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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Higher Education said it will issue a show-cause order against a school in Isabela for holding face-to-face orientations and classes. In asking Isabela Colleges, Inc. to explain its move, CHED noted that the conduct of face-to-face classes was in violation of Inter-Agency Task Force and CHED advisories issued amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CHED announced it would issue the show-cause order after a student of the college located in Cauayan […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Tuesday, July 21, said parents who do not want their children to attend face-to-face classes may opt for other forms of learning for the students instead. “Yung mga parents na ayaw ng face-to-face (classes), may choice naman sila sa online halimbawa,” she said after President Rodrigo Duterte allowed the conduct of the same–albeit on a limited basis–in areas considered low-risk for COVID-19 infections. The Palace had said […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, July 21, said the conduct of limited face-to-face classes will be allowed starting January 2021, although private schools that already started conducting the same in June 2020 will be allowed to continue. The Palace added the localized face-to-face classes–which should only be “intermittent” and shall complement distance learning–shall only be allowed in low-risk areas or those that are already at least under a modified general community quarantine or in […]
(Eagle News)–A teacher’s group on Tuesday, July 21, hit the Department of Education’s recent recommendation to hold limited face-to-face classes in areas where there is a low risk for COVID-19, and which was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, Benjo Basas, chair of the Teachers Dignity Coalition, said the recommendation–which was a deviation from the no face-to-face classes previously announced by the Palace–was proof plans for the new school year have not been […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Education’s recommendation to allow face-to-face classes in areas where there is a low risk for COVID-19—but only on a limited basis. “I’m with you on this,” the President said after Education Secretary Leonor Briones made the proposal during a meeting with the President on Monday but which was aired on Tuesday morning. Briones had proposed the classes be held once or twice a week in those […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Education’s request to have minimum face to face classes for areas considered “low risk” for COVID-19. In a press briefing televised on Tuesday, July 21, but happened Monday night, July 20, Duterte said that he is “okay” with the recommendation as presented by Education Secretary Leonor Briones to have limited face to face classes but only in low-risk areas in the country. Briones […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Monday, June 8, said the groundwork for blended learning was “well underway,” as it noted it would comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive face-to-face classes be postponed until a vaccine against COVID-19 was available. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said DepEd was currently conducting its remote enrollment nationwide “in order to assess learners’ household information, which will be crucial in the preparation and contextualization of […]
