PASIG CITY, September 24, 2018 – In line with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to expand the welfare and professional growth of its teaching and non-teaching personnel, the agency is eyeing career advancement for educators that is competency-based. DepEd’s Human Resource Development Division of the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development (BHROD-HRDD) have continue reading : Statement on the improvement of teachers’ socio-economic condition through salary increase

PASIG CITY, September 24, 2018 – Amid calls to prohibit classes and required meetings on Saturdays, the Department of Education (DepEd) emphasizes the need to balance between its mandate to deliver quality basic education and safeguarding the welfare of both learners and personnel. As prescribed by Republic Act No. 7797, DepEd sets a school calendar continue reading : Statement on calls to ban Saturday classes, required meetings

PASIG CITY, September 24, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the crucial role of well-prepared and well-planned lessons in the delivery of quality teaching and learning in schools, in view of the appeal to put a halt on the implementation of the DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2016, or the Policy Guidelines on continue reading : Statement on the appeal to put a halt on the implementation of DLL

PASIG CITY, September 24, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) recognizes that teachers play a crucial role in upgrading the quality of teaching and learning process. It is in this regard that improving their performance through different parameters is vital in achieving quality education. The classroom observation mandated in the Philippine Professional Standards for continue reading : Statement on the demand to stop all on-going class observations

PASIG CITY, September 24, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) reaffirms that its implementation of the Results-Based Performance Management System (RPMS) is in accordance to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular No. 6, series of 2012 which directs and requires all government agencies within the Executive Branch to establish and implement a Strategic continue reading : Statement on calls to halt RPMS implementation

PASAY CITY, September 19, 2018 – Relative to the issue of giving “one-sided” accounts, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscores the importance of putting into proper context the discussion about erroneous textbooks that transpired during the hearing of the agency’s 2019 proposed budget at the Senate Sub-Committee on Education on September 19, Wednesday. Foremost, the continue reading : DepEd underlines importance of proper context in Senate discussion on erroneous textbooks

PASIG CITY, September 17, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) would like to assure its teaching and non-teaching personnel that the agency is taking steps to address the problem of undeducted Government Service Insurance Service (GSIS) loans that reportedly resulted in the imposition of penalties, surcharges, and compounded accrued interest. As the Department understands continue reading : Statement on DepEd’s coordination with GSIS on undeducted outstanding loans

PASIG CITY, September 12, 2018 – Honesty is a basic virtue that has long been at the core of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) mandate to protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality basic education. It is a rudimentary value that we endeavor to inculcate in the minds of the youth during continue reading : Education chief warns vs dishonesty, trivialization of trials and triumphs in public service

PASIG CITY, September 4, 2018 – Recognizing every profession’s need for conducive working condition and in keeping with Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’s 10-Point Agenda, the Department of Education (DepEd) continuously reviews and reduces the workload of its teaching personnel as part of its expansion of employee welfare. While DepEd continuously works to simplify the processes continue reading : Statement on DepEd’s review of teachers’ workload

PASIG CITY, August 20, 2018 – Well aware of the incident at Bicol Central Academy (BCA), a private school in Camarines Sur, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones ordered DepEd Region V to immediately conduct a thorough investigation. The initial report submitted by Regional Director Gilbert Sadsad to the Secretary confirmed partial details continue reading : Statement on the burning of students’ bags upon order of school administrator in Bicol