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CEBUANO NEWS: MGA POLISIYA SA GRADWASYON UG PAG-ABRI SA KLASE - DEPED 10
Friday 14th of June 2013
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Education rehiyon 10 nagpagawas og mga pamphlets og uban pang mga basahon bahin sa mga polisiya sa gradwasyon og pag abri sa klase dinhi sa rehiyon.
Si Dr. Allan Farnazo, officer in charge sa DepEd 10 nag pahigayon og katorse (14) ka mga importanteng katungod sa mga estudyante og mga ginikanan sa public school dinhi.
Una, guinadili ang pagbayad ug kwarta ngadto sa mga magtutudlo o principal.
Ikaduha, ang Parents Teachers Association (PTA) lamang ang adunay katungod sa pagkolekta apan dili pinugsanay ang pagkolekta o pagbayad.
Ikatulo, ang PTA mahimong mangakulekta sa ikaduhang bulan ...
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26Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has directed all its regional directors (RDs) to designate regional information officers (RIOs) in their regions to better facilitate news and information processing. “The designation of the RIOs is in compliance with the directive of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III for government agencies to be more responsive to the needs of and transparent with the media and the public,” DepEd Secretary ...
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25Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 25 (PIA) -- All schools are expected to conduct a general assembly to orient stakeholders on the curriculum and co-curricular programs and ancillary services lined-up for the year as part of its opening rites. This is among the guidelines set by the Department of Education (DepEd) relative to School Year 2013-2014, consisting of 201 days, which is set to open on June 3, 2013 and end on March 31, 2014. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro, in DepEd Order ...
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24Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 24 (PIA) --- The Department of Education Regional Office (DepEd 6) will conduct a mass training of teachers for the implementation of Grades 2 and 8 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. Dr. Novelyn M. Vilchez, Chief of the Training and Development Division of DepEd 6, said that this five-day live-in mass training of teachers is slated for the months of April and May. “The mass training of Grade 2 teachers shall be handled by the schools divisions while that of the ...
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17Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will activate Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE) on May 27-31 and the Public Assistance Station (PAS) on June 1-8 to ensure the smooth opening of School Year (SY) 2013-2014. OBE and the PAS aims to address problems commonly encountered during this period, particularly, assurance that students are properly enrolled and able to attend school on the first day of classes, June 3. In DepEd Memorandum 64, series of 2013, ...
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17Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Magsugod sa Hunyo 3, 2013, adlaw nga Lunes ang tuig-tingtugha kun School Year 2013-2014 ug matapos kini sa Marso 31, 2014, usa usab ka Lunes, ang katapusang adlaw sa klase. Kini ang giluwatan ni Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro, kinsa mipagawas sa School Calendar alang sa SY 2013-2014 aron mahan-ay ang mga kalihokan kun sa gitawag nga teaching-learning activities sa maong tuig-tingtungha, ingon man mapuslan pag-ayo ang kinatibuk-an nga du...
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15Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 15 (PIA) -- The regional secretary of the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepED-ARMM) lauded the teachers and pupils under the Marawi City School Division. Lawyer Jamar Kulayan, who graced the city’s 33rd founding anniversary on Sunday, said he is proud and impressed by the recent performance of the Marawi City School Division. He said Marawi City School Division recorded a high rating in the regional assessment in Scienc...
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13Apr2013Revised version: OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 13 (PIA) -- The amount of P14,110,400,000 will be used for the construction, replacement, and completion of kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school buildings in areas with acute classroom shortage. This is among the guidelines set in the Joint Circular No. 2013-1, issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Public Works and Highways and Department of Education (DBM-DPWH-DepEd) relative to the implementa...
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02Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang patayuan ng palikuran at hand washing area ang aabot sa 21 mga paaralan sa elementary at sekundarya sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato. Kaugnay nito, ngayong araw ay gaganapin ang Water and Sanitation (WatSan) Project Pre-Construction Conference sa opisina ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon sa naturang probinsya. Ang gaganaping aktibidad na dadaluhan ng 21 school heads mula sa mga benepisyaryong paaralan ay magtatalakay sa pagsasakatuparan ...
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30Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced that it will refund the amount of P126.47 million to more than 20,500 active and retired employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) beginning first week of April. The second tranche of refund represents the payment of premium contributions pertaining to the government share, which were previously deducted from the life insurance benefits of these employees. Last January, GSIS ...
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27Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The flag at the Department of Education Central office is now flying at half mast to give honor to Dr. Onofre “OD” Corpuz, former DepEd Secretary. Corpuz, who also became the University of the Philippines' president, became the DepEd Secretary between 1967 and 1979. He focused on the values reorientation program and provided its framework for school executives, teachers and students, contributing to the moral and spiritual regeneration of the country. Dr. Cor...
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10Mar2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 10 (PIA) --- The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) will hold a Teacher Induction Program (TIP) for newly-hired teachers in the region this coming March 18 to 22. More than 140 newly-recruited teachers representing the third batch are expected to attend the five-day induction to be held at the Pacific Heights Hotel in Cotabato City. Forty-four of these inductees are from Lanao del Sur IA, IB, and II Schools Divisio...
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27Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) hopes to welcome students of typhoon-Pablo stricken areas in Compostela Valley and in Davao Oriental in regular classrooms by June 2013. “The Department has already shelled out P1 billion for the rehabilitation of damaged classrooms in the provinces hit by Pablo,” DepEd spokesperson Jenielito Atillo said. Atillo said they are doing everything to make sure that before school year 2013 to 2014 starts, all classrooms in the said ...
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08Feb2013OZAMIZ CTY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Mahaimong gamiton sa umaabot pinili-ay sa Mayo 13 ang mga tulonghaan sa DepEd kun Department of Education, ingon man ang mga serbisyo sa ilang magtutudlo sa tibuok nasud. Kini ang usa sa mga tulomanon sa DepEd isip mga puli kun deputies sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) kalabot sa kalihokan sa nasudnon ug lokal nga piniliay sa Mayo, ning tuig. Usab, sulod sa panahon sa election period, gikan Enero 13 ngadto sa Hunyo 12, likayan usab sa maong a...
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05Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) region 10 through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) will conduct its first regional ALS congress on March 3-5, 2013 at the Grand Caprice Restaurant, Limketkai Center here. The congress has its theme: “ALS: Sustainable Community Development Through Lifelong Learning". Dr. Allan G. Farnazo, Officer in Charge of the department says that this undertaking aims to strengthen the implementation of the different ALS programs ...
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24Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- At least 10 pupils from the Ozamiz City Schools Division (OCSD) were declared champions in Robotics during the 2012 Regional Children’s Science Fair and Quest. The three-day activity held last December at Plantation Elementary School, Camp Philips, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon was participated in by elementary pupils from the region’s 14 schools divisions that included those of OCSD, Oroquieta City, Tangub City and Misamis Occidental. Winner...
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23Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education with the theme “Makapag-aral ay Karapatan Mo, Magpalista Ngayong Enero (It's your right to learn, Enlist this June),” declares January 26 as the Early Registration Day for school year (SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools throughout the country. This Early Registration Day aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the objectives of the Educat...
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23Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 23 -- The Department of Education Division of Davao del Norte has ordered the indefinite suspension of classes in the elementary and high school levels of the areas greatly affected by the flooding. “We have directed our district supervisors to suspend classes in the areas affected by the flood starting Monday,” DepEd Davao del Norte Division officer-in-charge Aurelio Divinagracia said. The suspension order stands for as long as the floodwaters subside, he added. He said m...
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22Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- An intensified advocacy campaign on the January 26, 2013 Early Registration Day (ERD) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 have been waged by the Department of Education (DepEd) in Misamis Occidental. The campaign actually started on January 7 with the “Child/Youth Find" activities with the help of the barangay officials and other stakeholders to ensure that no child who is supposed to be in school during the incoming SY will be left out, Supe...
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17Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has granted the creation of 61,510 new Teacher 1 positions in the Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary levels of the Department of Education (DepEd) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro said the creation of these items had been prioritized for the multi-grade schools and elementary schools still offering multi-grade classes due to lack of teachers positions. Includ...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Enero 10 (PIA) -- Iniimbita ang mga magulang ng mga mag-aaral na magpatala ng kanilang mga anak sa darating na Enero 26 na siyang itinakdang “Early Registration Day” ng Department of Education (DepEd). Sa ilalim ng DepEd Order No. 89, s. 2012 na pirmado ni DepEd Secretary Armin A. Luistro, kaniyang idineklarang “Early Registration Day” ang Enero 26, 2012 para sa mga mag-aaaral sa pampublikong elementary at sekondaryang paaralan. Dala nito ang temang “Makapag-aral ay Kara...
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09Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 9 (PIA) - - “Early Registration Day” for the School Year(SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools is on January 26 as stated in the Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 89 of 2012 duly signed by DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro. Secretary Luistro stated in his order that the activity aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the Education for All (EFA) and completion of the cycle thus th...
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16Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA6) - - The search is on for the outstanding elementary pupils and secondary students for academic year 2012-2013 of Iloilo City and province. The Outstanding Student Circle of Iloilo in coordination with the Department of Education Divisions of Iloilo, Iloilo City and Passi City has opened the nomination for the Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students of Iloilo. The award is open to graduating pupils and students of ...
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26Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nob 26 (PIA) - - Sa National Ecosavers Program (NEP), kabataan ang pangunahing kikilos para sa malinis na kapaligiran. Ang NEP ay magkatuwang na programa ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), at ng Galing Pook Foundation na naglalayong turuan ang mga kabataan na mapangalagaan ang kanilang kapaligiran. Dahil na rin sa lumal...
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30Oct2012DAGUPAN CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- Elementary and secondary school children in Pangasinan pitted their chess prowess in a competition at the BSL Hall of the Department of Education (DepEd) Saturday. The five-round tournament was divided into elementary and high school categories and into boy’s and girl’s divisions. Charles Darwin Ablang of Joyland School in San Fabian town won the boy’s division in the elementary category. Ablang took the title with the perfect score, ahead of 2nd to 5th pl...
