​ September 16, 2021 – As part of the One Health Week celebration, the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), and Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) on September 09 launched the Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Adolescent Reproductive Health (CSE-ARH) Convergence. This is part of the whole-of-government response...

​ September 16, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) inaugurated 339 newly constructed school buildings and 98 restored Gabaldon Schoolhouses nationwide this week ahead of the opening of School Year 2021-2022. “Although the conduct of face-to-face classes is not yet allowed, these newly-installed classrooms will be instrumental in our...

​ September 14, 2021 – Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Monday officially welcomed the School Year 2021-2022 with renewed optimism for basic education as around 24.6 million learners attended the first day of classes nationwide. “Even in the time of cholera or COVID-19, with all its horrors and terrors...

​ September 14, 2021 – With the support of the current administration, the Department of Education (DepEd) has posted major milestones to address the challenges of quality education, according to Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones. Summarizing DepEd’s accomplishments in the last five years on Saturday, Secretary Briones shared that the agency...

September 11, 2021 – With the theme “OBE 2021: Bayanihan para sa Ligtas na Balik Eskwela”, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday will open School Year 2021-2022 featuring key developments and updates for safe return to schools. On September 13, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is scheduled to give his...

September 10, 2021 — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday kicked off the celebration of One Health Week by simultaneously inaugurating 1,869 school clinics around the country as part of the School Dental Health Care Program (SDHCP). “We find it necessary to still provide these services to learners and...