The Department of Education (DepEd) and Microsoft recently concluded a month-long series of virtual events for students across the Philippines throughout November, in celebration of National Reading Month. The program introduced Microsoft’s Reading Progress as part of a shared effort to drive litera
Recognizing the challenges that confront the country’s education system, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the need to strengthen efforts and initiatives to address the issues related to learning in basic education.
Photo taken at Calay IP School, Sarangani in September 2020 (DepEd
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said that it acknowledges the challenges in education quality of the country even before the pandemic and is currently addressing these by introducing various interventions.
Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, D
"Amidst the public health situation, we carried on to roll out our reforms in the curriculum, the learning environment, and the teacher professional development through our Sulong EduKalidad campaign. We are also preparing for our participation in the upcoming international assessments to closely evaluate our efforts," DepEd said in a statement.
(File photo) MANILA- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday said it has introduced various interventions to address the challenges on the quality of education nationwide even before the coronavirus pandemic started. In a statement, the DepEd noted that the issue of learning poverty has been a dilemma of the country for years, emphasizing that it is has been proactively dealing with the problem for a long time. The agency's remarks came in response to a new World Bank report saying the Philippines has a 90 percent "learning poverty" which is defined as the rate of children being unable to read by the age of 10. "Before the pandemic, we launched the Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3Bs) initiative nationwide, with our field offices aggressively coming up with contextualized approaches to increase reading proficiency among learners," it said. Apart from the 3Bs, DepEd's Every Child a Reader Program (ECARP) also integrates strengthened initiatives on Early Languag