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38-471: Itbayat is the country's northernmost municipality, located 156 kilometers (97 mi) from the southernmost tip of Taiwan . The main island of Itbayat is the largest in Batanes. The municipality includes the rest of the province's northern islands, all small and mostly uninhabited. These islands are, from south to north: Di'nem Island , Siayan , Misanga, Ah'li, and Mavulis Island , the northernmost island of

76-447: A Category 5 -equivalent super typhoon, with the center of the eye passing directly over the island. During landfall, the storm's powerful winds caused extensive damage and knocked out the island's communications systems. On July 27, 2019, a series of destructive earthquakes , the largest of them of magnitude 6.0, caused severe damage in the town. Nine people died as a result, and sixty were injured. In 2024, Barangay San Rafael hosted

114-484: A proper review and that "more strict mechanisms" would be put in place as well. The Secretary of Education had also released a statement assuring the public that efforts will be made "to warn our officials and personnel, including teachers, against participating in partisan politics." The team responsible for the module will also be subjected to review by the Department of Education to prevent future errors from occurring

152-501: A test broadcast contained grammatical errors in the sample questionnaire for a Grade 8 English course. Later in October, a math problem on DepEd TV had also gone viral for having an incorrect solution, wherein the solution asked students to divide by zero . In April 2022, a month before the 2022 Philippine presidential election , images of a Grade 11 self-learning module initially distributed in 2020 entitled " Introduction to Philosophy of

190-467: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Department of Education (Philippines) The Department of Education (abbreviated as DepEd ; Filipino : Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. It is the main agency tasked to manage and govern

228-542: Is a member of the Cabinet . The current Secretary of Education is Sonny Angara who took office on July 19, 2024. Presently, its mission is to provide quality basic education that is equitably accessible to all and lay the foundation for lifelong learning and service for the common good. It has changed its vision statement, removing a phrase that some groups deem to be "too sectarian" for a government institution. Philippine Education has undergone different stages of progress from

266-428: Is assigned to each of the school divisions defined by the department. Also teacher, master teacher, and head teacher is assigned to public schools defined by the schools division offices. DepEd is composed of 18 bureaus and services: The following agencies, councils and schools are attached to DepEd for policy and program coordination: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), National Commission for Culture and

304-429: Is located at 20°47′16″N 121°50′29″E  /  20.7878°N 121.8415°E  / 20.7878; 121.8415 . The municipality has a land area of 83.13 square kilometres (32.10 sq mi)   . It constitutes 37.96% 219.01-square-kilometre- (84.56 sq mi) of the total area of Batanes. The entire municipality of Itbayat constitutes several islands, islets, atolls and outcrops. Itbayat

342-479: Is politically subdivided into five barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Itbayat has cooler temperatures from December to February due to its northerly location. In the 2020 census, Itbayat had a population of 3,128. The population density was 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98/sq mi). Poverty incidence of Itbayat Source: Philippine Statistics Authority In 2024, Batanes's first municipal tilapia hatchery

380-502: Is responsible for tertiary education, while TESDA now administers the post-secondary, middle-level manpower training and development. In August 2001, the Governance of Basic Education Act was passed, renaming the DECS to the Department of Education (DepEd) and redefining the role of field offices, which include regional offices, division offices, district offices, and schools. The Act removed

418-422: Is served by the following small airline companies: The town can be reached by sea going vessels that provide transportation for locals and tourists between Itbayat and Basco. The following companies provide daily scheduled voyage between Basco and Itbayat: There are no private charter boats or larger vessels in the island. Charter flights, however, can be scheduled to and from the town. Extreme points of

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456-563: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was established, and on August 25, 1994, when the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) was established to supervise tertiary degree programs and non-degree technical-vocational programs, respectively. The trifocal education system refocused the department's mandate to basic education which covers elementary, secondary and non-formal education, including culture and sports. CHED

494-744: The United States to the Philippines. They would later be popularly known as the Thomasites . In 1908, the Philippine Legislature approved Act No. 1870, creating the University of the Philippines . The Organic Act of 1916 reorganized the Department of Public Instruction, mandating that it be headed by a secretary. This act also mandated the Filpinization of department secretaries, except that of

