{"id":252922,"date":"2020-04-23T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T05:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252922"},"modified":"2025-01-19T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:23:27","slug":"prioritize-students-safety-in-class-opening-decision-cbcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/23\/prioritize-students-safety-in-class-opening-decision-cbcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Prioritize students&#8217; safety in class opening decision: CBCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31747\" style=\"width: 2086px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31747\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2086\" height=\"1589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2.jpg 2086w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2-900x685.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Makati-Science-High-School-2-600x457.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2086px) 100vw, 2086px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: One of the classrooms inside Makati Science High School (PNA photo by Avito C.Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The safety of students should be the primary consideration regarding plans on the opening of classes for the next school year, the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adjustment is obviously due to the pandemic which is a threat to lives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ventolin inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ventolin-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ventolin-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> For me the principle &#8216;safety first&#8217; is paramount. This consideration is critical to deciding when schools should open. I trust our officials will be guided by this principle and by scientific data, as we continue to implore help of the Almighty,\u201d Bishop Rex Andrew Alarcon, chairperson of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth (ECY) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the \u201cdecision, as well as the decision making&#8221;, is also a communal thing as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic calls for collective solutions and decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a situation where the non-cooperation of one, poses a danger to all. As (the) World Health Organization (WHO) says, &#8216;nobody is safe unless everybody is safe&#8217;,\u201d Alarcon added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy voltaren online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html\">https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/voltaren.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Department of Education (DepEd) said it is considering to open school year 2020-2021 in August.<\/p>\n<p>Education Secretary Leonor Briones, however, said the school opening would still depend on the decisions of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lipitor online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lipitor.html\">https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lipitor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Section 3 of Republic Act 7797 states that the &#8220;school year shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The administration of final examinations and school year-end activities have been put on hold due to the enhanced community quarantine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The safety of students should be the primary consideration regarding plans on the opening of classes for the next &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":31747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285979,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252922\/revisions\/285979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}