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DepED provides update on release of FY 2017 PBB for school-based personnel

PASIG CITY, January 21, 2019 – The Department of Education (DepEd) notifies its school-based personnel that as of January 21, DepED Region III has started releasing the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The Schools Division Offices (SDOs) of the National Capital Region (NCR) and Regions IV-A, XI...

Deadline of nominations for 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos extended until Jan. 31

PASIG CITY, January 19, 2019 – The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), announced the extension of nominations for the 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos – Award for Teachers until January 31. The search is open to all Filipino educators teaching in the elementary...

DepEd partners with Save the Children Philippines, Prudence Foundation for Comprehensive School Safety Program

ORTIGAS, PASIG CITY, January 16, 2019–The Department of Education (DepEd) formally forged a partnership with Save the Children Philippines and Prudence Foundation for the Education Safe from Disasters Program, which aims to transform national systems and help reduce the risks of natural and human-induced hazards to children, and to establish...

Education chief to DepEd officials, personnel: Focus on non-partisan public service, veer from electioneering

PASIG CITY, January 15, 2019 – As the election period officially opens, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones cautioned all officials, teaching and non-teaching personnel of the agency against electioneering and engaging in any partisan political activity, and reminded them to strictly observe the periods of certain prohibited...

President Duterte, Secretary Briones lead groundbreaking ceremony of Bulacan school

BULAKAN, BULACAN, January 14, 2019 – His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, headed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar National High School (NHS), and the presentation of the scale model of Pandi National High School...

Secretary Briones calls on gov’t, public to shift approach to disaster risk reduction, management

PASIG CITY, January 9, 2019 – Following the onslaught of tropical depression “Usman,” Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones underscored that it is high time for the government and the public to transform the country’s approach to the reduction and management of disaster risks in the face of...