Basic Education Report 2023

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VP Sara: Lack of school facilities still basic education's main ... (GMA News Online)

The lack of school infrastructure and facilities remains to be the basic education's primary problem up to this date, Vice President and Education Secretary ...

This will accelerate the integration of ICT in teaching and learning and institutionalize blended learning,” she added. Each package will consist of 46 laptops, two charging carts, two wireless routers, and one smart TV. “We will provide e-classroom packages for teaching and learning. This strand will be headed by DepEd Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III. “The Department is not blind to the reality that there is a need to build, repair, and maintain school infrastructures to accommodate the growing number of learners all over the Philippines,” she added. During her presentation of the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023, Duterte acknowledged the need to build and repair school facilities in order to accommodate the learning needs of millions of students in the country.

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DepEd identifies challenges in basic education through BER 2023 (Manila Bulletin)

Citing the latest enrollment figures, Duterte said that there over 28 million Filipino learners are studying in public schools across the country. Based on ...

Topping the list of challenges that hound the country’s basic education system is school facilities and learning resources. With a “wide disparity” between the number of elementary and secondary schools in the country, Duterte noted that inclusivity in education “remains to be a concern” in the country’s basic education system. “The current state of basic education behooves us all to take a courageous stand and calls us to work together with the intention and commitment to resolve the challenges in basic education,” Duterte stressed. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, Jan. “As we confront the dilemma in school infrastructure and learning resources, we looked at the trends in our enrollment and learner data during the pandemic and now, we are implementing post-pandemic programs and reforms,” Duterte said. 30, presented the “current state” of the country’s basic education through the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023.

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VP Sara bares findings in K-12 curriculum review (Sun.Star)

EDUCATION Secretary Vice President Sara Duterte bared on Monday, January 30, 2023 several findings of the review of the Kinder to Grade 12 (K to 12) ...

We know that the challenges are vast but we Filipinos are resilient and we will overcome,” said Duterte. on improving the quality of basic education in the country. SunStar website welcomes friendly debate, but comments posted on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of the SunStar management and its affiliates. SunStar reserves the right to delete, reproduce, or modify comments posted here without notice. Do not shout or use CAPITAL LETTERS! Do not veer away from the discussion. Do not use obscenity. “We know that the road will be bumpy but our direction is clear. Instead, lessons leaned towards conceptual or content based teaching and lessons lacks in-depth processing to cultivate critical thinking and problem solving,” she said. Also among the challenges identified by Deped in the country’s basic education were the lack of infrastructure and the procurement of resources to support the ideal teaching process. In her speech during the Basic Education Report 2023, Duterte said the curriculum, which is the core of basic education of the K to 12 program, is “congested.” Duterte said that while the K to 12 program promised to produce employable graduates, most of those who finished the program still find the need to pursue higher education in order to find employment.

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VP Sara vows education reforms vs. systemic challenges (pna.gov.ph)

MANILA – Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday pledged to push for educational reforms in response to systemic ...

“Most Senior High School graduates find the need to pursue higher education in order to find employment. “The procurement practices at the Department of Education had red flags that demanded immediate actions… “In the next 5 years, we will work towards providing electricity, especially in our last-mile schools. “For 2023, the Department has allocated a total of PHP15.6 billion for new construction. Each package will consist of 46 laptops, two charging carts, two wireless routers, and one smart TV,” she added. We will build more resilient schools and classrooms.

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Rappler Recap: Learning reforms, teachers' welfare in Duterte's ... (Rappler)

Watch Rappler's Bonz Magsambol as he gives a recap of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte's Basic Education Report.

Watch Rappler’s Bonz Magsambol as he gives a recap of Duterte’s BER 2023. Watch Rappler's Bonz Magsambol as he gives a recap of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte's Basic Education Report MANILA, Philippines – In her Basic Education Report (BER) 2023, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte vowed to make

Statement of Senator Win Gatchalian on the 2023 Basic Education ... (EIN News)

At the presentation of the 2023 Basic Education Report, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte issued a clarion call to the country: we need to ...

Through the EDCOM II, we will continue to pursue reforms that will improve the performance of our learners, make our countrymen more globally competitive, and help the Department of Education realize its "MATATAG" education agenda. To support our marginalized learners, including our learners with disabilities, we need to fully implement the Alternative Learning System Act (RA 11510) and the Instituting a Policy of Inclusion and Services for Learners with Disabilities in Support of Inclusive Education Act (RA 11650). I would like to specifically thank her for her commitment to implement the Excellence in Teacher Education Act (RA 11713), which will ensure quality education and training for our teachers.

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Duterte lists basic education ills, lays reform agenda (CNN Philippines)

Changes to the K to 12 program to make it more responsive to the times, more than half of school facilities needing repairs, private schools closing down, ...

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In education report, Sara Duterte puts a spotlight on teachers' welfare (Rappler)

Vice President Sara Duterte says the DepEd will provide schools with administrative officers so teachers could focus on teaching.

We thank you for your sacrifices,” Duterte said. “To our teachers, we recognize your zeal, integrity, commitment, and passion. And, yes, we also recognize your sacrifices. - Implement the policy on the distribution of teacher workload and payment of teaching overload based on Magna Carta for Public School Teachers. For years, teachers have been leaving the country in their quest for better pay and better working conditions. - Provide trainings and other learning and development interventions for school leaders.

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'Education sector needs a lot of fixing' (The Manila Times)

Speaking during the presentation of the DepEd's Education Report for 2023, Duterte lamented how "Filipino learners are not academically proficient," with many ...

We will involve our parents and guardians in the education of our children," she said. Indeed, strengthening our education system warrants a whole-of-government [and] whole-of-society approach, with the highest degree of proactivity, motivation, and perseverance," Marcos said. Otherwise, we will not allow them to become the great Filipinos that we know they can be," he said. "Industry partners have expressed concern that the time allotment for work immersion is only for familiarization and not for actual skills acquisition. We have failed our children and let us not keep failing them anymore. "We can do better than this.

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