection and bullying: Here are laws you should know about

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 08:06 PM

A recent bullying incident has prompted the Department of Education (DepEd) to reiterate the importance of adopting and enforcing anti-bullying policies in schools. Read more »

#WalangPasok: Public school classes suspended on January 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 06:34 PM

The Department of Education has announced the suspension of work and classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in public schools on January 2, 2019. Read more »

DepEd assures safety of students should ROTC be made mandatory for senior high school

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 05:45 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education on Monday said students will be protected from abuse if the proposal to make the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for Grades 11 and 12 pushes through.  Read more »

DepEd says no closure order for IP schools in Davao region

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 08:57 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday said it did not order the closure of any school serving indigenous peoples in the Davao region.   Read more »

DepEd sets earlier Christmas break for students

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 05:27 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education moved the Christmas break for elementary and high school students a week earlier to give them more quality time with their family. Read more »

DepEd clarifies: Korean, other foreign languages only electives, not replacement to Filipino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 11:28 PM

The Department of Education assured the public studying of Korean and other foreign languages is only an option given to students and is not intended to replace Filipino subject in the basic education curriculum. Read more »

DepEd, pinaigting ang kampanya kontra bullying

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 06:34 PM

Pinaigting ng Department of Education ang kanilang programa kontra bullying o pang-aapi para matutukan ang problemang ito sa mga eskuwelahan, sabi ng isang opisyal ng ahensiya. Read more »

DepEd probes teachers hurling starfish in Palawan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 05:47 AM

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday said it is investigating a group of teachers who were photographed throwing starfish into the air in Palawan. Read more »

DepEd hails SC ruling on K-12 constitutionality

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 12:22 PM

A Supreme Court decision declaring the government's K to 12 basic education program as constitutional will lead to the achievement of social development goals, the Department of Education said Sunday. Read more »

Teachers, DepEd personnel set to receive P3,000 anniversary bonus

Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 03:45 PM

Teachers might be having happier holidays with a P3,000 bonus in celebration of the Department of Education's (DepEd) anniversary in December. Read more »

5 in 10 Filipinos OK with mandatory drug tests for 4th graders up: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 03:45 PM

At least half of Filipinos are in favor of making drug tests mandatory for Grade 4 students and older pupils, a survey released Wednesday showed. Read more »

7 'fixer,' nag-alok mag-imprenta ng libro sa China, timbog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 08:08 PM

Nag-abiso ang NBI na huwag pumatol sa mga nagpapakilalang fixer sa mga ahensiya ng gobyerno at sa halip ay dumaan sa lehitimong paraan.  Read more »

Nanakit na guro, ililipat ng paaralan: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 11:43 AM

MAYNILA - Ililipat sa ibang eskuwelahan ang guro na nakunan ng video na nananakit ng mga estudyanteng Boy Scouts ng Cutog Elementary School sa Reina Mercedes sa Isabela.  Read more »

VIRAL: Guro nambatok ng mga boy scout sa Isabela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 09:48 PM

Pinaiimbestigahan na ng Department of Education ang viral na video ng paninigaw at pambabatok ng isang babaeng guro sa grupo ng boy scouts sa Reina Mercedes, Isabela. Read more »

HIV/AIDS Policy Act, pirma na lang ni Duterte ang kulang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 02:42 AM

Pirma na lang ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kailangan para maisabatas ang panukalang magpapalakas sa polisiya ng gobyerno laban sa paglaganap ng HIV at AIDS. Read more »

‘Banana Rice Tereces?’: Wrong information found in Grade 7 textbook

Micaella Costales Ilao, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 11:06 AM

BAGUIO CITY - Parents of students in a private school here have expressed disappointment after finding erroneous information on some textbooks their children use in class.  Read more »