532-564: The dignity of labor were also emphasized. In October 1944, months after President Manuel L. Quezon 's death, the department was renamed as the Department of Public Instruction and Information, with Carlos P. Romulo at the helm. Upon the return and resumption of the Commonwealth Government in February 1945, its name was changed to the Department of Instruction. In 1947, by virtue of Executive Order No. 94 by President Manuel Roxas ,

570-736: The April 14 to June 6 Balikatan exercise involving the construction of humanitarian, logistics and disaster relief warehouse at Sitio Kagonongan, a supply depot area at the San Rafael National Food Authority warehouse and an American physician’s assistant station and lodging facilities for American soldiers at Itbayat District Hospital. In May 2024, the Philippine Coast Guard opened its first monitoring station in northern Luzon, located in Itbayat island, as part of efforts to monitor

608-784: The Arts (NCCA), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) are now attached to the Office of the President , while the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is now attached to the Department of Labor and Employment . The Department of Education drew flak online in November 2020 for an invitation for bidding on its website for the supply and delivery of ham and cheese for the DepEd Central Office worth ₱ 4.28 million. The invitation read that

646-540: The Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports was abolished. In the new school calendar, DepEd Order No. 3, series of 2024 dated February 19, 2024 “adjusted end of the school year (SY) shall be May 31, 2024.” It urged schools to conduct all end-of-school-year rites from May 29 to 31, as the school break is set from June 1 to July 26 and the start of the SY 2024-2025 is set for July 29 which will then end on May 16, 2025. At present,

684-765: The Department is headed by the secretary of education , with the following undersecretaries and assistant secretaries: Under the Office of the Secretary are the following offices and services: A director is assigned to each of the 17 regions of the Philippines ; the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (Bangsamoro) (BARRM) is governed by a regional minister. A schools division superintendent, assistant schools division superintendent, chief education supervisor, education program supervisor/specialist, district supervisor, section chief, school principal, and assistant school principal

722-557: The Human Person " contained exercises that portrayed and addressed Vice President Leni Robredo in a negative light started circulating online. The learning activity in question instructed "students to identify which among the given headlines has no errors in spelling, grammar and content", and another question asked students which statements contained "substantial generalization ". 7. Which among these headlines has no errors in terms of spelling, grammar, and content? 8. Which among

760-674: The Philippine archipelago. A church and civil government were established in Batan Island in 1783. In 1855, civil authority was established and the mission canonically founded in Itbayat. A settlement during the Spanish colonial period , it became a municipal district when the Americans organized the province in 1909. In 1935, it became a municipality. On September 14, 2016, Typhoon Meranti (Ferdie) made landfall on Itbayat while at peak intensity, as

798-541: The Philippine system of basic education . It is the chief formulator of Philippine education policy and responsible for the Philippine primary and secondary school systems. It has its headquarters at the DepEd Complex in Meralco Avenue , Pasig . The department is currently led by the secretary of education , nominated by the president of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments . The secretary

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836-523: The Philippines This is a list of points in the Philippines that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances, and other points of geographic interest. Republic Act No. 9522 of 2009, defines the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines . [1] This article about a location in the Philippines

874-613: The administration of cultural and sports activities from the department. The National Historical Institute, Records Management and Archives Office, and the National Library are now administratively attached to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). All previous functions, programs, and activities related to sports competition were transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). In addition,

912-425: The cost is equivalent to 4,260 hams and 2,160 cheese supplies for the annual Christmas celebration of the central office. Netizens criticized the bidding as ill-timed as it was posted during the onset of Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses , which at the time, caused extensive damage and casualties to the affected areas. In response, the department has since canceled and retracted the bidding and pledged to reallocate

950-586: The department was reorganized to the Department of Education. During this period, the regulation and supervision of public and private schools belonged to the Bureau of Public and Private Schools. Upon the start of Martial Law in September 1972, it became the Department of Education and Culture and subsequently reorganized into the Ministry of Education and Culture in June 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1397, due to

