Department of Education

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.

President Rodrigo Duterte has issued proclamation declaring the fourth week of November as "National Science and Technology Week.”

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill which establishes a program for early detection of visual problems among kindergarten pupils.

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared February 4 of every year as the “Philippine-American War Memorial Day” or “Araw ng Paggunita sa Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano.”

Senator Pia Cayetano has filed a bill creating learning resource centers for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in public schools to boost their participation in studying.

MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd) said the results of the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) application for school year (SY) 2019-2020 will be released on Monday (June 24) through the Online Voucher Application Portal…

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) warned Internet shops and other leisure centers not to allow students to enter their premises during school hours.

Elementary and high schools must serve as "safe places" for students and not turn into breeding grounds for bullies.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday reminded parents and teachers to teach students about the responsible use of their cellphones as classes open on Monday.

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has established a protocol on how to respond to bomb threats as part of security measures it prepared for the upcoming school opening in Metro Manila on June 3.

The House of Representatives has crossed another one of President Rodrigo Duterte's priority measures with its approval on third reading of a bill making the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program for senior high school students.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has no plan to repeal the K to 12 Basic Education Program implementation.