MANILA – Public school teachers’ group stormed Department of Education (DepEd) head office in Pasig City on Tuesday, June 9. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) criticized DepEd for not addressing the widening gap in the education in the new mode of learning delivery in this academic year 2020-2021. The DepEd maintains that it will…
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Public school teachers raise 5 demands before school opens
“DepEd Sec. Leonor Briones’ pep talk on fighting fears and teaching our students courage does not assuage our apprehensions as they are based on our rational assessment of the country’s present condition.”
Schools, if only
By DEE AYROSO
Heavy workloads taking a toll on teachers
“Teachers are bringing work to their house, which takes away their time not only for themselves but also for their family.”
Lumad schools face harassments as new school year opens
Soldiers then arrived and ordered the students to harvest vegetables and bring the produce directly to the nearby military camp, STTILCI said.
‘Liling sinungaling’ | Lumad advocates confront education chief in forum
Protesters hound Education secretary Leonor Briones as she refuses to acknowledge the Lumad schools issues.
Lumad students ask DepEd to stop attacks on schools
“It’s one of our initiatives to ensure that children continue to learn while demanding immediate action from the government.”
Caught up in loans | A teacher’s story
“It would be good if she [Education Secretary Eleanor Briones] would go to the ground and see our condition herself.”
Assault on the future
Does anyone still believe that every government bureaucrat, or, for that matter, everyone in the private sector, or your average gossip-prone neighbor, can keep a secret — that they can keep in confidence information such as who has tested positive or has simply been tested for illegal drug use? Or that some, among them the…
‘Rubbing salt to wounds’ | Teachers’ slam Education secretary for defending removal of allowances
“If she is really thinking of improving the lives of teachers, she should have worked towards increasing the benefits of teachers.”
‘Grim Christmas’ | Public school teachers demand release of bonus
Teachers protest the delay in the release of their performance-based bonuses.