Up to three schools destroyed in the devastating floods that ripped through Northern Mindanao in the wake of storm “Sendong” will be relocated to safer ground, Education Secretary Armin Luistro announced Saturday. … [Read more...]
DepEd utility workers give up rice gift for storm survivors
December 23, 2011 by · 1 Comment
MANILA, Philippines—Instead of taking the gifts for themselves, utility workers at the Department of Education decided to donate the sacks of rice from their boss to survivors of Tropical Storm “Sendong.” … [Read more...]
Luistro pushes for health screening in all schools
December 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Education Secretary Armin Luistro ordered yesterday all schools to screen their students, particularly kindergarten pupils, for diseases and other medical conditions. Luistro, who opened the 11th School Health and Nutrition Congress at the Teachers’ Camp in Baguio City, said he would like for the Department of Education to have a complete profile of the health and nutrition conditions of every public elementary and high school student so DepEd could determine which school should have health interventions. … [Read more...]
Lapu mayor, DepEd told to account for suspended workers
December 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
The Ombudsman-Visayas is checking whether its order to suspend 18 Lapu-Lapu City officials for six months for their involvement in the 2005 overpriced purchase of 470 personal computers has been carried out. The anti-graft office has yet to receive written confirmation from the Lapu-Lapu City government about its compliance with the order issued last July. … [Read more...]
School principal suspended for 3 months
November 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Education has suspended the principal of a public high school here for allegedly initiating cheating at the National Achievement Test (NAT) conducted last year. … [Read more...]
DepEd to hire up to 13,000 teachers for coming school year
May 8, 2011 by · 3 Comments
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Education announced on Thursday its plan to hire up to 13,000 teachers to partially fill a shortage of some 50,000 teaching staff in the coming school year. … [Read more...]
Public schools get disaster-ready
March 31, 2011 by · 1 Comment
MANILA, Philippines — The spate of earthquakes in various places in the country and around the world, has got Filipinos thinking about disaster preparedness. … [Read more...]
Lapus to school officials, teachers: Don’t compel students to shell out contributions for Christmas party
November 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
MANILA, Nov. 8 -- With the Christmas season fast approaching, Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus told school officials and teachers on Sunday not to compel students to shell out donations or contributions for their Christmas party. “We all know the guidelines of DepEd, no collection policy in public schools. This is voluntary and not compulsory. Celebrations should not be a burden to the parents, and that teachers should not coerce students to contribute any amount,” Lapus said. … [Read more...]
