GENERAL SANTOS CITY, August 2, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the important role of various stakeholders as partners in Oplan Kalusugan (OK) sa DepEd to help promote and provide Filipino learners with sustainable holistic school health and nutrition programs toward healthier behavior and better learning outcomes. In...

TAGUIG CITY, August 1, 2019 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Jakarta Office, the Department of Education (DepEd), and the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report Team convened donors, education and humanitarian experts, policy-makers, teachers, and learners for the official launch of the 2019 GEM Report...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, July 31, 2019 – Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones highlighted the Department of Education’s (DepEd) four major inclusion programs and action in response to the challenges of education in the country relative to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In her speech during the 4th Strategic...

PASIG CITY, July 30, 2019 – Report of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS) showed that as of July 30, 10 schools and 29 personnel and learners were affected by the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Itbayat, Batanes last July 27. Itbayat National Agricultural High...

PASIG CITY, July 30, 2019 – To support the Department of Education (DepEd) in enhancing the reading, mathematical, and socio-emotional skills of at least two million learners in Regions V (Bicol) and VI (Western Visayas), the United States (U.S.) government launched today the Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines or...

DAVAO CITY, July 25, 2019 – The opening of the 2019 Sining Pangkabuhayan Para Sa Kabataan in Davao City on July 23 unlocked doors to creative economics focusing on arts for life and livelihood. In his speech during the opening program at Malayan Colleges Mindanao, Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary...