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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...

DepEd, Korea-PHL Teacher Exchange Program Alumni Association conduct Global Citizenship Education Forum

November 16, 2020 – Committed to revitalize teacher education, the Department of Education – International Cooperation Office (ICO) and the Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Programme (KPTEP) Alumni Association conducted the 4th Annual Forum on Teacher Exchange Towards Global Citizenship Education (GCED) on October 30, 2020. The event showcased the re-entry application...

DepEd visits Bicol schools, consults school leaders to come up with disaster-proof facilities

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, November 12, 2020 – In line with Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’ instruction, Undersecretaries Alain Del Pascua and Revsee Escobedo sat with division superintendents and school heads in a consultative meeting held in the adversely affected provinces of Bicol region. The meeting aims to come up with strategic...