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Theater play revealing climate change threats livestreamed as part of national digital conference

PASIG CITY, November 20, 2020 – In line with the 4th National Climate Change Conference (NCCC), DepEd’s Disaster Risk Reduction Management Services (DRRMS) presented a virtual live-streaming of the 2019 Climate Action Advocacy Show to over 46,000 viewers last November 20, 2020. The Climate Action Advocacy Show was based on...

ASEAN Member states to discuss recovery plans on 15th SOM-ED Meeting

November 18, 2020 — Hosted by the Philippines, senior officials from education ministries of ASEAN member states will come together for this year’s 15th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED) on Wednesday. The meeting for this year, which will be held virtually, adopted the theme “Transforming Education the ASEAN...

DepEd’s 4th National Climate Change Conference goes online

November 18, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd) has been hosting the National Climate Change Conference (NCCC) for three years since 2017. Due to the “new normal” brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 4th NCCC will be conducted online through a series of learning sessions live-streamed at the...

DepEd and UNESCO launch the 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report in the Philippines

MANILA, November 17, 2020 – Along with government officials, international aid agencies, education and humanitarian experts, policy makers, teachers and learners, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Department of Education (DepEd) will launch the 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on November 25, 2020 With...

DepEd celebrates National Students’ Day, millions of students gathered virtually

PASIG CITY, November 17, 2020 – With the goal to recognize the invaluable contribution of student activism to Philippine education and democracy, the Department of Education (DepEd), through the Bureau of Learner Support Services -Youth Formation Division (BLSS-YFD), in cooperation with the National Youth Commission (NYC), launched the celebration of...

DepEd-DRRMS, AYEJ wrap up first online environmental journalism training for young writers

PASIG CITY, November 16, 2020 — To help strengthen the quality and quantity of environmental news coverage in the Philippines, the Department of Education’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DepEd-DRRMS) and the Association of Young Environmental Journalists (AYEJ) finished its online environmental journalism training for 100 campus journalists...