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Understanding Teacher Workload as a Systemic Issue
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Read more →: Understanding Teacher Workload as a Systemic IssueThe Department of Education (DepEd) has implemented several policy reforms in the past year to address teacher workload and revise the current school staffing structure. However, recent research shows that teachers continue to work long hours, with a majority of their non-teaching time dedicated to ancillary (i.e. teaching-related) work and to other school-related assignments. The…
Removing the Burden of Administration from Teachers
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Read more →: Removing the Burden of Administration from TeachersThe Department of Education (DepEd) has implemented several policy reforms to reduce teachers’ administrative workload. However, recent research finds that in many schools teachers are working long hours and still performing administrative tasks. Compliance with new departmental orders has been challenging for schools as current levels of administrative work outweigh the availability of support staff,…
Opportunities to Address Undernutrition in the Early Years
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Read more →: Opportunities to Address Undernutrition in the Early YearsProper nutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life is crucial for optimal growth and development and has a profound and lifelong impact on one’s ability to fully function in society. Malnutrition continues to hound the overall development of young children in the Philippines, despite various nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions being implemented in…