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MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has found Sen. Jinggoy Estrada guilty of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery over his alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam – placing him in a position where he may eventually be booted out of office, pay fines and be imprisoned.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has warned officials and personnel of administrative repercussions for requiring teachers to perform “unnecessary tasks” that distract them from teaching functions.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has agreed with school officials, teachers, students and parents to start classes for the coming school year (SY) 2024-2025 on July 29 as part of the gradual return to the old June-March academic calendar that would fully take hold three school years from now.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has commenced consultations on reverting to the old academic calendar of June to March, a proposal triggered by the struggle of students and teachers to hold classes during the dry and warm season.
MANILA, Philippines — The Makati government has officially turned over 14 public schools to Taguig amid the jurisdiction dispute between the two cities.
MANILA, Philippines — Transferring displaced senior high school (SHS) students from state colleges and universities (SUCs) to public schools would congest classrooms nationwide amid the Department of Education (DepEd)’s “outstanding classroom backlog of about 165,000,” groups of teachers and students warned yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday ordered the Department of Education (DepEd) to double its efforts to improve the Philippines’ performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which reported on Dec. 5, 2023 that Filipino 15-year-old students are five to six years behind their foreign peers in learning competencies.
MANILA, Philippines — Public schools have enough facilities and teachers to accommodate over 17,000 Grade 11 students who would be displaced by the discontinuation of senior high school (SHS) programs in state and local universities and colleges (SUCs and LUCs), the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday.