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Teachers to have added compensation, improved promotion opportunities

PASIG CITY, October 8, 2019 – The national celebration of the 2019 World Teachers’ Day (WTD) on October 5 culminated with the assurance of a new round of salary increase for state workers and a renewed challenge for almost 900,000 public school educators: To be the driving force of advancing...

DepEd, China Bank Savings ink MOU for 2019 WTD prizes

PASIG CITY, October 7, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Bank Savings last October 4 on the donation of over a million-peso worth of major prizes and freebies for 4,500 public school teachers present during the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) and...

DepEd, partners, stakeholders celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, October 5, 2019 – Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 242 declaring the period from September 5 to October 5 of every year as the National Teachers’ Month, and Republic Act. No. 10743 declaring the 5th of October every year as the National Teachers’ Day and World...

DepEd, partners launch Gabay Project for children with special needs

QUEZON CITY, September 27, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) and its partners – the Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – launched the Gabay Project last September 12 in Cubao. The Gabay Project aims to increase access to quality...

Education Secretary highlights role of education in social equity, well-being

QUEZON CITY, September 27, 2019 – Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on September 22 discussed Social Equity and Well-being in the education perspective during the 2019 Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) General Assembly and Conference at the University of the Philippines (UP) National College of Public Administration and...

DepEd, partner agencies to convene for World Rabies Day kickoff

PASIG CITY, September 26, 2019 – In celebration of the World Rabies Day on September 28, the Department of Education (DepEd) and its partner agencies, Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), will convene to raise rabies awareness and prevention. Anchored...