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11Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Association for Teacher Education, led by its president, Dr. Brenda B. Corpuz, will hold its 41st Annual Convention and 2nd International Philippine Association for Teacher Education Convention at the city sports club, Cebu City, on October 17-19. In a statement, Philippine Association for Teacher Education (Pafte) said the theme of the convention is Revolutionizing Teaching and Learning for Global Education through Research. Dr. Nap Imperial, Deputy...
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09Oct2012SURIGAO CITY, Oct 9 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education and banking institutions has successfully launched the Search for the Outstanding Teachers of Surigao del Norte. This is in line with the celebration of the World Teacher’s Day last October 4. The award will be known as “Bantayog Nan Kinaadman,” which primarily aims to inspire teachers to enhance their competences and str...
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09Oct2012ROSALES, Pangasinan, Oct 9 (PIA) -- Teachers should be patient and must uphold the oath they promised when they took the profession. This was the advice of Dr. Viraluz S. Raguindin, Pangasinan II Schools Division Superintendent, to more than 8,000 elementary and high school teachers who celebrated the World Teachers Day at SM Rosales on Thursday. Let us do our ultimate job of building responsible citizens, she said, although admitting that the task is difficult to accomplish. “Each pupil h...
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18Sep2012MANILA, Sept 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has signed an agreement that will settle the chronic concern of premium-in-arrears of nearly 800,000 active and inactive employees of the DepEd since July 1997. The signing was witnessed by President Benigno S. Aquino III in Malacanan Palace. In a statement, the GSIS said that under the agreement, the DBM will settle the P6.92 billion in...
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14Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Education through DepEd Order No. 22, series of 2012, adopted the use of a unique Learner Reference Number (LRN) in order to facilitate the tracking of students and their performance. This was said during an orientation conducted by National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to members of the Social Development Committee of the Caraga Regional Development Council held recently in one of the local convention centers here. Engr. Mitchelle C...
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10Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept. 10 (PIA) -- The Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) of the Department of Education (DepEd) said it will celebrate the Literacy Week by holding the 2012 National Literacy Conference and Awards from September 17 to 21 in Teachers’ Camp Baguio City. In a statement, Education Secretary Bro Armin A. Luistro, FSC, said the conference aims to share good practices in making literacy programs more universal. “We want to make more Filipinos functionally literate by reaching out t...
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10Sep2012PASIG CITY, Sept. 10 (PIA) –- The Department of Education (DepEd) and Smart Communications has launched a nationwide online multimedia contest in celebration of the 2012 National Teachers’ Month and World Teachers’ Day. Education Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro FSC said the contest aims to encourage elementary pupils and high school students from public and private schools to creatively express how much they honor and value their teachers through the use of multimedia. “Our teachers a...
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05Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will host the celebration of the annual Literacy Week slated every September 2-8 as stipulated in the Presidential Proclamation No. 239. DepEd in a statement said that the priority agenda of the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) for 2011-2012 is Literacy and Peace. In line with this priority agenda of the UNLD, the National Literacy Conference will anchor to the theme, “Literacy for life and a Sustainable Future: Learning...
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24Aug2012PASIG CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- Relief goods and cash donations for victims of monsoon rains raised by the Department of Education (DepEd) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office have reached 1,793 families in 10 evacuation centers in affected areas by the recent calamity. In a statement, DepEd volunteers with the assistance of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserved Command were the first to reach the schools and distributed relief goods to affected families in Gulod Elementary School...
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22Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug. 22 (PIA) -- Officials of the Department of Education and the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) on Tuesday said the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Manalastas Robredo was an icon of good governance and faithful stewardship. In a statement, Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro said, “We in the cabinet mourn Secretary Robredo’s passing as an icon of good governance and faithful stewardship.” “As a fellow Lasallian, I mourn an outstanding alumnus who...
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22Aug2012MANILA, Aug. 22 (PIA) -- Close to 1,600 teachers and employees from the Department of Education in Basilan (DepEd-Basilan) suspended by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) since 2004 due to nonpayment of their contributions may now enjoy their full benefits after the signing of a memorandum of agreement between DepEd-Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the pension fund recently. In a statement, President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said, “The agreement takes ...
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16Aug2012DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan, Aug 16 (PIA) -- Instruction using native languages does not only help one in assimilating lessons but also in becoming proficient in other languages. Renato Santillan, a teacher of Filipino at the Dagupan City National High School, said the Department of Education (DepEd) has found out that students who are taught using their native language have 80 percent chance of becoming fluent in other languages. This figure is higher than the 50 percent figure when a foreign l...
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16Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Makati City government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) yesterday to formalize the modeling of Senior High School (SHS) in the University of Makati (UMak) under the K to 12 Basic Education Program. DepEd said in a statement that the agreement was signed by DepEd Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC, Makati Mayor and UMak Chairman of the Board of Regents ...
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15Aug2012MAKATI CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- The University of Makati (UMak) will formally launch its pilot implementation of the Senior High School Program under the Kindergarten to 12 (K to 12) Basic Education Program of the Department of Education this afternoon at the UMak Track Oval. In a statement, Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay said the city-run university is the first among colleges and universities in the National Capital Region to implement the said program, which has been dubbed “Higher School ng U...
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14Aug2012PASIG CITY, Aug. 14 - The Department of Education (DepEd) and the House of Representatives mourned the death of Congressman Salvador Escudero III. In a release, the DepEd community expressed its sympathy to the family of the education champion Cong. Salvador Escudero on his passing. “His consistent, determined and unwavering support to push for education reforms and make Philippine education step up to int'l standards continue to be a source of inspiration for many education workers. An ide...
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28Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 28 (PIA) -- Education Secretary Armin Luistro on Friday launched an exhibit expo dubbed “Greater Opportunities! (GO!) Education” campaign to promote the K to 12 Basic Education Program. It is organized with the support of the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The exhibit was launched in the wake of the 2012 State of the Nation Address Address ...
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25Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 25 (PIA) -- The Japan government will turnover a school building in Caloocan City today. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, Toshinao Urabe, will grace the turn-over ceremony of a school building for Maria Clara High School in Grace Park, Caloocan City. Joining Urabe are Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro, Representative Mary Mitzi L. Cajayon, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri, School Superintendent Corazon M. Gonzales, Maria Clara High School Princip...
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12Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Mayor Vicente Emano congratulated public elementary and secondary schools and barangays that emerged winners of the Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan and the Likasaka sa Barangay contests. Elementary schools in Dansolihon, San Simon, Balulang, Bayanga and Baikingon and secondary schools in Bayanga, Balulang, Tagpangi, Tuburan and Tumpagon won the Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan contest. The program was launched by the Department of Agriculture, ...
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11Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 11 (PIA) -- Effective this school year, the Education Service Contracting (ESC) of the Department of Education (DepEd) will cover two groups of students. One of the groups will consist those in the formal system where learning is through direct instruction in the classroom. The other group consists of those in the alternative delivery mode, wherein learning is provided through a combination of guided instruction and off-school learning or home schoolin...
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04Jul2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) revised the guidelines on voluntary contributions it issued on the opening of classes for school year (SY) 2012 to 2013. Education secretary Armin A. Luistro, in his Memorandum No. 105 issued on June 22, changed the amount of contribution from P35 per learner to P50 per learner for contributions to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). He said PRC encourages students and the youth to become members of the PRC and to...
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02Jul2012ILOILO CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The media and school children led the planting of vegetables today at the Leganes Elementary School, in the province of Iloilo. The National Nutrition Council (NNC) highlighted the event as a kickoff program to the celebration of the 38th National Nutrition Month celebration, which has theme “Pagkain ng gulay ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain.” The newly formed Western Visayas Nutri-Media Circle, led by Elena Pabiona of Radyo ng Bayan decided on the activity ...
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29Jun2012TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 29 (PIA) -- A mass weighing and height monitoring for the nutritional assessment of all school children, in both elementary and secondary levels, will be conducted by the Tangub City Division in July this year. This is in collaboration with the Health and Nutrition Unit of the Department of Education (DepEd) in order to come up with a baseline nutritional assessment of schoolchildren for school year 2012-2013, according to Carmencita S. Cotapte, schools d...
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29Jun2012STA. ROSA CITY, Laguna, June 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has inked an agreement with a popular theme park in Sta. Rosa, Laguna to promote creativity in education using both entertainment and education or “edutainment.” Education secretary Armin A. Luistro and Enchanted Kingdom (EK) chairman and president Mario O. Mamon signed the agreement on June 27. Luistro said this is a welcome partnership as children can have the chance to learn the concepts of science, technology,...
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26Jun2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, June 26 (PIA) -- The City Health Office here in partnership with the Department of Education-Division of Tagum City conducted a free dental checkup and other related services to approximately 60 students in Union Elementary School in Barangay Mankilam dubbed as the “Student Dental Program” on June 22. This annual event is one of the projects of the local government of Tagum led by Mayor Rey T. Uy through the lead agency, the City Health Office, to Tagumeño stud...
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26Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduation exercises were held last June 23, 2012 for 172 passers of the 2011 Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E) test in Dipolog City Schools Division. However, only 113 were able to attend the rites as others are already residing and working outside the city, said Catalina Barinaga, Dipolog City Schools Division ALS Coordinator. With the theme “ALS: Making Great Difference in Life," the graduation exercises was held at Bar...
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23Jun2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, June 23 (PIA) -- “K to 12 is not anti-poor, instead, it is pro-poor.” The Department of Education in the province composed of six divisions, namely Pangasinan I, Pangasinan II, Alaminos City, Dagupan City, San Carlos City, and Urdaneta City asserted this during the session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on June 11. Pangasinan II Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Viraluz Raguindin said, “K to 12 allows high school students to be enriched for additional two years e...
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21Jun2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 21 (PIA) -- A least 20 secondary schools, nationwide, have been identified to participate in the Senior High School Modeling Program (SHSMP) of the Department of Education (DepEd), wherein three of them are located in Region 10. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the SHSMP is a research and development (R&D) activity where some designs and strategies will be tried out by the identified model schools before the projected nationwide implementation of the ...
