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All Commission on Higher Education (CHED) offices nationwide have achieved the required vaccination level to protect their employees during the pandemic. A total of 1,198 or 98 percent of the CHED education frontliners have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the Commission’s efforts to protect them as they deliver essential services to […]
The Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report for the amendments to the Retail Trade Liberalization Act. The bill seeks to lower the capitalization requirement for foreign retailers from $2.5 million to $500,000, or roughly from P125 million to P25 million. This is in order to attract more foreign direct investments into the country, thereby […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) and Pag-IBIG Fund teamed up to raise awareness on Pag-IBIG’s housing loan programs and equip teachers and non-teaching personnel with knowledge on home financing and ownership. Spearheaded by DepEd–Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development (BHROD), the webinar “Gabay sa Pag-IBIG Housing” highlighted existing and new housing loan programs of the Pag-IBIG Fund and how teachers and non-teaching personnel can […]
Education Secretary Leonor Briones officially welcomed the School Year 2021-2022 with renewed optimism for basic education as around 24.6 million learners attended the first day of classes nationwide. “Even in the time of cholera or COVID-19, with all its horrors and terrors, there is love. Even in the time of evil, there is always hope. Even in the time of the Delta variant, […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) kicked off the celebration of One Health Week by simultaneously inaugurating 1,869 school clinics around the country as part of the School Dental Health Care Program (SDHCP). “We find it necessary to still provide these services to learners and personnel to address the high prevalence of dental caries and other […]
Less than two weeks before the opening of School Year 2021-2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) trained around 500k teachers and personnel during the second edition of a week-long Virtual In-Service Training (VINSET). For the first three days, the second edition garnered 554,562 participants, surpassing the overall participation rate of the first in-service training last […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) is targeting to increase the utilization of TV and radio-based materials to further support the implementation of blended learning for School Year 2021-2022. “Hindi natin maikakaila na hindi mawawala ang mahalagang papel na ginagampanan ng TV at radio sa bansa sa paghatid ng edukasyon sapagkat hindi lahat ay may access […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to deliver some 40,000 laptops to teachers, personnel, schools, and field offices nationwide to provide essential support to education frontliners for the upcoming school year. “The provision of internet-capable equipment to DepEd offices, schools, and teachers is great news for the education sector,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said. […]
After the successful distribution of sim cards to field offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the start of the cycle for regular monthly “load allowance” for teachers and personnel. For the 277,381 DepEd sim cards recipients who have started using connectivity loads in July 2021, the cycle of regular monthly load started on […]
For going beyond excellence in the field of basic education, two public school teachers from the National Capital Region (NCR) will be among the 10 awardees of the 2021 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos. Ms. Lou Sabrina Ongkiko, Master Teacher 1 in Culiat Elementary School, and Mr. Jason Albaro, Teacher 3 in Muntinlupa National High School, […]