Department of Education

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has raised the need for adequate and dedicated funding to address current gaps in the government's special education (SPED) program including the shortage of teachers.

Schools that have suspended classes due to fears over coronavirus spread should conduct make-up classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) said.

The Department of Education (DepEd) must track down out-of-school youth and children prior to the early registration set on February 1 for incoming school year 2020-2021.

She ain't too old to work. Education Secretary Leonor Briones is 79 years old but remains one of the indefatigable Cabinet members of President Duterte. Briones has visited evacuees, including young students displaced by the Taal…

Senator Win Gatchalian wants to institutionalize the Alternative Learning System (ALS), the Department of Education’s (DepEd) "parallel learning system" to the existing formal education system.

In light of the country’s poor ranking in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018, Malacañang said the Department of Education is “on the right track” in improving education quality in the Philippines.

The national government fully supports the new initiative of the Department of Education (DepEd) to further advance quality basic education in the Philippines, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.

Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has revealed that the Department of Education’s (DepEd) school-based feeding program (SBFP) is getting a 20 percent budget hike under the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020.

Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda on Wednesday said she sponsored the allocation of an additional P800 million in the 2020 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) to fund a special allowance for public school teachers.

Eight deals between the Philippines and Singapore were signed on Monday at the start of Singapore President Halimah Yacob’s four-day state visit to Manila.

House Committee on Appropriations vice-chair and Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas is seeking higher monthly supplies allowance for teachers working in the public school system.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the Department of Education plans to recruit 10,000 public school teachers and 5,000 non-teaching personnel under its proposed 2020 budget.

A proposed legislation that seeks to prohibit homework for basic education students was recently filed in the House of Representatives.

Despite getting the largest share of funds among the country’s 114 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020, the University of the Philippines (UP) System will only receive P15.4 billion,…

President Rodrigo Duterte is asking Congress for a P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020, a 12 percent higher than thus year’s P3.662-trillion budget.

Senator Sonny Angara welcomed the signing into law of Republic Act 11358 or the National Vision Screening Act as a vital tool for parents to catch eye problems of their children at an early age.

Malacañang on Thursday said it will make sure that every peso of the proposed P4.1-trillion budget for next year is duly accounted for.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian will ask Department of Education (DepEd) officials to explain why they there are P113 million worth of books and learning materials stored in warehouses instead of being used in schools.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro on Monday slammed the Department of Education (DepEd) after a Commission on Audit (COA) report found that it kept millions of pesos worth of undistributed textbooks and entered into questionable…

House Deputy Speaker Eddie Villanueva (CIBAC Party-list) sought the inclusion of anti-corruption and governance awareness in the basic education curriculum students.

The Department of Education (DepEd) said it would review its guidelines regarding the procurement of educational materials to avoid delays in the deliveries and wastage.