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21Jun2012PASIG CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is pushing for reforms in the country’s basic education system under the Aquino Administration through its K to 12 program. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said this when he spoke with selected educators at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City last Friday, June 15, during a thanksgiving mass for the success of the K to 12 launch. According to Luistro, some of the changes include the provision of more teacher trainings such ...
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20Jun2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 20 (PIA) – Some 40,000 new scholarship slots nationwide have been offered for incoming Grade 7 this school year, under an honors program for top students. Called the Open High School (OHS) program, the scholarships slots have been offered in private schools participating in the Education Service Contracting (ESC) scheme. This is in the line with DepEd’s thrust of making basic education open and accessible to all learners, Secretary Armin Luistro of the...
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19Jun2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, June 19 (PIA) -- Local government units have assisted the Department of Education (DepEd) in providing additional teachers, chairs and school buildings. DepEd VI Regional Director Mildred Garay said although there are some short term problems being encountered in schools today like rooms being repaired, causing a temporary shortage in classrooms, Garay told Philippine Information Agency that there are no classes held under the tree anymore. Barangay Captains also offered bar...
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18Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 18 (PIA) -- The voluntary blood donation program has been added to the basic education curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd), with Secretary Armin Luistro issuing DepEd Memorandum Order No. 96 to this effect. The Education Secretary, issuing this order last May 28, said topics in the learning materials of the subject will be integrated in the curriculum of the elementary, secondary, and alternative learning system (ALS) and soon in the K to 1...
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18Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 18 (PIA) -– Classes in many public and private elementary and secondary schools in Metro Manila, particularly in the cities of Quezon, Marikina, Navotas, and Malabon were suspended Monday morning due to rains and winds caused by typhoon “Butchoy.” Power lines were also knocked down in some areas of Quezon City. Electrical engineers from Manila Electric Company worked the whole morning to restore electricity to a government office along Visayas Avenue. In an email sent t...
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18Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 18 (PIA) -- Diwat National High School in Barangay Buenavista has transferred to its new location in Barangay Tusik, this town. School officials of said school thanked the provincial and local governments for their efforts in relocating them into safer grounds. The said transfer has been recommended by the Geohazards Mapping and Assessment Team of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources to the officials of th...
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16Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 16 (PIA) -- All school heads of the Department of Education (DepEd) have been directed to ensure that the school buildings in their area of responsibility (AOR) can withstand heavy rains and strong winds. This directive of Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro had been relayed to the heads of the 16 districts under the Misamis Occidental Schools Division (MOSD), in the wake of threats brought about by tropical storm Butchoy, SD Superintendent Jonathan De...
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13Jun2012MANILA, June 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korean-based international non-government organization Good People International for the donation of 300 to 500 computers to various schools in the country. PRC Chairman Richard J. Gordon and Kim Chang Myung of the Korean NGO signed the memorandum in a formal ceremony held at the Holiday Inn in Clark, Pampanga. In a release, Gordon said the Korean NGO has agreed to donate computer...
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11Jun2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, June 11 (PIA) -- A remote coastal village’s public school has been chosen to become this year’s recipient of Malapaya Foundation’s ‘Brigada Eskwela’ activity. Silonay Elementary School was chosen after a thorough assessment of its condition and needs and is the first in Calapan City, according to Melchor Aguilera, external affairs advisor of Shell-Pilipinas Exploration (SPEX), representing Malampaya Joint Venture Partners. The local barangay officials ...
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08Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, June 8 (PIA) -- An elementary school teacher based in Tacloban City welcomed the latest development where the Mother Tongue-Based Multi Lingual Education program of the Department of Education (DepEd) will be implemented Lourdes Larraga who teaches first grade at the Remedios Trinidad Romualdez (RTR) Elementary School admits that using MTB-MLE has resulted to interactive discussions inside the classroom as pupils’ understanding of the lessons are easier now. Using the m...
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08Jun2012CATBALOGAN CITY, SAMAR, June 08, (PIA) --Department of Education's K to 12 program will not only place the Philippine educational system at par with international standard, but it will also contribute to the development of a better educated society capable of pursuing productive employment, entrepreneurship, or higher education disciplines, an official of DepEd said. DepEd Division of Samar Information Officer and Balik Ekswela Chairman Rustom Geonzon who guested on radio at PIA’s Huruhiman...
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08Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 8 (PIA6) -- The perennial problem of tuition and miscellaneous fees increase can be minimized through the public-private partnership program of government. Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Education Program Specialist Dr. Rex Casiple said Batas Pambansa 232 or the Education Act of 1982, Section 40 provides that each private school may be funded from its capital investments, tuition fees, and other school charges, grants, loans, subsidies, passive investment income, and...
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07Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo joined City Mayor Celso Lobregat in the turnover of 60 computer units to the Department of Education (DepEd), held Monday morning at the City hall. In a press statement, City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said that the turnover of the computer set is a result of the city government’s feat as the regional winner in the Pamana ng Lahi Awards for exemplary performance in local governance. “The DILG-initiat...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the city government of Zamboanga have turned over computer units to the Department of Education (DepEd). DILG secretary Jesse Robredo has joined Zamboanga City mayor Celso Lobregat when 60 computer units were given to the DepEd, in a turnover ceremony held on Tuesday, June 5 at the City Hall. In a press statement, City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said, the turnover of computer sets is a r...
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06Jun2012“Complete uniform includes a smile,” intoned Dr. Rebecca Ragrag, a ranking official of the Department of Education (DepEd) regional office, during the Education Summit held at Barangay Panan-awan, Friday. With classes for school year 2012-2013 having officially begun this week, DepEd issued a special instruction: everyone must be in complete uniform. Along with this came a point-blank directive: wear a smile. This injunction was addressed to teachers, not students. Why a “smile” on ...
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05Jun2012ORIGINAL: DepEd-ALS program gives hope to 5 street sweepers, young single mother by Carlito C. Dar BAGUIO CITY, June 4 (PIA) - - Five street sweepers and a young single mother were among the 388 Department of Education Alternative Learning System (DepEd – ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test passers in Baguio City who received their diploma in a simple but meaningful graduation rites at the PFVR Gymnasium, here, Friday. DepEd – Baguio School Division Superintendent Mary L...
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05Jun2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 5 (PIA) -- All concerned officials and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) are directed to observe the weather bulletins of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced through various media outlets, such as radio and television, regarding cancellations of classes. This directive came from Secretary Armin A. Luistro, who issued DepEd Oder No. 43, last May 28, in compliance to the Guidelines...
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04Jun2012CATBALOGAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- A new Department of Education (DepEd) program called Barangay Education Strategic Team (BEST) has yielded 12 new high schools in the division of Samar. According to Claire Menda of the DepEd Samar Planning Unit, these 12 new high schools will be opened to serve the rural students who live in rural or far-flung barangays. Today, June 4, Menda was on her way to Cabiton-an High School in the island of Daram, Samar for its launch with Division Superintendent Thelma...
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04Jun2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, June 4 (PIA) -- Heeding the call of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the local government units (LGU), members of the 86th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army based here conducted a series of Brigada Eskwela in the different towns days before classes opened today. Speaking in the daily radio program “Humangan with PIA,” Sgt. Juewil Ramos said the soldiers participated in the Brigada Eskwela in Baguinge Elementary School in Barangay Baguinge in Kiangan town doing const...
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04Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 5 (PIA) -- Classes in public elementary and secondary schools in Zamboanga del Norte have formally started yesterday. All public school teachers have already reported to their respective schools for the opening of classes for school year 2012 to 2013, according to a phone interview with Provincial Schools Division Superintendent Sunny Ray F. Amit. Amit, however, disclosed that the schools are still accommodating pupils and students who have failed to...
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04Jun2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, June 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has clarified the main reasons why two preparatory schools in town were not allowed to operate this school year. Dr. Gaudencio Aljibe, Jr. of the Eastern Samar School’s Division Office said the Borongan Kiddie School was temporarily disallowed to operate until they comply with the Retirement Plan for Teachers and their staff. Aljibe, however, clarified that only five-year-old children will not be allowed to...
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04Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, June 4 (PIA) -- The police force of Butuan had been directed to be on heightened alert as classes open today. Police had been deployed to different areas of assignments to ensure that peace and security as classes in the public schools will open today, according to Butuan City Police Director PSSupt. Pedro Obaldo. As early as 6:45 a.m. today, all police officers were directed to be at their respective posts not only to insure peace and security, but also to help ...
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04Jun2012LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, June 4 (PIA) -- Around one and a half million Bicolano public school students from kindergarten to high school will encounter “smiling” teachers today, June 4, the start of classes for school year 2012-2013. As regular classes begin today, students will be welcomed by smiling teachers as compelled by the education department. The Department of Education (DepEd) in Bicol expects 1,511,395 students this school year, or a two percent increase from last year’s school pop...
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04Jun2012MAKATI CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- The local government of Makati is ready for the opening of classes and implementation of the Kindergarten to 12 (K to 12) program today in all 28 public elementary and 10 high schools across the city, according to a press release from the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd-Makati officer-in-charge Priscila de Sagun said all the teachers earlier attended a series of trainings for the K to 12 education program curriculum in order to prepare them for the start of c...
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04Jun2012LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, June 4 (PIA) -- Around two million students in Bicol troop back to schools today for the start of the school year 2012-2013, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) regional office. Dr. Jose Bonto, DepEd Bicol administrative officer, the number is comprised of more than 200,000 kindergarten pupils, 1.5 million elementary students and almost 400,000 secondary students. Bonto also said that enrollees, both in public elementary and secondary schools increased by two ...
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03Jun2012DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan, June 3 (PIA) -- Dagupan City schools will now use the Pangasinan dialect as medium of instruction during classes, except for one community. Dr. William Macob, Education Program Supervisor of the Department of Education (DepEd) Dagupan City Division Office, said the T. Ayson Rosario Elementary School in barangay Calmay will use Ilocano as its medium of instruction. The school is located in what is known as Calmay Ilocano whose residents predominantly speak Ilocano. Th...
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03Jun2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 3 (PIA) -- A ranking official of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas announced that the regional DepEd office is all set for the implementation of a landmark reform in the educational system of the country, the K to 12. Dr. Rebecca Ragrag, head of Policy, Planning, and Research Division (PPRD) of DepEd-8, made the declaration during the Education Summit held at the gymnasium in this barangay yesterday in front of around 700 teachers comprisin...
