MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) has recommended to President the possibility of allowing limited face-to-face classes in areas classified under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). According to Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the DepEd’s stand is that the law provides school opening shall not start later than the last day of August. Briones plans to open the …

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) will be allocation P700 million of its budget to provide internet connections to over 7,000 public schools nationwide. The government allocation is in preparation for the country’s shift to the ‘new normal’ as distance learning are becoming more and more common in the coming school year due the coronavirus pandemic. President Duterte, in …

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Friday, June 5, that almost six million students enrolled in public and private schools for the 2020-21 school year. According to DepEd, a total of 5,995,962 students in both public and private schools nationwide have registered from June 1 to June 15. It is less than a fifth of almost 28M …

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) will let the parents decide and respect those who are against enrolling their children for the upcoming school year amid the threats of the Covid-19 pandemic. Education Secretary Leonor Briones said yesterday the next school year would be voluntary due to the concerns of the coronavirus disease and they would just give the …