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Amid growing concerns over student mental health and school violence, the national government plans to spend P802 million next year to hire a total of 2,021 new guidance counselors for public elementary and high schools in a bid to strengthen the mental health services of the Department of Education (DepEd), House Minority Leader and 4Ps […]
Senator Bong Go expressed support for the Senate’s call to accelerate the hiring of School Counselor Associates for public schools, saying the timely implementation of mental health support programs is necessary to help learners who may be facing stress, bullying, family problems, or other personal difficulties. Go made the statement following a report the Senate […]
More than P182 million has been allotted for scholarships in master’s degrees in Guidance Counseling or Psychology and other specializations – allocations that are necessary to resolve the critical shortage of mental health and inclusive education professionals in the Philippine education system. “The historic budget we allotted to the education sector for 2026 includes investments […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is considering filing an amendment to Republic Act No. 9258 or the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004 to enable the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire more school guidance counselors. Guidance counselors, Gatchalian said, are vital for schools to be able to adequately address the needs of children-at-risk (CARs) in order […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called for the scrapping of a plan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) to conduct mandatory drug tests on students, and instead proposed that the budget for the tests be used instead to hire more guidance counselors for the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd previously noted that with at least 14 […]