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03Jun2012BANGUED, Abra, June 3 (PIA) -- The schools division of Abra is all set for the opening of school year 2012-2013 on Monday, June 4, following the successful implementation of “Brigada Eskwela” from May 21 to 26 in all the public elementary and secondary schools in the province. Dr. Rosita Castillo-Brillantes, Division Schools Superintendent of the Department of Education (DepEd) Abra announced the news last week. The report was reaffirmed by Dr. Pauline Sawadan of the DepEd-Cordillera regio...
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02Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 2 (PIA) -– To minimize, if not eliminate, financial constraints among parents/guardians, during the opening of classes, no fees shall be collected from school children in kindergarten up to Grade 4 anytime, during School Year (SY) 2012-2013. Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro issued this reminder in the Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 41 issued last May 24, on the implementing policies in the collection of voluntary school contributions...
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02Jun2012BALER, Aurora, Hunyo 2 (PIA) -- Hindi bababa sa 40,000 silid-aralan ang nakatakdang itayo sa taong ito na inaasahang handa na pagdating sa pasukan ng 2013. "Makaka 40,000 classrooms tayong maipapagawa this year... By June 2013, maihahabol ito sa kakapusan sa classrooms," pahayag ni Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro. Noong 2010, sinabi ni Luistro na may kulang na 66,800 silid-aralan subalit nagawa ng kagawaran na makapagpatayo ng 15,000 hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Inaasahan...
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01Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 1 (PIA) -- All school personnel are encouraged to be in a “positive disposition and to wear a smile,” when they report for the opening of classes on June 4 to start the school year (SY) 2012-2013 in high spirits. Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro, FSC, has issued the Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum No. 85, last May 11, for the conduct of the Wear a Smile Campaign and the Search for the Happiest Pinoy 2012 in all public elementary a...
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01Jun2012BALER, Aurora, Hunyo 1 (PIA) -- Hindi bababa sa 21 milyong mag-aaral ang inaasahang papasok sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa buong bansa sa pagbubukas ng klase sa ika-4 ng Hunyo. Sinabi ni Department of Education Armin Luistro na tumaas ng isang milyon ang enrollment rate sa mga pampublikong paaralan. "Last year, we had 20 million enrolments but this year, we expect 21 million students from kinder to fourth year high school (Noong nakaraang taon, mayroon tayong 20 milyong nagpalista subalit sa ...
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30May2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, May 30 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) Bukidnon schools superintendent Dr. Ingrid Racoma expressed optimism that the opening of classes on June 4 will proceed smoothly due to the successful Brigada Eskwela participated in by parents, teachers, and other stakeholders before classes started. Racoma made her assessment during the performance review as part of the public schools’ appraisal of the Brigada Eskwela. “I am glad to observe the enthusiasm for Bri...
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28May2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 28 (PIA) -- A total of 170 teachers from the Schools Division of Ozamiz City participated in the training on the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) held in the city last May 21-25. Of this number of participants, 111, or 65.29 percent, were Grade 1 teachers, while 45 or 26.47 percent were school heads, and 14 or 8.23 percent were Education Program Supervisors (EPS). Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro, FSC, has issued Depar...
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25May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office III is all set for the opening of a new school year on June 4. DepEd Regional Director Isabelita Borres said “we are prepared for this new school year 2012-2013 and our agency has set the whole month of May as the month of preparation wherein teachers readies their lesson plans, the Brigada Eskwela event, and also, the training of teachers for the K to 12 basic education program.” As of now...
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24May2012CEBU CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- Though Central Visayas lacks the adequate number of classrooms to accommodate an increasing number of school children this coming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 is utilizing other facilities to ensure that access to basic education is provided especially to the poor. DepEd 7 Acting Regional Director Dr. Carmelita Dulangon admitted that the region lacks around 2,000 standard-type classrooms with a size of 7 x 8 feet. “But the lack of classrooms ...
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24May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office 9 has recently conducted training among Grade 1 teachers of the Dipolog City Schools Division in preparation for the formal implementation of K to12 program this school year 2012-2013. The five-day regional training was conducted at To Plaza, Dipolog City from May 14 to 18, 2012. Dipolog City mayor Evelyn T. Uy, who was the guest speaker during the opening of the five-day training urged the ...
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24May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The 302nd brigade of the Philippine Army has sent out battalion of personnel to assist the schools division of Tanjay City during the launching of the Brigada Eskwela project of the Department of Education (DepEd). The activity started Tuesday with the repainting of classrooms of Ilaud Elementary School in Tanjay and a clean-up drive and repair of facilities of Malalangsi Elementary School in Pamplona. Capt. Anacito Naz, Phil. Army Information Officer, said the...
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24May2012CEBU CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The municipal government of Liloan, Cebu in cooperation with Department of Education (DepEd), Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), Educational Development Unit, and Synergeia Foundation conducted a half-day pre-organizational orientation to the EQUIP-CEBU Project Management Team last April 25 at the Panfil Municipal Market of Liloan. This was headed by Tanya Flores, RAFI senior program officer for Education, and Reve Gabriel, project assistant. The RAFI’s EQUIP-CE...
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23May2012PASIG CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has increased subsidy for students in private high schools starting this coming school year, according to a press release by DepEd. DepEd said that starting school year 2012 to 2013, the subsidy for first year students who will enroll in private secondary high schools outside the National Capital Region (NCR) under the government’s Education Service Contracting (ESC) program has been increased from P5,500 to P6,500 per annum and ...
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23May2012PASIG CITY, May 23 -- Starting June this year, an Islamic-friendly and culturally-sensitive curriculum for Muslim learners will be implemented in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) even as the national government continues to allot resources to further train Muslim teachers. The curriculum was launched recently in Lamitan City, Basilan, attended by Department of Education (DepEd) representatives and ARMM officials and the local government unit of Basilan, a press report from DepEd...
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22May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) –- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Caraga Region is reminding the public and all public elementary and high school teachers and administrators that the “no collection” policy is still in effect as enrollment for school year 2012-2013 nears. This developed after reports in the previous years have reached DepEd-Caraga Regional Office that allegedly, some school principals allow their teachers to collect miscellaneous fees during the enrollment period. Arno...
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22May2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 22 (PIA) -- The city government of Maasin have pledged P1 million for the Department of Education’s annual Brigada Eskwela. “The city government commits P 1 million for the year-round conduct of Brigada Eskwela, P500,000 coming from the School Education Fund (SEF) and P 500,000 taken from City Priority Projects,” mayor Maloney Samaco declared during the kick-off ceremonies and inter-agency convergence meeting held at barangay Combado gym yesterday. The De...
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21May2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 21 (PIA)-- The 69 public elementary and 26 secondary schools here are scheduled to receive P30,000 each for the week-long Brigada Eskwela of the Department of Education (DepEd) that began today. City Councilor Margareth Rose Santos, chairperson of the Committee on Education, revealed that the amount came from South Cotabato 1st District Representative Pedro Acharon Jr. to aid the different public schools in the city in preparing for the opening of classes on June 4. ...
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21May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has intensified its market monitoring operations to prevent unreasonable price hike and proliferation of unsafe school items as the demand of the said goods increases with opening of school year gets nearer. In a news release, the DTI said it is closely working with other government agencies such as the Department of Health’s Food and Drug Administration (DOH-FDA), the Department of Education (DepEd) and the local governm...
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21May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Brigada Eskwela 2012 in Dumaguete City kicked off today with a signing of agreement among city government officials and other stakeholders here. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, and City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ramir Uytico at the Dumaguete City Central Elementary School. Based on the MOA, the officials pledged to actively participate in ensuring the readiness of public ...
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21May2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mayo 21 (PIA) -- Sugod sa tuig tingtugha 2012-2013, ang paghatag sa leksiyon himoon na sa kaugalingong pinulongan kun gitawag sa Iningles nga MTB-MLE kun “Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education.” Kini ipatuman diha sa mga pampublikong tulonghaan sa mga bata sa Kindergarten, ingon man gikan sa Grade 1 ngadto sa Grade 3, isip kabahin sa gitawag nga “K 10 12 Basic Education Program.” Nahitala kini sa kamandoan sa DepEd kun Department of Education O...
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20May2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 20 (PIA) -- The Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE) will be implemented in all public schools, specifically in Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2, and 3, as part of the K to 12 Basic Education Program (BEP), starting the School Year (SY) 2012-2013. This is prescribed in the Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 16, s. 2012 signed by Atty. Alberto T. Muyot, Undersecretary and MTB-MLE Officer-in-Charge, to support the goal of “Every Child-A Read...
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19May2012ILOILO CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- Wearing a smile is part of a welcoming school environment when classes start on June 4, according to the Department of Education. DepEd Region 6 director Mildred Garay said aside from Brigada Eskwela and the preparation of lesson plans, teachers should also strive to create a welcoming classroom or school environment to students as part of their preparation for the opening of classes this school year 2012 to 2013. “Teachers should wear a smile so that our school ...
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19May2012SANTA CRUZ, Laguna, May 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Laguna and the Management Information Systems Office (MISO) is conducting a Website Development Training Workshop at the MISO Computer Laboratory since May 14 up to 19. Participants are English teachers and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) coordinators with background on photo editing. The training aims to enable the participants design their own respective websites and upload vital information to promote ...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that training on the K to 12 curriculum is in full swing. This is in preparation for its implementation in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide this June. DepEd said that it has concluded a series of training of trainers and currently conducting training program for some 143,882 grade 1 and grade 7 teachers who will teach the initial K to 12 curriculum beginning this school year. The training prog...
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18May2012TAAL, Batangas, May 18 (PIA) -- A total of 37 out-of-school youths (OSYs) completed a course on consumer electronic servicing through the alternative learning system (ALS) recently in this municipality. The six-month training course was supervised by the Department of Education (DepEd) in coordination with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and with assistance from the provincial social welfare and development office (PSWDO) and the Alay Lakad Foundation Inc. (ALFI...
