DepEd K to 12 covers 13 years of basic education with the following key stages: Kindergarten to Grade 3, Grades 4 to 6, Grades 7 to 10 (Junior High School), and Grades 11 and 12 (Senior High School) A 12-year program is found to be the best period for learning under basic education. It is […]
DepEd has announced that the start of classes for School Year 2017-2018 shall formally open on Monday, June 5, 2017 and shall end on Friday, April 6, 2018. This is according to Education Secretary Leonor Briones in the DepEd Order No. 25 series 2017 dated last May 5. The new school year would consist of […]
The DepEd Senior High School Voucher Program or SHS Voucher Program is a mechanism to provide financial assistance to senior high school students. Applications for the Senior High School Voucher Program may be done manually or online and are free of charge. The SHS Voucher Program is one of the initiatives of the government to […]
Leonor Briones is the new Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). She is not new to public service. She has served as a secretary with the Commission on Audit and as National Treasurer from 1998-2001. Prior to being appointed as DepEd Secretary she is teaching Public Administration at UP, a chairman of the board […]
The DepEd Earthquake Readiness Questionnaire aims to promote family preparedness for earthquakes as outlined in the DepEd Order 27, series of 2015 through school activities. This is in connection with the National Disaster Conciousness Month observed annually every month of July. As stated in the DepEd Official Website, “DepEd stressed that disaster preparedness should be anchored in family readiness, […]
DepEd Order No. 1, s. 2015, states that the age requirement for kindergarten is 5 years old and age requirement for Grade 1 is six years old.
The Philippine Flag has a unique feature. It is the only flag that is displayed differently in times of peace and war. But this feature causes confusion on how to display the Philippine flag properly. Is the blue on top or at the bottom? Should the blue be on the left or on the right? […]
When Gab was an incoming Grade 7 student, we decided to let him take an entrance test in one of the high schools in the city. I would have preferred for Gab to enroll in a traditional school already once he reaches high school. The “high school” experience is something I cannot teach in a […]
I wrote this article in my personal blog, as we didn’t have The Filipino Homeschooler site yet, after I attended the first homeschool conference in 2013. Gab was only 2 years old then. Since then, I think I have been attending homeschool conferences annually. It’s a good venue to learn from seasoned homeschoolers, get inspirations, […]
