02 October 2023

Changing lives through education

Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, 02 October 2023, – When Umaya and Juher, a young couple from Maguindanao, dropped out of school in their early teens, they saw their future fade into the grey horizon of the farms they gave it all up for. They thought they would not have much to aspire for. Umaya and Juher Umaya and Ju...
05 August 2022

DepEd consults children, parents and communities on actions needed to transform education

PASIG CITY, August 5, 2022, – The Department of Education (DepEd) gathered insights from education stakeholders, specifically learners, teachers, and communities, to reimagine basic education in the Philippines from now until 2030 through Stakeholders’ Convergence: UN Transforming Education Summit (TES) 2022 on Fr...
05 August 2022

Remarks by Behzad Noubary, UNICEF Philippines Deputy Representative, at the Stakeholders' Convergence: UN Transforming Education Summit 2022 hosted by the Department of Education

I would like to start congratulating the Department of Education (DepEd) and the BARMM Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) for a successful process of consulting with hundreds of students, teachers, and parents, listening to their voices and innovative ideas on what it means to recover learning and reimage education. The…