The exceptional occurrence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has mainly led to the implementation of different forms of community quarantine. This brought great impact not only to the country or the world economy but specifically to our children’s education. With the school year ending not when it was supposed to; it looks like … Read more
The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) has been extended and it’s on until the 15th of May. Although a wide variety of cities and municipalities have been placed under a more lenient general community quarantine (GCQ), it still means no work for a wide range of employees and workers in the country. The Department of Education … Read more
After the Department of Education (DepEd) said that it’s going to be up to the findings of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), as well as the President, to come up with when classes should reopen again, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is looking at the option of rolling opening of classes. This, however, applies … Read more
With the enhanced community quarantine put in place, a lot of things have been suspended and postponed. Jobs, businesses, schools, even domestic and international flights – all of them have been suspended for the safety of our countrymen. Classes all over the country have been stopped and it brought a stream of mixed emotions for … Read more
If you are a public school teacher, then you will be joyous of the newest announcement made by the Department of Education (DepEd). According to Annalyn Sevilla, DepEd Undersecretary, the 13th month pay of public school teachers will be ready and released in May; particularly, it’ll be available by the 15th of May. In her … Read more
The Department of Education (DepEd) is working to release employees’ salaries early in the battle to beat the infamous 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). With their employees nearing a million, they are yearning to receive their salaries early – specifically for the months of March and April 2020. Annalyn Sevila, DepEd Spokesperson and Undersecretary, said that … Read more
To reduce the school duties that are tasked to teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) is in the process of talking and meeting with concerned national agencies to support the needs for more non-teaching staff and Guidance Counselors in the Philippines. Last Thursday, DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones reported on a meeting of the House … Read more