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DepEd allows early release of teachers' P5,000 cash allowance

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 03:17 PM

The Department of Education has allowed the early release of its annual cash allowance for public school teachers worth P5,000, an official from the agency said Thursday. Read more »

Educator flags obscene word in DepEd module

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 06:52 PM

In a House hearing on Monday, educator Antonio Calipjo Go showed a copy of the module, which tackled Filipino mythological creatures such as the aswang, duwende, kapre and tikbalang. Read more »

Safe reopening of schools 'an urgent priority': WHO, Unicef officials

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 01:03 PM

Regional directors of the World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund are pushing for the safe reopening of schools, joining the chorus of calls for the resumption of in-person learning even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Read more »

How parents can help their kids with remote learning

Kumon
Updated as of Jun 09 04:21 PM

A year into online distance learning, are you asking yourselves the right questions? Read more »

CHED hit for pushing flexible learning as new normal

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 10:08 AM

Youth groups slammed the Commission on Higher Education's decision to continue implementing flexible learning in the coming years, saying it would exacerbate problems that students and teachers face under the new setup. Read more »

Lawmakers asked to include teachers' internet allowance in proposed Bayanihan 3

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 04:38 PM

A group of education workers is asking lawmakers from the House of Representatives to provide internet subsidy for public school teachers through the P405.6-billion Bayanihan 3 bill.   Read more »

Home-based learning mananatili sa new normal: DepEd exec

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 01:05 PM

Mananatili pa rin ang home-based learning kahit pa nasa new normal na, ayon sa isang opisyal ng Department of Education. Read more »

'We've had enough': Youth group pushes for 'academic break' as COVID-19 cases surge

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 03:26 PM

A progressive youth group on Tuesday backed calls for an "academic break" as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise rapidly in Metro Manila and its surrounding provinces. Read more »

Groups say students losing interest in studies amid distance learning

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 03:20 PM

Various groups on Monday urged the government to start working on the safe and gradual holding of face-to-face classes in schools, saying that students are losing interest in their studies because of the difficulties of distance learning. Read more »

CHED orders Cebu university to stop face-to-face classes

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 12:26 PM

The Commission on Higher Education has ordered a university in Cebu to stop holding face-to-face classes for its veterinary medicine program. Read more »

Schools to use drop boxes, online platforms in early registration

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 11:44 AM

Public schools are using drop boxes and online platforms in the conduct of early registration for the next academic year, the Department of Education said Wednesday.    Read more »

DepEd says early registration for school year 2021-2022 starts Friday

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 11:33 AM

MANILA- Starting Friday, students in kindergarten and grades 1, 7 and 11 level may register for school year 2021-2022 through an early registration program until April 30, 2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) has announced.  Read more »

Exhausted teachers remain on the frontlines as pandemic drags on

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 08:49 PM

Several public officials and groups have called for the safe reopening of schools but it remains unclear when physical classes would resume, especially since President Rodrigo Duterte seemed reluctant to bring students back to their classrooms. Read more »

DepEd urged to go beyond quarantine levels in choosing schools for pilot physical classes

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 06:23 PM

Senators on Wednesday urged the Department of Education to look past the quarantine status of a locality in selecting schools that would participate in its proposed dry run of face-to-face classes. Read more »

Gatchalian ‘surprised’ 99 pct of learners pass first grading period

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 03:06 PM

At a Senate hearing, a presentation by Education Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio showed that 99.13 percent of students obtained passing marks during the first quarter.    Read more »

Duterte wants cybercrime experts to probe alleged sale of students' sexy photos, videos

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 11:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will summon cybercrime units and experts to look into reports that some students have been selling obscene photos and videos of themselves online to support their studies, an ally said on Wednesday.  Read more »

With remote learning, a 12-year-old knows her English is slipping away

Juliana Kim, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 07:41 PM

NEW YORK — When Taniya Ria moved to the Bronx from Bangladesh in 2019, she didn’t know a word of English. Within months, Taniya, now 12, was translating for her mother, making American friends in class and getting good grades. Then the pandemic arrived. Read more »

20 phrases that defined 2020

Tim Herrera, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 20 11:55 AM

Happy Blursday! Now quit doomscrolling, grab a quarantini and please keep social distancing. Imagine explaining that sentence to yourself in December 2019. Read more »

Blended learning 'far from ideal,' Palace says after Duterte change of heart on in-class policy

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 05:50 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte approved a trial run of face-to-face classes in January despite the threat of COVID-19 because the current blended learning "is far from ideal," Malacañang said on Tuesday.    Read more »

UP eyes 'black boxes' broadcast for distance learning

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 12:08 PM

The University of the Philippines (UP) is exploring satellite television to aid distance learning as classes shifted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said Friday. Read more »