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17May2012ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PIA6) -- The registration for the 2012 Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) at the Department of Education (DepEd)-Division of Iloilo City will be held until May 25. Registration is free. DepEd Division of Iloilo City Testing Unit Staff Cyril Fanega said the PEPT is open to out-of-school and in-school children and youth who would like to upgrade their academic level or complete their basic education. The PEPT covers all grade or year levels from Grade 1 to f...
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17May2012PALO, Leyte, May 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas has been gearing up for the resumption of classes on June 4. DepEd is set to implement once again the annual “Oplan: Balik Eskwela (OBE)” from May 28 to June 8 and the “Brigada Eskwela” or the National Schools Maintenance Week from May 21 to 26. In Eastern Visayas, the Brigada Eskwela kick off ceremony on May 21 will be attended by assistant secretary Reynaldo Lagune who is the Chief of Staff of Secreta...
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16May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will start its Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE) for school year 2012 to 2013 on May 28 to June 8 pursuant to DepEd Memorandum No. 83 series 2012, to ensure smooth opening of classes on June 4. Anastacio P. Domingo Jr., Secondary Education Supervisor of DepEd-1 said that as part of said activity, they are now currently working through series of activities like visiting of households to assure that children will attend the ...
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16May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 16 (PIA) -- Nakahanda na ang Department of Education (DepEd)-Agusan del Norte Division para sa gaganaping pangkalahatang “Brigada Eskwela 2012” ngayong Mayo 21-25. Ayon kay Florante More Jr. ng DepEd-Agusan del Norte, ang kaganapan ay lalahukan ng mga magulang ng mga batang mag-aaral sa pampublikong elementarya at high school sa bansa. Ang limang araw na Brigada Eskwela ay pangungunahan ng mga guro at school administrators sa lahat ng pampublikong paaralan. Sinabi ng opi...
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16May2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education has lauded Pangasinan for hosting this year’s Palarong Pambansa. DepEd secretary Armin Luistro said in the closing ceremony of Palarong Pambansa held on Saturday at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) that delegates will remember the host province for three important things. First, it has a well-maintained Olympic standard for playing venues. In fact, more games were conducted indoors than outdoors this year. The ...
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16May2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, May 16 -- The provincial government here thanked members of the media for bringing a blow-by-blow account of the happenings in the week-long Palarong Pambansa 2012. Around 200 media practitioners from national and local outlets joined the Media Night held last May 10 at the Sison Auditorium, hosted by Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr., before the Palaro came to a halt on May 12. “Hindi po namin na-perfect ang pagiging benchmark ng Palaro sa Pangasinan ngunit na-iangat po nati...
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16May2012MANILA, May 16 -- The Department of Health (DOH) has substantially reduced the certification fee charged to the Department of Education (DepEd), a requirement in securing land titles for public schools, many of which remain untitled for many years. “We fully appreciate the move of the DOH which means that we could cover more public schools and secure more titles because of the big reduction in certification fees,” said Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro. In an Administrative Order signe...
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15May2012VIGAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has emphasized that the K+12 basic education program implementation is another pro-poor and poverty-combating initiative of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s administration. Guest during the weekly media forum “Kapihan iti Amianan,” of Iluko Heritage Channel (IHC), DepEd School Division Superintendent Marino Baytec focused on DepEd’s flagship program. Baytec said that studies conducted by educators have shown that every a...
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13May2012QUEZON CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- A Quezon City councilor on Friday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to include in its curriculum studies about global warming and climate change in the science curriculum of all public elementary and secondary schools in Quezon City . Councilor Dorothy Delarmente (1st district), who authored a resolution, said “global warming and climate change is the most dangerous and threatening problem this world faces today... Because the Philippines is included in t...
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10May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has organized a five-day training and workshop for teachers of the K to 12 basic education program. The workshop, which started on Tuesday, May 8, is expected to enhance the competence and working attitude of educators, said city schools division superintendent Dr. May Eclar as she explained that “K to 12 is very critical and will spell a lot of difference in learning and teaching.” The said training is ess...
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10May2012ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao, May 10 (PIA) -- Undersecretary Alberto Muyot of the Department of Education (DepEd) is expected to lead the department officials and other stakeholders in the kick-off activity of the Brigada Eskwela, or the National Schools Maintenance Week, at the Alfonso Lista Central School here on May 21. Muyot will be joined by DepEd Cordillera Regional Director Ellen Donato and Ifugao Division Superintendent Estela Carino, and stakeholders led by Governor Eugene Balitang and oth...
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09May2012DIFFUN, Quirino, May 9 (PIA) -- To effectively address the malnutrition problems in the province, the Department of Education (DepEd) is currently reorienting nutrition coordinators in schools to refresh them on the World Health Organization-Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) of assessing the nutrition status of 5 to 12 year olds. Dr. Raquel Dicsa Gundayao-Layacan, DepEd physician, said the WHO-CGS is no longer new, as it was already implemented in SY 2010-2011 but there is a need to refresh t...
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08May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is all set for the K to 12 Grades 11 and 12 modeling at the pilot schools of Palo National High School (PNHS) and the Merida Vocational School in Leyte. Department of Education secretary Armin Luistro and other education stakeholders are set to attend the launch at 8:00 a.m. of May 10 at PNHS in Palo, Leyte and on May 11 at the Merida Vocational School at Merida, Leyte, according to DepEd Region 8 director Luisa Bautista-Y...
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07May2012ALABEL, Sarangani, May 7 (PIA) -- Around 5,000 incoming Grades 2 and 3 pupils from all over Sarangani are set to undergo a 15-day remedial reading program to prepare them for the opening of classes in June. The “Sarangani Big Brother: Reading is Fun!” was designed by the Quality Education for Sarangani Today (QUEST) program of Governor Migs Dominguez to assist the Department of Education (DepEd) in reducing the number of “frustrated readers” in the province. Frustrated readers are t...
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30Apr2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 30 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) here has assured that the division is now ready to implement the K-to-12, which requires students to undergo kindergarten plus 12 years of basic education in the coming school year 2012-2013 in June. Under the new curriculum, the incoming Grade 1 students will be required to undertake the new curriculum, which means finishing basic education in 2023 after completing Grade 11. Cynthia Indunan, administrat...
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30Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 30 (PIA6) -- For school year 2012-2013, the Department of Education (DepEd-6) has hired 258 new teachers, who will be distributed to 18 school divisions. DEpEd-6 Director Mildred Garay said the new hires will somehow ease the lack of teachers in the region. DepEd-6 Officer-in-charge of the Planning Division Mr. Toribio Verano said DepEd-6 has an allocation of about 678 positions to be filled up yet for the year 2012, and there is an on-going filling up of these positions. ...
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25Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education is now readying schools all throughout the country for the implementation of the K-12 basic education curriculum (BEC) program by conducting orientation fora to better inform the parents, teachers, and students regarding the ‘emerging trend’ in the education field. According to Education Undersecretary Yolanda Quijano in a summit held in Tacloban City last January 20, DepEd has a well-prepared curriculum that will essentially prepa...
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18Apr2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd-8) has opened a new division and appointed an officer-in-charge in Catbalogan City. Dr. Editha De Veyra from Leyte has been installed as the officer-in-charge of the Catbalogan City DepEd Division A motorcade around the city signaled the opening of the Catbalogan DepEd office located at San Bartolome Street, Catbalogan. As Catbalogan became a city, it is then automatic that the DepEd will function as another division...
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18Apr2012COTABATO CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has generated P162 million savings from December 2011 to March 2012. In his 100th day “Ulat sa Bayan” yesterday at the ORG Canopy, ARMM compound, ARMM OIC-governor Mujiv Hataman said the agency has produced savings as a result of the ongoing "honest-to-goodness measures" to eliminate graft and corruption and instilling transparency and accountability. Hataman identified t...
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16Apr2012BANGUED, Abra, April 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to hire teachers based on their qualifications and residency. Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Francis Ceasar Bringas said this part of the revised guidelines in the hiring of Teacher 1 positions in the Department of Education (DepEd) in line with Basic Education Reform Agenda of the government to improve the country's educational system. In an interview with Bringas by the local media, he clarified that whil...
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11Apr2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 11 (PIA) -- A total of 726 graduates of secondary technical-vocational education (STVE) schools in Misamis Occidental will undergo skills assessment in the qualifications of industry sectors under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Department of Education (DepEd) Competency Assessment and Certification (TESDEDCAC) program. The said program provides opportunity for the STVE graduates to be recognized as passers of the TESDA Nat...
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07Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga,through the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC), will be conducting the 2012 National Literacy Award (NLA) and is still accepting entries until April 23 for the regional level. This was learned during the regional orientation on the NLA held recently at the DepEd-Caraga Regional Conference Hall attended by the representatives of the member-agencies in the government, institutions, and private stakeholders. The 2012 Natio...
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02Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 2 (PIA) -- Regional Development Council (RDC) 3 have passed a resolution endorsing the Central Luzon component of the Public-Private Partnership for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) of the Department of Education (DepEd). RDC said, “The project seeks to address the estimated classroom shortage of about 150,000 units for kinder, elementary and high school levels come 2016 as a result of the country’s ballooning population and DepEd’s implementation...
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25Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday started the two-day Education Summit at the Lyceum-Northwestern University for the K+12 program. The summit intends to brief the teachers on the implementation of the K+12 education program to include important updates, cost, curriculum, transition from the old school system and other issues. The summit is attended by faculty members both from the public and private schools in elementary and high schools in regi...
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25Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Education as we know will be different next school year. Thus Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro said referring to the changes in the education curriculum for the upcoming implementation of the K+12 beginning June this year. Speaking before around a thousand elementary and high school teachers from regions 1, 2, 3 and the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luistro said that the educational system has been changed to make it more adaptable to studen...
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23Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to administer the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) on June 12. According to the DepEd, the PEPT, which is administered for free, will give out-of-school children and youth the chance to go back to school and land a job later on. A high school drop-out may enter college once he passes the exam. Likewise, an elementary school drop-out may enter high school if he passes the PEPT. The exa...
