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DepEd chief, SEARCA head discuss partnership in promoting agriculture under K to 12 Program

PASIG CITY, September 5, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Glenn Gregorio conferred on August 28 to discuss partnership in promoting agriculture among learners. Gregorio presented SEARCA’s programs that may be linked...

DepEd highlights gains in access to education as it pivots to enhancement of quality in proposed 2020 budget

QUEZON CITY, September 3 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday reaffirmed that amid the significant developments in access to education, it is committed to ensuring that no one should be left behind as it pivots to quality basic education through its proposed 2020 budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Before...

DepEd to hire 10k new teachers, 5k non-teaching staff under 2020 budget

PASIG CITY, September 2, 2019 – Under its proposed 2020 budget, the Department of Education (DepEd) plans to recruit 10,000 public school teachers and 5,000 non-teaching personnel. The move is part of DepEd’s commitment to further improve teacher-to-student ratio, enhance learning, and ease the workload of its personnel given increasing enrolment...

Briones lauds Research Center for Teacher Quality for supporting DepEd’s initiatives

MANILA, September 1, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones commended the works of the Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ) and underscored its important role as the Department pivots from enhancing access to ensuring quality basic education. “I’m so pleased that there is an institution exclusively...

Briones discusses education in fourth industrial revolution, age of artificial intelligence

DUMAGUETE CITY,, August 29, 2019 – “One of the most significant developments on Earth, at this time, is what we describe as the Fourth Industrial Revolution And this is the march of the world — including all of us — into the digital age.” Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis...

ECCD Council, Save the Children launch Nurturing Care Framework, media packages for Filipino children

PASIG CITY, August 29, 2019 – In order to promote nurturing care for early childhood development and strengthen support among various sectors to invest on young children, the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council — an attached agency of the Department of Education (DepEd) — in cooperation with Save...