October 20, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd) is saddened to learn about the deaths of teachers and learners in these difficult times. We offer our sincere condolences to the bereaved families and loved ones of our DepEd family members. Our field offices are in contact with the grieving families to provide urgent relief continue reading : Official Statement

October 19, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd), as an institution, upholds our Constitution and believes in the principle of freedom of speech and expression. In this connection, we would like to clarify that a certain learning module that has gone viral on social media creating an impression that the Department discourages students from continue reading : Official Statement on a Viral Printed Module Discouraging Students from Joining Peaceful Protests

September 25, 2020 –We would like to clarify that a certain viral photo of a module page with provocative terms was not created by the Department of Education (DepEd). Based on our investigation, a private Catholic school in Zambales produced the module. Learning resources in public schools have undergone quality assurance through our education specialists continue reading : Official Statement on the Usage of Provocative Words in a Viral Printed Self-Learning Module

August 19, 2020 – To ensure the health and safety of our skeleton workforce, the DepEd Task Force COVID-19, upon the directive of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, will temporarily close the DepEd Central Office (CO) in Pasig City to give way for a complex-wide disinfection and contact tracing activity. It will start on August 19 continue reading : Official Statement on Central Office Temporary Closure

August 15, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd) earlier announced the decision of the President to defer the school opening for School Year (SY) 2020-2021 from August 24, 2020 to October 5, 2020, as recommended by the Secretary of Education in light of the implications of the imposition of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine continue reading : Advisory on Opening of Classes for Private Schools

This morning, we received a memorandum from the Office of the President that the President has already made the decision in respect to the recommendation that I have submitted to him on August 6, in response to the implications of imposition of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila and in the provinces of continue reading : Official Statement on the Opening of Classes

August 11, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd) is not requiring learners to wear school uniform in any distance learning approaches that they will participate in for School Year 2020-2021. Even before the pandemic, it is not a strict requirement for public schools to wear uniform (DepEd Order No. 065, s. 2010) to avoid continue reading : Official Statement on School Uniform

July 29, 2020 – LESF was the main enrollment tool used for the remote and dropbox enrolment for SY 2020-2021. The tool is an expanded version of the regular enrolment form which captures not only the basic profile of learners but also relevant survey questions for parents designed to profile the household in terms of continue reading : Official Statement on LESF

July 20, 2020 – We thank the President for signing Republic Act 11480 amending RA 7797 mandating the Secretary of Education to recommend to the chief executive adjustments in the school calendar in ‘times of national emergency’. We are also grateful to our Senators and members of the House of Representatives for the quick and continue reading : Official Statement on RA 11480

July 17, 2020 – The Department of Education (DepEd) would like to report that as of Friday, July 17 (8AM), there are already 21,344,915 enrollees in basic education for the combined public and private schools for School Year 2020-2021 at the end of enrollment period. This represents 76% of last year’s enrollment. For the public continue reading : Official Statement on enrollment data