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Briones: Music is the soul of DepEd

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, September 1, 2018 – Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones believes that the Department of Education (DepEd) is one government agency that never fails to integrate music into almost all of its programs and activities. She shared this during the concert dubbed as “Lahi: Kultura, Musika, Atbp.”...

Public schools to have 80k more classrooms despite cut in proposed 2019 budget

QUEZON CITY, August 31, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) assured that public schools nationwide will continue to have additional classrooms amid the decrease in the allocation for new classrooms in the proposed budget for 2019. As part of its commitment to catch up in providing more basic education...

DepEd to bolster peace, global citizenship education

MAKATI CITY, August 30, 2018 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones highlighted the Department’s effort in strengthening the K to 12 curriculum, with focus on peace and global citizenship education, during the First United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP) Stakeholders Conference held on July 30 to...

Scarcity as a blessing: DepEd’s proposed 2019 budget gets House Committee on Appropriations’ nod

PASIG CITY, August 30, 2018 – Undaunted by the “deep cuts” in its proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, the Department of Education (DepEd) gained the approval of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations for its cash-based budget and conveyed its readiness to implement the allocation even “at...

DepEd to conduct National Child Protection Summit 2018

PASIG CITY, August 20, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippines and Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc. will gather youth representatives, teachers, guidance counselors, school heads, child rights advocates, and other education stakeholders from various government and non-government organizations for...

DepEd, private partner uplift learners’ lives through ALS

PASIG CITY, August 17, 2018 – Partnership between the Department of Education (DepEd) and Uplift Cares Global Movement Foundation enabled 214 learners to graduate with high school diploma under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program on August 7 at the Christ’s Commission Fellowship (CCF) Center in Pasig City. “Una sa...