(Eagle News) — Education Secretary Leonor Briones hailed the country’s teachers, students, and parents as school year 2020 to 2021 came to a close. In a statement, Briones said she was “honored to be part of the accomplishments and milestones” of this year’s graduating batch, noting that “despite being tested in an extraordinary time,” the learners “persevered and made valuable gains for the future.” “While this historic season gave unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 […]
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DepEd assures schools would follow IATF guidelines, minimum health standards
(Eagle News) – The Department of Education said that it would follow guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and the Department of Health (DOH) once the new school year starts on August 24. Education Secretary Leonor Briones tried to assure parents of learners that they should not worry about this new school year as the DepEd and all schools will observe minimum standards set by the IATF for schools […]
DepEd conducts online survey on opening of SY 2020-2021 amid COVID-19 crisis
(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. […]
