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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Andrei Rafael Fabellon |Daniel Asido |Christa Escudero
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian asserted that the Senior High School program should deliver on its original promise to shorten the number of years required in college. In a hearing on the “strengthened” SHS program—set to be piloted starting School Year 2025–2026—Gatchalian recalled that the additional two years of high school were intended to reduce the duration of tertiary education. “What happened in reality is that we added two years in high school and maintained four years in college.
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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Mikylla Bucabal |Daniel Asido |Christa Escudero
THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management has approved a P2,000 across-the-board increase in compensation for teachers and other electoral workers serving in the upcoming May 12 midterm elections. The DBM confirmed the new honoraria rates for members of the Electoral Board. Under the revised scheme, the chairperson will receive P12,000, up from the previous P10,000, while the poll clerk and third member will now get P11,000 each, an increase from P9,000.
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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Jove Moya |Daniel Asido
ISANG bagong kadete ng Philippine National Police Academy ang nasawi matapos umanong himatayin habang nanananghalian kamakalawa sa Camp Castaneda, Silang, Cavite. Ang biktima na si Ryan Lucena mula sa Peñablanca, Cagayan ay nasawi nitong Mayo 7. Ayon sa ulat ng PNPA, unang dinala sa Academy Health Service ang biktima. Una umano siyang na-diagnose ng heatstroke kaya mabilis nilapatan ng paunang lunas bago dinala sa PNP General Hospital.
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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Celeste Tamayo |Christa Escudero |John Santos
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday congratulated 36 individuals— including 11 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and 25 released individuals— from the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory for completing senior high school through the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s “education behind bars” program. In his statement, Gatchalian extended his warmest congratulations and praised the initiative’s commitment to inclusive education.
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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Celeste Tamayo |Dang Garcia |Jove Moya
A FORMER child monitored by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has made headlines once again, this time by securing second place in the April 2025 Licensure Examination for Electrical Engineering. Mustafa Rescober Ali, a native of Santa Cruz, Marinduque, graduated cum laude from Rizal Technological University in Mandaluyong City.
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1 week ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Daniel Asido |Christa Escudero |Mel Matthew Doctor
EDCOM 2 Co-Chairs Rep. Roman Romulo and Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian urged the government to decongest the school curriculum and implement targeted interventions to address the country’s dismal literacy rates. “The solution is to go directly to the problem, and that is to reduce the subjects for foundational skills… We must reduce the number of subjects,” Romulo said.
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3 weeks ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Jan Percival Dimagiba |Nicole Rile |Jove Moya
MORE than 1,000 young Valenzuelanos are unleashing their creativity through this year’s summer arts workshop. Titled Arts In The City: Valenzuela Arts Workshop, the program is being held at the Valenzuela City Academic Center for Excellence (ValACE). A total of 1,070 kids have enrolled in the free workshop, which runs from April 21 to June 1, 2025. Participants receive hands-on training in various artistic disciplines, including dance, singing, acting, visual arts, and playing musical instruments.
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1 month ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Vergel Labesig |Liezelle Soriano |Jove Moya
SENATE Committee on Basic Education Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian expressed strong dismay over the failure of most schools to comply with the law mandating the creation of Child Protection Committees (CPCs), which are essential in addressing bullying and ensuring student safety. During a Senate Committee hearing on bullying cases in schools, Gatchalian emphasized that CPCs should be the first line of response in handling bullying incidents and other threats to student welfare.
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1 month ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Dang Garcia |Celeste Tamayo |Jove Moya |Nicole Rile
THE DEPARTMENT of Education and the Department of Trade and Industry have partnered to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of some 8,000 learners and teachers in 31 farm schools across Western Visayas.
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1 month ago | 
thepost.net.ph | Nice Celario |Vergel Labesig |Dang Garcia |Jove Moya
THE DEPARTMENT of Education is not heading to the dumpster following the recovery of P65 million from private schools, flagged for irregularities in the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) for school years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, Malacañang said on Friday. “With this result, we can now say that DepEd will not be put to dumpster.
