July 29, 2021 – Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Wednesday appealed to legislators and policymakers to institutionalize strong and comprehensive tobacco control policies in support of the promotion of healthy choices among Filipinos learners. “We are using all available platforms to appeal to our legislators, decision-makers, and influencers to...

​ July 28, 2021 – Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones underscored three crucial factors in setting international and regional benchmarks for the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) 2030 indicators to monitor the real progress of member states in UNESCO’s 2021 Global Education Meeting (GEM). In the Ministerial Segment of 2021 GEM...

​ July 26, 2021 – Recognizing the role of the youth in shaping the country’s future, the Department of Education (DepEd) spearheaded the campaign “Pulse of the Youth: National Voter Registration Campaign for the 2022 Elections” to provide information on how to register for the upcoming elections. “It is important...

​ July 23, 2021 – After surpassing its target in the past school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) will increase its School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) to cover 3.1 million learners for the upcoming School Year (SY) 2021-2022. For SY 2020-2021, the SBFP surpassed its 1.7 million target beneficiaries, posting...

July 22, 2021 – In support of the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan (NDVP), the Department of Education (DepEd) developed the DepEd Mobile App to provide a safer avenue for teaching and non-teaching personnel to provide information and status of their vaccination. “We decided to create this platform to give...

​ July 22, 2021 – To help upskill and equip Filipino educators with the integration of educational technology, the Department of Education (DepEd) and Global Networks Association of Teachers as a Foreign Language (GENTEFL) of Thailand conducted the Free International Multidisciplinary Webinar Series for Teachers from June 30 to July...