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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte urged telephone companies or telcos to improve their services with the start of the school year this October 5, and the start of mostly online classes in the country. He noted that online learning is crucial amid the COVID-19 pandemic where face-to-face interaction is very limited. “Iyon lang po. Iyong telco, it’s school time. About a good percentage of our students — studentry are really dependent already on […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education announced on Friday, Aug. 14, that the opening of classes in Metro Manila and other provinces currently under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine will be moved to October 5, from the original plan of Aug. 24. “We hope that this is the final adjustment for the school opening,” said Education Secretary Leonor Briones amid the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal which […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Higher Education said that there would be “no regular face-to-face classes in August” even for higher education institutions because of the current COVID-19 pandemic. “CHED wants to make it very clear that higher education institutions (HEIs) will open the semester in August using flexible learning mode. There are NO regular face-to-face classes in August,” said CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III in a statement. De Vera issued the statement […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Education (DepEd) is conducting an online survey among school personnel, learners, and parents on the opening of classes for school year 2020-2021, in view of the COVID-19 public health crisis. In a statement, the DepEd said that the survey aims to “better inform its policies and decisions on the opening of classes for SY 2020-2021”, in view of the varying degrees of quarantine and social distancing measures imposed nationwide. […]
(Eagle News) — Some 27.2 million students, mostly from public schools, troop to their classes today for the school opening for the school year 2019-2020. Education Secretary Leonor Briones welcomed students nationwide for the school opening today which she said was made possible with the help of the “whole community” – from parents, teachers, local government units and national government agencies. “On behalf of the Department of Education (DepEd), I am honored and pleased to […]
(Eagle News) – At least 20 out of 69 classrooms in Marawi City could not be used to accommodate students for the school year as the opening of classes nationwide began on Monday, June 4. Based on the assessment conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd), some 20 public schools that were totally damaged by the conflict last year could still not be used as these had been hit by bombs and some were burned […]
(Eagle News) — Public schools nationwide opened today, Monday, June 4, for the start of the school year 2018-2019 with almost 29 million elementary and high school students expected for this school year opening. The Department of Education said it’s all systems go with the perennial problems on classroom shortage now being addressed, with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) deploying 1,444 enforcers to secure the June 4 school opening. Education Secretary Leonor Briones […]
The Philippine National Police is ready for the school opening on June 2, and they will respond not only to petty crimes but to acts of bullying as well. Some 18,000 policemen will be deployed nationwide for the school opening next week. At least 2,500 will be deployed in Metro Manila alone. The police also gave some safety tips for student and their parents, particularly to avoid robbers, kidnappers and other criminals.
