Latest in Grade 1The Department of Education will hire 32,000 new teachers in 2026, the largest single-year teacher recruitment in the department’s history, Education Undersecretary Edson Byron Sy said Saturday, as the government pushes to improve classroom ratios and reduce the burden on existing teachers. Sy…
All kindergarten and Grade 1 students in Philippine public schools will receive meals under the school-based feeding program for the first time in history, as the budget for the program more than doubled from ₱8 to 9 billion to ₱25 billion under the Marcos administration, Education Undersecretary…
All kindergarten and Grade 1 learners nationwide will receive school meals under an expanded feeding program this school year, as the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) has been doubled to ₱25.6 billion for school year 2026-2027. DepEd Assistant…
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