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20Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 20 (PIA) -- Implementing the enhanced K to 12 basic education program will put the country’s education system an equal footing with other Asian nations. Alliance of Volunteer (AVE) Party-list Representative Eulogio “Amang” R. Magsaysay, who was the guest of honor during the Philippines-Korean Cultural Exchange held at the Capiz State University (CapSU) last week, disclosed that the K to 12 is a good program in education. “I think...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- Public school officials cannot collect any kind of graduation fees from students graduating this March, as collecting any kind of fees to enable the student to graduate or attend the graduation exercises is a violation of the “no collection” policy of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). According to DepEd, public school officials who will violate this policy will be charged admin...
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16Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 16 (PIA) -- In response to Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 9 series 2012, the DepEd and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Region 1 said yesterday that they are strictly imposing “no extra fees” before or during graduation rites on different schools here to avoid complaint on the part of parents and students. Rey Agcaoili, CHED education supervisor II, announced yesterday over “Danggayan” radio program here that ...
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13Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 13 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) is inviting alternative learning system stakeholders in Central Luzon to submit nominations for the 2012 National Literacy Awards (NLA). Literacy Coordinating Council Secretariat head Dr. Norma Salcedo explained, “The biennial contest aims to recognize the best practices for implementing literacy programs or projects which help alleviate poverty, provide livelihood, address welfare needs, promote fre...
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06Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Southern Leyte have issued a memorandum to all public schools in the province to designate a breastfeeding center where all lactating mothers can breastfeed their babies in private, in support to the Expanded Breastfeeding Act. According to Dr. Consolacion Ruflo, chief of DepEd Southern Leyte medical office, as of January 12, all 39 public secondary schools and 296 elementary schools in the province have compl...
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04Mar2012MANILA, March 4 (PIA) -- To respond to the learning needs of children with learning disabilities or giftedness, the Department of Education (DepEd) has recognized the winners of the 2011 National Search for Outstanding Special Education (SPED) teachers and SPED centers across the country. In a statement, Education Secretary Armin Luistro said that teachers play a very important role in making Education For All (EFA) a reality, especially for children with special needs. “Inclusive...
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04Mar2012STA. ANA, Cagayan, March 4 (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society Cagayan Chapter and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), in cooperation with Department of Tourism, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Trade and Industry, Cooperative Development Authority and the municipality of Santa Ana will be holding the “Cagayan Valley Run 2012: Race for Education” on March 31, at 5:00 a.m. Karen Mae Sapla Farro, one of the organizers, said the proceeds o...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 2 is set to provide kindergarten teaching modules to implement the K to 12 program for the coming school year 2012-2013. The new law, Republic Act 10157 or the Kindergarten Education Law, was signed by President Benigno Aquino last Jan. 20, which mandates all public schools in the country to set up kindergarten, to strengthen and develop the skills of children aging 5 years old before entering Grade I. ...
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28Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will be among the first beneficiaries of the lumber confiscated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). This assurance was given by Forester Clark Carbonilla, Chief of Forest Management Service in Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Ozamiz City, regarding the lumber that have been confiscated by the Philippine National Police in the province and in th...
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27Feb2012MANILA, Peb 27 -- President Benigno S. Aquino III pormal nga mag-pahibalo sa pag-endorso sa Akta Republika Numero 10157, kon giila ingon nga Kindergarten Education Law, usa ka seremonya nga ipahigayon karon nga adlaw, Lunes, sa Malakanyang. Ang Presidente maghimo sa pagpahibalo pinaagi sa pagpanguna sa Presentation of Signed Documents of the Kindergarten Law nga gipangunahan ni House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte og Education Secretary Armin Luistro didto sa Rizal Hall sa Malacanang Palace. Ang b...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 23 (PIA) -- The education department has announced, in an advisory released on Wednesday, the conduct of a “National Seminar-Workshop on Testing and Evaluation” on May 15-17, 2012 at the Sta. Catalina Spirituality Center in Baguio City. Themed as “Realizing the Importance of Testing and Evaluation for Diagnosis of Learning Difficulties,” the workshop is organized by the International English Learners Training Institute, Inc. (IE...
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17Feb2012EB MAGALONA, Negros Occidental, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- A school teacher was named one of the best School Based Management (SBM) implementers in the country. Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro and Region VI Director Mildred Garay handed the certificate of recognition to Angeles Verdeprado, principal of Enrique B. Magalona Elementary School, during the first School Based Management National Assembly held at the Pavilion Hotel in Bacolod City, recently. Verdeprado w...
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10Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2, in collaboration with the Department of Education, will facilitate a competitive examination to screen applicants for the fisheries scholarship program. Nely T. dela Cruz, chief of the administrative division, said the competitive examination will be held at Cagayan National High School on March 17, 2012. Dela Cruz said that the program aims to help students who want to pursue tertiary educa...
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06Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Department of Education (DepEd) have expressed support to strengthen sports development in the elementary division. PAGCOR chair Cristino Naguiat announced in his speech Friday during the ceremonial turnover of school armchairs here that they have been coordinating with DepEd to develop new generation of athletes that will bring honor to the country in the future. According to ...
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06Feb2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Around 3,063 delegates coming from nine divisions of Caraga Region participated in the 15th Caraga Regional Athletic Meet 2012 which opened yesterday, February 5, 2012 at the Patin-ay Grandstand, Agusan del Sur. Surigao del Norte has 249 delegates, Surigao City - 238, Siargao - 183, Dinagat - 84, Bislig City - 250, Agusan del Norte - 391, Butuan City - 535, Surigao del Sur - 376, Agusan del Sur - 407, and officiating officials - 350...
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04Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- A total of 10 schools in Caraga Region have received armchairs through the PNoy Bayanihan project. Dept. of Education (DepEd) Sec. Armin Luistro, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman Cristino Naguiat Jr., and Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Asec. Michelle Go personally presented the 6,096 armchairs to DepE...
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03Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- Officials and coaches of the Department of Education (DepEd) – Butuan City Division is determined to defend the championship title they won last year in the Caraga Regional Athletic Meet, as the region’s annual athletic event will take place on Feb. 5 to 9 at Patin-ay Grandstand in Agusan del Sur. In an interview with a local radio station here, DepEd Butuan Division Assistant Athletic Manager Renato Latorre said athletes of this city are in goo...
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01Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Four cabinet secretaries of the Aquino administration are set to grace the turnover of initial 6,000 chairs to some elementary and high schools here on February 3, 2012 at the Butuan Central Elementary School (BCES) covered court. According to report, Department of Education Sec. Armin Luistro will lead the party, composed of Sec. Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Sec. Emmanuel Joel Villanueva of the Technical Educati...
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01Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- In line with its continuing efforts to help the Department of Education (DepEd) address its problems, the provincial government of South Cotabato donated chairs and tables to 11 public schools. In a ceremony at the covered court at the provincial capital here just recently, Governor Arthur Y. Pingoy, Jr. handed 49 tables, 790 arm chairs and 351 kiddie chairs to school heads. These were made possible with help from the local governme...
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01Feb2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, February 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) schools division office of this city has yielded more than a thousand registrants from kindergarten, elementary and secondary public schools in its early registration conducted last January 28. Santiago City schools division coordinator Dr. Estelito Balatan, Jr. said per DepEd memorandum order 04, all schools are mandated to conduct early registration to prepare the Department ...
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29Jan2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, Jan. 29 (PIA)--The Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, in cooperation with the Department of Education, will conduct the competitive examination for the Fisheries Scholarship Program on March 17, 2012. The exam is open to high school graduates/graduating students who are Filipino citizens, not more than 20 years old and certified by their school heads as among the top ten of the graduating class in which they belong and ...
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29Jan2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Special children with special needs were among the first registrants in the Jan. 28 Early Registration Day in Catbalogan 1 Central Elementary School, Catbalogan City, Samar. Lourdes Estrada, Principal of the Special Education (SPED) Center said they have opened the registration center as early as 6 a.m. until 6p.m. to make sure that all clients will be given ample time to visit them. Hearing impaired ‘Paul,’ (not his real nam...
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28Jan2012DAVAO CITY, Jan. 28 -- Thirty-year old Nina Gloria stopped schooling at the age of 15 when she got pregnant. Her classmates graduated and proceeded to college while Nina opted to take care of her child at home. However, there was something in her that pushed her back to school. At first, she was hesitant to attend classes with classmates way younger than her. Then she learned about the Alternative Learning System (ALS) offered by the Department of Education in Tagum City. "It changed my...
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27Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) declared Jan. 28 as “Early Registration Day” for the school year 2012-2013 in all public elementary schools nationwide. The early registration seeks to reach out to all five-year-old children to enroll in kindergarten and for six year-olds to enlist for Grade 1 level. In last year's early registration, it only covered the kindergarten that started the K+12 basic education program, as well as the Grade 1...
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26Jan2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- After being swept with floodwaters late last year, Bulacan will be built with about 2,000 new classrooms as Education Secretary Armin Luistro signed a memorandum of agreement with top officials here. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the provincial government will fund the construction of 971 classrooms each, totaling to 1,942 new rooms for Bulacan which saw last September and October what old-timers here said was the worst flooding in de...
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25Jan2012PASIG, Jan 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has declared this Saturday, January 28 as an expanded early registration day for School Year (S.Y.) 2012-2013 in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide. Last year, the early registration covered only kindergarten which jumpstarted the K to 12 basic education reform program, as well as Grade 1 pupils and first year high school students. This year, the DepEd has expanded the target of early registration to i...
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25Jan2012KALIBO, Aklan, January 25 (PIA6) -- An official of the National Food Authority (NFA) urged socio-civic groups in Aklan to use Iron Fortified Rice (I-Rice) in the conduct feeding program for less privilege kids. NFA-Aklan Provincial Manager Procopio B. Trabajo II said this would ensure that the children will not be deficient in iron, while encouraging demand for I-Rice in Aklan communities. Saying that Region 6 has a high incidence of iron deficiency, Trabajo also called on government agencie...
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25Jan2012By Rachelle M. Nessia DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) --- Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo turned over an additional newly-completed 2-classrom school building to Bal-os National High School in Basay, Negros Oriental with its mayor Dandilgust Abrio at hand to receive it. Students in Bal-os National High School in Basay are now enjoying the classrooms that started construction in 2011 with funds worth P1.4M coming from the NegOr provincial government's Special Education Fund. S...
