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PASAY CITY, January 27, 2024 โ€” Emphasizing the agencyโ€™s commitment to give support to teachers to teach better, Vice President of the Philippines and Secretary of the Department of Education Sara Z. Duterte on Thursday formally signed the policy on the Immediate Removal of Administrative Tasks of Public School Teachers on Friday, 26 January.
A day after her second Basic Education Report, VP-Sec. Duterte delivered on her promise to remove administrative tasks from teachers and enable them to maximize their time in actual classroom teaching through DepEd Order No. 002, s. 2024.
โ€œLetโ€™s bring our teachers back to the classrooms,โ€ Duterte stressed during the BER 2024.
ย May be an image of 4 people, newsroom and text that says 'DepED MATATAG 9 ACONC L IN THE NEWS VP SARA ORDERS REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS FOR TEACHERS, COMMITS MORE PROJECTS ANCHORED ON TEACHER WELFARE Emphasizing the agency's commitment to give support to teachers to teach better, Vice President of the Philippines and Secretary of the Department of Education Sara z. Duterte on Thursday formally signed the policy on the Immediate Removal of Administrative Tasks of Public School Teachers on Friday, 26 January.'ย 
โ€œTo ensure its effective implementation, along with the filling up of 5,000 administrative personnel for 2023 and another 5,000 administrative personnel for 2024, we will also be providing additional MOOE to enable our schools to hire the necessary administrative support staff,โ€ she noted.
As transitory provision, the policy requires SDOs to immediately implement clustering strategies; deployment of administrative support personnel to clustered schools; immediate transfer of existing administrative tasks of teachers to school heads and non-teaching personnel; and hiring of administrative support personnel within a period not exceeding sixty (60) calendar days.
Additionally, DepEd will soon issue the Employee Welfare and Well-being policy guidelines for teachers.
โ€œSa ating mga mahal na guro at mga kawani, hindi po kami titigil sa paghahanap ng mga paraan at paglalatag ng mga polisiya upang tugunan ang mga isyu ukol sa net take-home pay ninyo,โ€ Sec. Sara added.
Furthermore, DepEd will also establish a Calamity Fund for teachers, issue a policy on Teaching Overload Pay, and strive for the next budget to have ample allocation to provide overtime pay for teachers.
โ€œWe want to ensure that our teachers are rightfully compensated for hours of actual classroom teaching beyond the 6-hour limit provided under the Magna Carta for teachers,โ€ she added.
DepEd also committed in raising the cap for service credits from 15 to at least 30 days.
For more information, read DepEd Order No. 002 s. 2024: https://bit.ly/DO002S2024

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March 15, 2021 โ€“ Due to major changes in the school calendar for School Year (SY) 2020-2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) will conduct the early registration for SY 2021-2022 from March 26 to April 30, 2021.

The month-long activity is initiated to ensure that incoming learners are registered for the School Year and help the Department better prepare for possible issues and concerns that may arise, as stipulated in DepEd Order No. 3, s. 2018, or the Basic Education Enrollment policy.

โ€œAll incoming Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, and 11 in public elementary and secondary schools shall pre-register to allow the Department to make necessary preparations and incoming plans for the coming school year,โ€ Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said.

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February 05, 2021ย โ€“ Public school teachers will assist the national government in its vaccination program through information drive.

This is what Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones emphasized in a recent press briefing, clarifying that teachers would not administer vaccines against COVID-19 once it is available.

โ€œDini-deny namin iyong perception na ang mga teachers ay sila mismo ang mag-vaccinate ng ating mga kabataan or your fellow teachers dahil may COVID o wala, anong klaseng sakit o wala, very strict ang protocol sa medicine na kung hindi ka trained medical personnel, hindi ka naman talagang isasabak sa mga medical procedures,โ€ย Secretary Briones said.

Citing discussions with the Department of Health (DOH), Briones noted that teachers can help inform learners on the overview of the national governmentโ€™s vaccine program.

โ€œAng malaking kontribusyon ng mga teachers ay iyong pagpalaganap ng impormasyon hinggil sa vaccine. But even for that, kailangan silang i-brief nang husto, nang maayos ng malaman nila talaga kung ano benefits o ang protection na maibigay ng vaccine sa mga teachers,โ€ย the Education chief said.

โ€œTeachers are trained to teach, not to administer vaccine,โ€ Sec. Briones added.

On using schools as vaccination centers, she stressed that it will be a case-to-case basis since not all schools are equipped with spaces and equipment for the program.

โ€œKailangan iplano iyan nang maayos kasi mayroon tayong schools na malaki ang clinic, mayroon namang schools na maliit lang, isang kuwatro lang ang clinic. So depende iyan sa sitwasyon ng eskuwelahan,โ€ she said.

Currently, schools act as distribution sites for learning packets and Self-Learning Modules.

โ€œWilling tayo tumulong, but ang interest natin is to protect the children, teachers, and staff,โ€ she said.

She shared that schools are only used as quarantine facilities upon the approval of the request of concerned local government units (LGUs).

Secretary Briones also addressed concerns on blended learning and ways forward for the current school year during the online press conference.

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February 02, 2021ย โ€“ The Department of Education (DepEd) supported the decision of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to recall the policy of allowing 10-14 years old residing in Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) areas to go outside their houses.