January 20, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) has consistently advocated for the provision of accurate information to our learners based on the Philippine historical context and those with legal bases. Teaching historical and legal facts is one of the cornerstones of our approach to mold the beliefs, character, and love for the country continue reading : On inaccurate depiction of the Philippine territory in imported learning materials
January 20, 2022 – The Department of Education reiterates that the government policy of requiring employees who work on-site, including teaching and non-teaching personnel involved in face-to-face classes and in-school activities, to be vaccinated is being implemented as a way of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in schools and DepEd offices to protect learners, clients, continue reading : On requiring vaccination for teachers handling face-to-face classes
January 19, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) is elated that the Office of the President expressed its strong support and trust in the expansion of the limited face-to-face classes. We believe this high confidence from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and our stakeholders was due to the successful pilot implementation of face-to-face classes in continue reading : Official Statement
January 13, 2022 – With the efforts of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones and the Office of the Undersecretary for Finance (OUF), the Department of Education (DepEd) has been able to pool enough funds for the release of the full Php 10,000 one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for 2021, which can be expected by all DepEd continue reading : ON THE RELEASE OF THE 2021 SERVICE RECOGNITION INCENTIVE (SRI)
January 12, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) would like to reiterate that Philippine history is being taught in the K to 12 curriculum of basic education. Contrary to recurring misleading and reckless claims, the current DepEd administration, led by Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, did not remove Philippine history from the curriculum. The continue reading : On Philippine history in basic education
January 10, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) mourns the passing of Dr. Maria Victoria Carpio-Bernido. We offer our sincere condolences to the Bernido family in this time of sorrow. Dr. Carpio-Bernido will be remembered as a dedicated physicist-educator, a 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award awardee for her innovative work in education through the Central continue reading : Official Statement
January 8, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) is grateful to our Filipino people for giving high approval rating for the performance of the agency and Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, based on Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan Survey conducted last December 1-6, 2021. In the said survey, DepEd received a 76% overall approval continue reading : DepEd’s Multiple Performance Awards for December 2021
January 5, 2022 – The Department of Education (DepEd) would like to remind our officials, teaching, and non-teaching personnel not to engage in electioneering and conducting partisan political activity in relation to the forthcoming 2022 National and Local Elections. As stated in the Constitution, and in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the continue reading : DepEd reminds teachers, non-teaching personnel on rules against electioneering, partisan political activities
November 25, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) welcomes the recognition of the agency as the most trusted government office based on the latest Philippine Trust Index (PTI) 2021 research conducted by the EON group. The said Index, which measured the public’s trust level for multi-tiered organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed that DepEd continue reading : DepEd is most trusted government agency according to PTI
November 24, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) acknowledges the challenges in education quality of the country even before the pandemic. It is precisely why we introduced various ongoing interventions to address issues on basic education. Before the pandemic, we launched the Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3Bs) initiative nationwide, with our field offices aggressively continue reading : Official Statement