VERA Files
There is no announcement from the Department of Education about adding a new level to the K to 12 Basic Education program.
Sinabi ni Vice President Sara Duterte noong Nobyembre 9 na hindi na niya ipipilit ang panukalang P650-million na confidential funds sa 2024 national budget para sa Office of the Vice President at Department of Education (DepEd) dahil nagiging sanhi daw ng pagkakawatak-watak ang isyu. Pagkambyo ito sa naunang pahayag ni Duterte noong Oktubre 4 na […]
Habang inuulit ang kanyang desisyon na “hindi na ituloy” ang kahilingan para sa confidential funds, hiniling ni Duterte sa mga senador na sa halip ay ibigay na lang sa National Learning Recovery Program ng DepEd ang halaga.
Following weeks of heated discussions on the request of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd) for confidential funds, Vice President Sara Duterte said she has given it up to end the divisiveness it has generated. This is misleading. STATEMENT On Nov. 9, the OVP issued a statement on its […]
Vice President Sara Duterte was quoted in a press release inaccurately stating that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) planned to file criminal charges against teachers who backed out of their duties in the Oct. 30 barangay polls. Duterte concurrently serves as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). STATEMENT In a Nov. 4 press release, […]
Ang Comelec ay hindi gumawa ng tiyak na pahayag sa pagsasampa ng mga kasong kriminal laban sa mga guro na umatras sa kanilang mga tungkulin sa electoral board. Ang sinabi ni Comelec Chairman George Garcia ay magsasampa ang poll body ng mga kaso laban sa mga nagbanta o naging dahilan ng karahasan sa mga guro at iba pang election personnel.
A video on Facebook (FB) is claiming that Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio has unveiled several directives to remove all information deemed “anti-Marcos” in public school textbooks and revise content taught about the period of martial law. This needs context. The narrator in the 10-minute-long video, published on Sept. 21, claimed that the […]
Tinanggal ng House of Representatives ang confidential at intelligence funds (CIF) ng limang civilian agencies ng gobyerno, kasama ang Office of the Vice President (OVP) at Department of Education (DepEd), sa panukalang national budget para sa 2024.
Five Facebook (FB) groups carried posts claiming that Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte is offering a scholarship from the Department of Education (DepEd). These are fake. Published on Aug. 20, the five bogus posts advertised a scholarship allegedly from DepEd for students “from elementary to college” with a P7,000 monthly stipend, a free […]
Two days after the Department of Education (DepEd) launched its revised K to 10 curriculum, a YouTube video falsely claimed that the K to 12 program has been scrapped. This is not true. The new “Matatag” curriculum decongested subjects to help students focus on foundational skills such as literacy and numeracy. Uploaded on Aug. 12, […]