Figures presented by the Department of Education during a Senate hearing on Tuesday did not include disaggregated data for students with disabilities, obscuring the extent to which an already marginalized group of students experience harassment and discrimination in schools.
ANTI-BULLYING ACT:Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Chairperson of the Committee on Basic Education, presides over the inquiry on the implementation of Republic Act No. 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013, on Monday (Feb. 13, 2023). Gatchalian raised alarm over studies that the Philippines has the highest incidence of bullying, aggression, violence and offensive behavior in school among countries in Southeast Asia. Also in photo is Assistant Secretary Dexter Galban (inset) as resource person from the Department of Education.(PNA photos by Avito Dalan) MANILA-The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday told senators that the number of bullying cases in schools has increased over the years due to a better reporting system. During the Senate Committee on Basic Education inquiry on the implementation of the Republic Act (RA) No. 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013, Assistant Secretary for Operations Dexter Galban assured that DepEd has been supportive of the law and had actually create
SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian, warning against the detrimental effects of bullying on students in school campus, spearheaded Monday’s Senate inquiry by the Committee on Basic Education’s review of the implementation of Republic Act No. 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Law. Presiding over the hearing, Gatchalian aired an alarm over studies indicating the…
At least seven out of 10 students in Philippine public schools have suffered bullying, ranking the country first among 70 with the problem, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said during the Senate’s hearing on the implementation of the anti-bullying law.
The future of the Filipiniana is female. This was reinforced when the top four prizes were won by young women at the finals of TernoCon 3, the terno-making competition and mentoring convention. The high-fashion affair was held on January 28 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Black Box Theater,…