Education News Philippines

Valisno to continue DepEd programs

New Education Secretary Mona Valisno, on her first day of work Monday, assured the nation that she has no plans of altering the smooth preparation of teachers rendering services in the May 10 national elections, and vowed to push the Department of Education (DepEd)’s plans and programs according to their set time-frame. In her acceptance [...]

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DepEd, DPWH team up to fast-track titling of public schools

MANILA, Dec. 20 (PNA) — The Department of Education has entered into an agreement with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to hasten the titling of school sites continuously occupied by public elementary and secondary schools nationwide but have yet to be registered and titled to DepEd. Education Secretary Jesli Lapus and DPWH [...]

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Overpriced Shampoo, Needles, Otoscopes: DepEd Faces New Set of Corruption Scandals

Progressive lawmakers want to investigate how the DepEd is spending its large annual budget, given that the department has been hounded with an endless stream of corruption allegations. MANILA –Progressive party-list legislators today said there is a need to look into the corruption allegations that have hounded the Department of Education, now that the hearings [...]

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PGMA approves 10% salary increase for gov’t workers

Angeles City, Pampanga (2 May) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said here that she has signed an Executive Order (EO) granting a 10-percent increase in the basic pay of government workers effective July 1. The President made the announcement after sitting in on the deliberations of the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Region [...]

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