PASIG CITY, August 19, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Wednesday set the record straight on the alleged deficiencies in the Department’s physical accomplishments vis-à-vis targets during an organizational meeting convened by the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture for the 18th Congress. The Education chief explained that continue reading : DepEd cites revised targets, ongoing classroom constructions

PASIG CITY, August 17, 2019 – Amid reports of alleged extravagant and unnecessary trainings and seminars and other planning and assessment activities being conducted across the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) stood firm on its commitment to provide its approximately 900,000 teachers and 65,000 personnel with the needed training and development programs for their continue reading : DepEd underscores need for training and development programs for close to a million teachers, personnel

PASIG CITY, August 16, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones clarified that the reported “unutilized” textbooks are buffer stocks in case of calamities and increased enrollment. She likewise shared the initiatives of the Department to a more proactive system of delivering textbooks. The responses to the Commission on Audit’s (COA) 2018 continue reading : Briones clarifies reports on undistributed textbooks, bares efforts towards more responsive system

PASIG CITY, August 16, 2019 – Following the directives of the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Department of Education (DepEd)–Office of the Secretary (OSEC) and Bureau of Learner Support Services (BLSS), and the Department of Health (DOH), shall convene a summit to discuss and understand the education, health, and development dimensions of early pregnancy in continue reading : National summit on early pregnancy kicks off August 22

PASIG CITY, August 15, 2019 – Speaking before the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones underscored that the some of the reported errors in textbooks are “matters of usage and editorial preference,” while ensuring the strong commitment of the Department to improve the its systems. continue reading : DepEd shares responses on audit report, efforts to ensure error-free textbooks

PASIG CITY, August 15, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Wednesday raised concern over the “little regard” given to the agency even as DepEd has already submitted its responses to the Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) issued by the Department’s resident Commission on Audit (COA) and has started working with COA continue reading : Education chief calls for reforms in scope, policy of COA observations