QUEZON CITY, MAY 24, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) reported its performance and expenditures during the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures sponsored by the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Basic Education and Culture last May 8 at the House of Representatives. Chaired by House...

LAS PIÑAS CITY, May 20, 2019 – The Department of Education-National Capital Region (DepEd-NCR) formally kicked off this year’s Brigada Eskwela at Las Piñas Elementary School Central (LPESC) on May 20. A caravan participated by community members, partners, and stakeholders signaled the start of the activity with the theme, “Matatag...

QUEZON CITY, May 23, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd), led by Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, accepted the four-story, 23-classroom building of Flora A. Ylagan Senior High School (SHS) turned over by the local government of Quezon City on May 21. The DepEd chief expressed her gratitude for the...

QUEZON CITY, MAY 22, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones welcomed back yesterday the country’s 12 student-delegates to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH) Office. The Philippine delegates to the world’s largest...

MANILA, May 22, 2019 – Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Wednesday underscored the Department of Education’s (DepEd) efforts to ensure the readiness of almost 62,000 schools—47,205 of which are public—that will accommodate the projected 27.8 million learners in the coming school year. “Given the continuously increasing population of our schoolchildren...

PASIG CITY, May 17, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed its heartfelt gratitude to all the teachers and personnel who served in the 2019 national and local elections. “We, at DepEd, thank them for continuing to be on the frontline of the foremost exercise of democracy in the...