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24Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR7) is set to donate and turn over confiscated forest products without court cases to the Department of Education (DepEd7). With an estimated value of P613,944.24, a total of 36,593.76 board feet of Mahogany, Gmelina, Bagalunga, Makaasim, Molave, Narra, Teak, Sangilo and Acacia lumber pieces, were found to be free from all liens and encumbrances with no cases filed in court, according to the DENR. ...
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24Jan2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) has assured the public that the K to 12 program will surely be implemented. “K to 12 is a go, walang atrasan. (K to 12 is a go. There’s no turning back)” said Undersecretary Yolanda Quijano of the DepEd during the first Regional Education Summit on Jan. 20 in Tacloban City. “We have a well-prepared curriculum,” said Quijano, citing several committees that are preparing thoroughly for ...
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23Jan2012ni Pat Nano OROQUIETA, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- Gipasalig gilayon ni Governor Herminia Ramiro nga andam siyang mogahin og igong pundo alang sa daling relokasyon ug pagpalambo sa relocation site sa Diwat National High School. Kini human niya nasayran ang dakong peligro sa mga tinun-an ug mga magtutudlo sa Diwat National High School bunga sa hulga sa pagdahili. Ang pamahayag sa gobernadora, kasunod kini human nangayo og ayuda ...
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22Jan2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office in Eastern Visayas got the support of various stakeholders in the implementation of the K to 12 basic education program during its first regional education summit today. According to DepEd Undersecretary for Programs and Projects USEC Yolanda S. Quijano, the graduates of K to 12 will be holistically-developed young Filipinos armed with 21st century skills as the program will enable the st...
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22Jan2012by Flor Jackson TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, January 22 (PIA) -- Some 300 participants attended the first-ever Eastern Visayas (EV) Regional Education Summit on Friday, January 20 at the Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office 8 Complex at the Government Center in Candahug, Palo, Leyte. The education summit brought together school officials and teacher representatives from the six provinces of Eastern Visayas led by DepEd Regional Director Luisa Bautista-Yu, parents, local c...
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20Jan2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, January 20 (PIA) – In line with the government’s education for all (EFA) thrust, the Department of Education (DepED) will hold an early registration in public schools on January 28. "To be registered are kids eligible for kindergarten, grade one, out of school children (OSC) and out of school youth (OSY) including those with disabilities who may have problems accessing basic education,” said Dr. Erlinda Mahinay of the City DepEd divisio...
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19Jan2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- In line with the Department of Education Internet Connectivity Program (DICP), school administrators and teachers in the province are asked to properly implement their computer class program as part of the curriculum. Kalinga Schools Division Supervisor Marylinda Santos said that to realize the project’s objective, there is a need for all teachers to be computer literate to ensure that their students could cope with the advancing m...
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19Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan 19 (PIA1) -- A National Seminar-Workshop on Special Education will be conducted on March 14-16, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) region 1. This will be held at the Urdaneta City University Gymnasium, Urdaneta City in Pangasinan. “Nurturing Children with Special Needs” is the theme for this year activity which aims to hone the capabilities of regular and Special Education Division (SPED) faculty and staff in addressing the edu...
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19Jan2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- Parents and guardians are encouraged to enroll their incoming kindergarten, Grade 1 and first year high school students for the next school year for the early registration on Jan. 28. Although the registration day is a Saturday, all public elementary and high schools will be opened to accommodate early registrants. Department of Education (DepEd) Public Information Officer Erlie Blanco explained that the DepEd will determ...
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12Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The Avant-Garde Creatives, Inc., in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and UNTV are set to hold the “Kahit Isang Araw Lang” Advocacy through its first project, the unity run, on Jan. 22. According to Mr. Arthur Peña, Event Coordinator, the “Kahit Isang Araw Lang” (Even Just One Day) is the bold call for people to do good things to others even for just one day. “The unity ...
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23Dec2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- Curriculum chairmen, curriculum guidance counselors, 30 newly hired teacher and a crowd of students of a public school get an orientation /seminar on “Drop-Out-Reduction Program (DORP) and Entrepreneurship,” a program in consonance with the “Education for All” (EFA) agenda of the national government. The Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School (DPLMHS) conducted a whole day orientation on DORP to give participants a clear and...
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20Dec2011LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Disyembre 20 (PIA) -- Inihayag dito ni Quezon Governor David Suarez na patuloy ang kanyang suporta sa mga taga-Department of Education (DedEd) sa pamamagitan ng computer program ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Quezon. Ang pahayag ay binanggit ni Gov. Suarez sa idinaos na ‘teachers and employees convention’ ng DepEd Lucena City sa Quezon Convention center noong Disyembre 20, 2011 na dinaluhan ng mga guro at iba pang kawani ng Department of Education (DedEd...
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19Dec2011CEBU CITY, Dec. 19 (PIA) -- The Cebu Provincial Government, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., League of Municipalities-Cebu Chapter, and Department of Education with the support of the Cebu Artists Inc., University of San Carlos-Conservation and Heritage Research Institute and Workshop, and United Architects of the Philippines will open an art exhibit called "Mugna-Lambigit" on Dec. 21 at the 3rd floor Atrium of SM City-Cebu. "Mugna-Lambigit" is a fund-raising Gabaldon ...
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05Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec 5 (PIA) -- South Cotabato is considering the creation of a council that will oversee the development of sports in the province, an official of the local government unit said. Provincial sports coordinator Florentino Perez Jr. said he has already received advise from Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. to convene multi-sectoral representatives for the creation of the South Cotabato physical fitness and sports development co...
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30Nov2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) - - The Department of Education 9 (DepEd) lauds the support of the Local Government Unit (LGU)of Zamboanga to education sector. “The support of the Zamboanga LGU to DepEd is matchless,” said DepEd9 Assistant Regional Director Habib Adzhar Sarahadil during the opening program of the National Bi-Annual Planning Conference of the Philippine Association of Secondary Education Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs (PASECAC) held here recently. DepEd cited Mayo...
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02Nov2011DAVAO CITY, Nov. 02 (PIA) -- A national official of the Department of Education (DepEd) recently clarified that the department’s impending rationalization plan will not retrench any of its health personnel. Dr. Juan Araojo, assistant director of DepEd’s Health and Nutrition Center in central office, emphasized that there will be no reduction of personnel from the health and nutrition units under the department’s mandated streamlining program. “Wala...
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26Oct2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 25 (PIA) –- A consultative module development workshop for a Radio Program on Literacy (RPL) in Regions 9 and 10 will be held at Dynasty Court, this city on Oct. 27-28. The RPL aims to promote the thrusts and programs of Republic Act 10122, otherwise known as “An Act Strengthening the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) by Amending RA 7165,” also, known as “An Act Creating the LCC, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appr...
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12Oct2011BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Butuan City Division has lifted today the suspension of classes declared yesterday due to typhoon “Ramon.” In an interview with Prof. Israel Reveche, who also made the announcement of the suspension of classes yesterday, said since the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) has removed the city in the list of those affected with the storm signal, it is already safe to send...
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11Oct2011BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Butuan City Division has declared suspension of classes in the elementary level. Storm signal no. 1 was declared in Agusan del Norte and the neighboring provinces as tropical storm “Ramon” gets closer. In a radio interview this morning, DepEd-Butuan City Division spokesperson Prof. Israel Reveche said they have directed all elementary schools in Butuan to suspend classes today. However, Reveche said teachers a...
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19Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 19 (PIA) – In spite of the nationwide transport strike where majority of the transport groups here sympathized with the militant transport group Piston, the Department of Education (DepEd) Butuan City Division did not suspend classes in the elementary and high school. In an early interview this morning, Prof. Israel Reveche, Spokesperson of DepEd Butuan City Division, they did not issue a directive for the suspension of classes because students in schools ...
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13Sep2011KORONADAL CITY, Sept. 13 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s provincial board yesterday approved a resolution authorizing Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. to enter into a loan contract with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for the construction of classrooms. But instead of the original request for P40 million, the provincial board authorizes Gov. Pingoy to borrow only P30 million in behalf of the provincial school board. According to data from the Department...
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01Sep2011BATANGAS, September 1 (PIA) -- For the second time, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Batangas Chapter joined hands in a project which aims to collect blood from the parents and relatives of school children in public schools to help people in need of blood. Education Program Coordinator Generiego Javier of DepEd-Batangas City said the program dubbed ‘Color It Red’ was started in their division last year. He said they are planning to undert...
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24Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- Officials of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday gathered stakeholders in a forum regarding the issue of child laborers in mining operations in T'boli town. Present in the forum intended to discuss and clarify issues why children below 15 years old should not be required to work and earn for their families were parents, barangay and town officials, as well as representatives of the mining firm operating in the a...
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19Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 19 (PIA) –- The Iponan River Bank in Iponan, this city, has become the third area for planting bamboo by Task Force Best Action for Mobilizing Barangay Organizations for Opportunities in Education, Environment and Entrepreneurship (BAMBO 3E). A multi-sectoral approach to enhance environmental education and entrepreneurship formation among children, BAMBOO 3E is a year-long activity that commits and supports bamboo growing and caring proje...
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18Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 17 (PIA) –- The Department of Education (DepEd), region 10, has supported the campaign for the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature (N7WN). Dr. Luz S. Almeda, Regional Director of DepEd-10, in her directive to the different Schools Division Superintendents (SDS) of the region, said her office is extending support to the campaign. “I strongly encourage your benevolent support relative to...
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15Aug2011CEBU, August 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd-7), the Akademiyang Binisaya Foundation (ABF) and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) held a training workshop on multi-lingual education for elementary teachers recently at Casa Gorordo Museum in Cebu City in celebration of the National language Month or “Buwan ng Wika” this August. The seminar dubbed “Translation of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MLE) Competencies for Grade 1,” aimed ...
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13Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Opol town goes green as it gathered recently various government agencies as well as private entities in support of the National Greening Program (NGP). Town Mayor Dexter B. Yasay cited the event is in support of Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino on February 24, 2011 and established the NGP as a national priority aimed not only to reforest 1.5 million hectares of land but also to promote a sustained env...