988-438: The entry of foreign vessels particularly from China. In June, the 51st Engineer Brigade ' 513th Engineer Construction Battalion and United States Army, with Batanes LGU, Governor Marilou Cayco and Mayor Sabas C. De Sagon, led the dedication ceremony in Itbayat, of the 10x8- meters concrete logistical structure, Humanitarian assistance and Disaster response relief goods warehouse, part of 'Exercise Salaknib' . Itbayat

1026-406: The following statements contain substantiated generalizations? After substantial media coverage of the issue, Division of City Schools – Manila released a statement apologizing for the publication and distribution of the module and has since ordered the module to be removed online and for copies of it to be recalled from students. The office also stated that the module in question did not undergo

1064-462: The funds to typhoon relief efforts and for their COVID-19 response. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines in early 2020, the Department of Education shifted schools into distant learning with the use of online and printed self-learning modules later that year. However, several of these modules were found to have incorrect and questionable content. In August 2020, a DepEd TV episode used for

1102-507: The future. In early August 2022 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic , it was reported by the Commission on Audit (COA) That the Department of Education purchased approximately ₱2.4 billion worth of laptops for 39,583 public school teachers. Due to the influence of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), who made suggestions to increase the anticipated cost from ₱35,046 to ₱58,300 each unit,

1140-656: The medium of instruction. A highly centralized public school system was instituted in January 1901 by the Taft Commission, by virtue of Act No. 74. This act also established the Department of Public Instruction, headed by a General Superintendent. The implementation of this Act created a heavy shortage of teachers so the Philippine Commission authorized the Superintendent of Public Instruction to bring 500 teachers from

1178-493: The pre-Spanish era to the present. During the early Spanish period, education in the Philippines was religion -oriented and was primarily for the elite, especially in the first years of Spanish colonization. Access to education by Filipinos was later liberalized through the enactment of the Educational Decree of 1863, which provided for the establishment of at least one primary school for boys and girls in each town under

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1216-504: The responsibility of the municipal government, and the establishment of a normal school for male teachers under the supervision of the Jesuits . Primary instruction was secularized and free, and the teaching of Spanish was compulsory. It was also through this decree that the 'Superior Commission of Primary Instruction' was established, the seminal agency of the Department of Education. The defeat of Spain by United States forces in 1898 paved

1254-457: The secretary of public instruction. During World War II , the department was reorganized once again through the Japanese's Military Order No. 2 in February 1942, splitting the department into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Public Instruction. Under the Japanese, the teaching of Tagalog, Philippine history, and character education was given priority. Love for work and

1292-534: The shift to a parliamentary system of government . Thirteen regional offices were created and major organizational changes were implemented in the educational system. The Education Act of 1982 created the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, which became the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) in 1987 via Executive Order No. 117 by President Corazon C. Aquino . The structure of DECS as embodied in EO 117 has practically remained unchanged until 1994, when

1330-674: The start of the Philippine–American War , and was finally dismantled. A secularized and free public school system during the first decade of American rule was established upon the recommendation of the Schurman Commission in 1900. Free primary instruction that trained the people for the duties of citizenship was enforced by the Taft Commission as per instructions of US President William McKinley . Chaplains and non-commissioned officers were assigned to teach using English as

1368-714: The town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality. Transportation to the island town is by boat or by plane direct from the provincial capital of Basco. Jorge Abad Airport serves as the gateway to the island for STOL planes through Basco airport or other airports from mainland Luzon. There are small carriers that provide commercial scheduled and non-scheduled flights to Itbayat from Basco Airport . Jorge Abad Airport

1406-481: The way for Aguinaldo 's Republic under a Revolutionary Government. The schools maintained by Spain for more than three centuries were closed temporarily but were reopened on August 29, 1898 by the secretary of the interior. A system of free and compulsory elementary education was established by the Malolos Constitution , under Article 23. However, this first sovereign education system was interrupted in 1899 with

1444-566: Was inaugurated in Barangay Raele. Itbayat belongs to the lone congressional district of the province of Batanes. It is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive, and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code . The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election held every three years. The Schools Division of Batanes governs

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