Many of the public schoolteachers who were deputized for election duty last May 13 have not received their honoraria from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to a teachers’ group.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro reminded public school officials that there should be no collection of any kind of fees, even on a “voluntary” basis, when schools reopen on June 3.
Some 40,000 public school teachers serving in the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) in far-flung areas will not get their honoraria for “some time,” according to an official of the Department of Education.
United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate Jack Enrile on Friday expressed full support for the plan of the Department of Education to hire 61,000 new public school teachers this year to put an end to the teacher shortage.
We started our Kariton Program in Novaliches, Quezon City. The class is being held once a week in a vacant lot. After a few weeks, we noticed a big improvement among our street children beneficiaries.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro has created an Election Task Force to assist some 240,000 public school teachers who will man the election precincts during the May 13 polls.
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) donated P2 billion to the Department of Education (DepEd) to construct up to 2,000 classrooms in public schools by the end of 2014.
Some public schools are still collecting graduation fees despite an express order from Education Secretary Armin Luistro not to do so.
The Assistant Secretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs of the Department of Education reiterated his call Tuesday against the collection of “graduation fees” from elementary and High School students finishing from government-run institutions, but said that voluntary contributions for the graduations rites will still be accepted.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro has reiterated his order to hold “Spartan” or austere graduation rites without any politicking when Grade 6 and fourth-year high school students graduate this year.
What better way to teach the importance of trees and love for the environment than by exposing the young to nature in their own school’s backyard?
Education Secretary Armin Luistro and other top department officials will personally oversee the resumption of classes in some of the areas hardest-hit by Typhoon “Pablo” early last month.
The Senate’s version of the K to 12 (kindergarten to Grade 12) basic education program would require the Department of Education (DepEd) to submit a midterm report to Congress on the status and progress of the implementation of the new curriculum that would increase school years from 10 to 12.