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06Jul2011VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, Hulyo 6 (PIA) -- Tapno masigurado a husto ti pannakatimbang dagiti ubbing kadagiti amin a 39 a barangay ti siudad, indaulluan ita nga aldaw ni Mayor Eva Marie S Medina ti pannakaiwaras dagiti weighing scales kadagiti amin a day care centers. Umno unay daytoy a pannakasukat dagiti weighing scales tapno masigurado ti timbang dagiti ubbingtayo ket maited met ti husto a nutrision kadakuada, kuna ti mayora iti maysa nga interbiu. Iti napalabas adda ‘discrepancie...
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01Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 1 (PIA) -- Three weeks into the school, teachers in South Cotabato go house-to-house, armed with a mission to bring every school-age child to school. Christopher Frusa, planning officer of South Cotabato Schools Division said, the primary objective of the teachers is to ask parents whose children had stopped schooling this year to enrol them. “The school teachers themselves conduct the home visitations becau...
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27Jun2011KORONADAL CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Education today announced that P5-M fund has been released as assistance to public schools teachers affected by the recent flood in Cotabato City. Dr. Isabelita Borres, DepEd 12 regional director said, the fund, intended for the calamity loan of teachers with permanent appointments, was downloaded to Cotabato City Schools Division on Friday. “Each teacher could avail o...
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01Jun2011KORONADAL CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting about 1.3 million children to enrol for school year 2011 – 2012. DepEd 12 OIC assistant regional director Allan Farnazo, said that last year the enrolment in SOCCSKSARGEN region reached 1,162,000. Of this number, 852,000 were enrolled in public school. “This year, based on our projected 5 percent increase in enrolment, we ex...
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27May2011SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 27 (PIA) --- All school buildings in the country especially those in the northeastern seaboard where disasters usually occur should be immediately insured by the Department of Education (DepEd). In press statement, Senator Chiz Escudero said he has been pursuing this plan together with the DepEd and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) which will serve as DepEd’s insurance underwriter. With the early onset of the rainy season, Escudero said, Dep...
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19May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 19 (PIA) - Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) here are asking parents and other education stakeholders to lend a hand to the Brigada Eskwela 2011 next week. Ernesto Alferes, physical facilities coordinator of DepEd-South Cotabato Division said that Education Secretary Armin Luistro, through Memorandum No. 84 s. 2011 has ordered the conduct of Brigada Eskwela also known as National Schools Maintenance Week from May 23 to 28...
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16May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 16 (PIA 12) – In a bid to inculcate appreciation of sports at young age, South Cotabato’s provincial government, headed by Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr today opened a 10-day sports clinics for children and youth. Florentino Perez, South Cotabato’s provincial sports coordinator, said the project dubbed “1st Governor Arthur "Dodo" Y. Pingoy Jr. Sports Aral” aims to teach teamwork, discipline, and lead...
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14May2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 15 (PIA) – Preparations are underway for the conduct of “Brigada Eskwela,” also known as the National Schools Maintenance Week (NSMW) in Northern Mindanao on May 23-28, this year. A school maintenance program, Brigada Eskwela engages all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring that public school facilities are set in time for the forthcoming school opening. Director Luz Almeda of th...
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09May2011When newly-crowned Bb. Pilipinas-Universe was asked in the Q & A (question and answer) portion of the Bb. Pilipinas 2011 Coronation night on what cause she was championing, 27-year-old Shamcey Gorea Supsup, regally answered, “Education. You can have money and fame but they can take these away from you. Education is something that nobody can take away from you.” Shamcey is right, but how about those people who were not lucky in life to get the needed education from a schoo...
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23Apr2011KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte, April 23 (PIA) –The local government of Kauswagan is set to formally launch, today, its bridging program called Sustainable Integrated Kauswagan Area Development and Peace Agenda (SIKAD PA). Mayor Rommel C. Arnado said “SIKAD PA” becomes the town’s “bible” for development that would bridge the town’s vision for development and its constituents. “This will tell the world that, indeed, Kauswagan is back on its fee...
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23Apr2011CEBU, April 23 (PIA) --- Secondary public schools valedictorians of the Department of Education (DepEd) division of Cebu Province and its component cities of Bogo, Carcar, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay and Toledo will undergo a two-day leadership training on April 25-27, 2011 at the DepEd Ecotech Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City. This is an annual activity that the Department of Education (DepEd-7) and the province of Cebu jointly undertake to equip the top students of the prov...
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19Apr2011Badjao children will soon experience the challenges and joy of learning via “floating school”, a mobile school “boat” that will ply the sea waters of Zamboanga City. The floating school will teach Badjao children ages 7 to 15 years old reading, writing and simple arithmetic in a 20- month literacy course. The floating school will be handled by a competent teacher who speaks well of the sinama- badjao’s native dialect for an effective education input. &ld...
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09Apr2011CEBU, April 9 (PIA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) emphasized the need to strengthen public-private partnerships to address the infrastructure gaps and safety in the public schools. Education secretary Armin Luistro, in a TV interview explained that the target of DepEd is to realize the intent and purpose of the UNESCO-prescribed ‘Education for All’ (EFA) specifically to improve the quality of education in the country. Lusitro shared that one of DepEd’s maj...
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08Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Education in Region 12 (DepEd 12) commended officials of South Cotabato and Koronadal for a very smooth start of the five-day Cotabato Regional Athletic Association (CRAA) Meet despite short notice. “I am really amused because South Cotabato and Koronadal seemed always ready to host games like the regional athletic meet,” said Dr. Allan Farnazo, OIC assistant regional director. &ldquo...
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04Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 4 (PIA) – A multi-sectoral partnership of private and government agencies across the region has strengthened commitment to fully support the control and prevention program on tuberculosis which remains at the top ten causes of deaths in the country. Some 40 private agencies and 14 government offices signed a pledge of support to implement the Philippine Plan of Action to Control Tuberculosis (PhilPACT) 2010-2016, which gears towards achieving the Millennium Devel...
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23Mar2011ILOILO CITY, Mar. 23 (PIA) – Public schools in the region will hold their graduation rites during the period from April 1-7 as per Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 4, Series of 2011 issued by Education Secretary Armin Luistro. The order instructed all public schools to schedule their graduation rites any day between April 1-7 this year. It also reminded public school heads, teachers, personnel and other education stakeholders to keep the graduation rites simple. The DepEd region...
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22Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- Even without a request from the Departmetn of Education (DepEd). the city government of Koronadal will be hiring ten teachers to augment the need of teachers. Koronadal LGU is also set to build six classrooms as its counterpart of an equal number that the national government will construct in the city this year. Mayor Peter B. Miguel said, “there is deficiency of teachers, classrooms in the city,” which is why the LGU decided to hire teachers and c...
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19Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The government, in partnership with private environmental network will soon launch Zero Basura Olympics (ZBO), an undertaking that will recognize best pratices of students and schools in solid waste management. ZBO will be jointly implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Earth Day Network Philippines (EDNP), a private organization. Roservirico ...
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18Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 18 (PIA) -- "Except for final touches on the loose ends, it's all systems go for the Mindanao Educators' Congress," an official of the regional office of the Department of Education said yesterday. Dr. Allan Farnazo, DepEd 12 OIC assistant regional director said, he met with officials of DepEd 12, Project EQuaLLS2, Notre Dame of Marbel University and other teams involved to discuss the final preparations for the congress which will be held in Koronadal City from M...
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17Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- The University of Asia and the Pacific has chosen Zamboanga City Division Office of the Education Department as one of the seven selected areas in the entire country to launch its project called "Project Citizen" for the year 2011. Project Citizen “is a campaign intended to develop school children not only as concerned citizens conscious of their civic duties but also develop skills in speaking the English language” reads a press statement ...
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07Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- Human resource staff of the Department of Education in Region 12 (DepEd 12) based here are working overtime to update the service records of teachers and empployees of the department in SOCCSKSARGEN Region. Dr. Allan Farnazo, OIC assistant regional director said, this is in response to clamour especially among teachers that they may end up losing their hard-earned pensions from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) if the teachers’ service ...
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27Feb2011CEBU, Feb. 27 (PIA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) Cebu Provincial division issued recently, safety measures in schools in the aftermath of the abduction and murder of 6-year old Ellah Joy Pique. DepEd-Cebu disivion pre-school coordinator Vina Salomon informed the members of the Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children (PCWC) that DepEd-Cebu has issued a memorandum circular for safety measures guidelines to all public elementary and high schools in the province. The g...
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28Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 28 (PIA 9) – Education Secretary Armin Luistro, through the Department of Education (DepEd), has allocated additional teacher items for Zamboanga City, this was revealed by city information officer Sheila Covarrubias in a press release. Covarrubias said the allocation of teachers is in reciprocation to the city government’s aggressive support to the education sector of which the latter benefited over P600 million worth of infrastructure projects such as sc...
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28Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 27, (PIA) -- Three of the 10 winners of the 2010 Search for Outstanding Teachers conducted by the MetroBank Foundation, Inc. (MFI) were from Region 10. And what is interesting about them is that their names all start with the letter “M,” which could also mean “Mentor,” or “Model,” and they not only love to teach but have very strong passions for the teaching profession. Their profound commitmen...
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11Feb2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (11 February) -- The Department of Education will enforce all orders and instructions of the teachers relative to the May 10, 2010, Automated National and Local Elections. Such is embodied in the deputation order, per Comelec Resolution No. 18716, for DepEd, its Secretary and other key officials to perform such measures as are necessary in the coming elections, including the use of all public school-buildings designated as polling centers, Atty. Renato A. Magbutay, R...
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05Feb2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (5 February) -- The Department of Education has come up with a Disaster Risk Reduction Resource Manual (DRRRM) that is responsive to the needs of the DepEd family during the occurrence of disasters. Dr. Luz Almeda, Regional Director of DepEd-10, said the manual aims to provide school administrators, teaching and non-teaching staff with a handy and ready reference on what to do before, during and after the occurrence of a calamity / disaster brought about by both hum...
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