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DepEd, BFP host Fire Square Road Show

PASIG CITY, July 25, 2019 – The Department of Education’s (DepEd) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), in partnership with the Bureau of Fire Protection–National Capital Region (BFP–NCR), held the Fire Square Road Show on Wednesday in celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month. BFP-NCR District IV Fire Marshall...

DepEd celebrates National Disaster Resilience Month, launches DRRM jingle

PASIG CITY, July 24, 2019 – “The threat of the Big One always looms in the distance,” Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua said during the Earthquake Resilience Forum held in celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month on July 23 at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan...

OK sa DepEd 2019 to kick off in General Santos City

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, July 24, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd)–Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) shall host the national kickoff of the Oplan Kalusugan (OK) sa DepEd Program for School Year 2019-2020 today at Banisil Elementary School. Launched in 2018, OK sa DepEd is a convergence of DepEd’s health programs, plans...

DepEd convenes stakeholders for Youth Entrepreneurship Act

PASIG CITY, July 23, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd), through its Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD), spearheaded a consultative meeting with education partners and stakeholders on the implementation of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10679, otherwise known as the “Youth Entrepreneurship Act.” DepEd, together with the Commission on Higher...

New Bilibid Prison’s persons deprived of liberty earn basic education diploma through ALS

MUNTINLUPA CITY, July 23, 2019 – A total of 139 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who passed the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test attended their recognition and graduation ceremony at the Maximum Security Compound (MaxSeCom) of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). The Department of Education’s (DepEd)...

DepEd’s Last Mile Schools Program to address gaps in isolated, disadvantaged areas

PASIG CITY, July 22, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday presented the development and implementation of its Last Mile Schools Program which aims to address the gaps in resources and facilities of schools that are located in geographically isolated and disadvantaged and conflict-affected areas (GIDCA). In the...