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 for the 2010 budget are about to begin.

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DepEd-XI to train teachers, employees on punctuality and honesty program

DAVAO CITY — Teachers and employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Davao region will undergo an orientation on a punctuality and anti-corruption advocacy.

Under the program We Advocate Time Consciousness and Honesty or Watch, it is hoped that the Filipino youth ages 8-18 will be inculcated with the value of time consciousness and honesty and thus help in the development and productivity of the nation. It is aimed to curb the infamous values of ‘Filipino time’ and cheating among young Filipinos.

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PTCA overhauled, not abolished: DepEd says

THE DEPARTMENT  of Education (DepEd) will call an emergency meeting with school divisions superintendents to clarify several points about the order dissolving the Parents-Teachers Community Association (PTCA) in public schools.
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Lapus confident law on add’l teachers’ salary will be passed soon

Department of Education Secretary “Jesli A. Lapus” said that a proposed legislation which seeks to add P9000 more over the next three years to present monthly compensation of public school teachers and non-teaching personnel may be passed into law soon after the House leadership assured the immediate passage of the bill.

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DepEd, Lapus top Pulse Asia Survey

The Department of Education garnered highest approval ratings among the top 3 government agencies according to DepEd Office Secretary Communication. The survey was done by Pulse Asia Ulat ng Bayan survey.

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Remote schools receive textbooks from DepEd’s “Textbook Walk”

MANILA (PNA) — Schools in far-flung areas will receive textbooks from the Department of Education (DepEd) through the 2008 National Textbook Delivery Program.

“Talking about DepEd would also be talking about the Filipinos’ time-tested and revered value of Bayanihan. Through the “Textbook Walk,” the department, CSOs, NGOs and other partners are walking the talk on textbooks,” Education secretary Jesli Lapus said.
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3 Public schools benefit from corporate social responsibility

MANILA, May 11 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) and Philip Morris recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) as an expression of the growing cooperation between the public ad private sectors at the DepEd Central Offce, Pasig City.

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Baguio Teachers Camp revels in its centennial

MANILA, May 10 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) is marking the 100 years of Baguio Teachers Camp (BTC) with physical enhancements worthy of the 21st century but retaining its reason for being as the center for public school teachers’ training and recreation.

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