{"id":262264,"date":"2020-07-20T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T06:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=262264"},"modified":"2025-01-12T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T20:45:45","slug":"duterte-signs-law-adjusting-school-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/20\/duterte-signs-law-adjusting-school-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte signs law adjusting school calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on May 28, 2020. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law adjusting the school calendar amid the prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

Duterte signed Republic Act 11480 on Friday (July 17) but a copy of the law was released on Monday (July 20).<\/p>\n

RA 11480 amends Section 3 of RA 7797 also known as \u201cAn act to lengthen the school calendar from 200 days to not more than 220 class days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The law allows the President, upon the recommendation of the Education Secretary, to set a different date for the start of the school year in the country in the event of a state of emergency or state of calamity.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026the deferred school opening shall apply to all basic education schools, including foreign or international schools,\u201d the law read.<\/p>\n

Under the law, the Education Secretary will determine the end of the regular school year, taking into consideration the Christmas and summer vacation, and the particular circumstances of each region.<\/p>\n

The Education Secretary may authorize the holding of Saturday classes for elementary and secondary levels for public and private schools.<\/p>\n

The Department of Education (DepEd), in consultation with regular stakeholders, will issue the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation within 30 days after the effectivity of the act.<\/p>\n

The act takes effect immediately upon its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, the DepEd scheduled the school opening on Aug. 24, 2020 and the end of the school year on April 30, 2021.<\/p>\n

Duterte has rejected the resumption of face-to-face (F2F) classes until a vaccine against Covid-19 is developed but is open to further talks.<\/p>\n

Briones assured that in-person classes would not take place until it is safe to do so as declared by Duterte.<\/p>\n

Instead of in-person classes, the DepEd is set to implement distance learning strategies with TV and radio-based instruction being one of the three main setups with modular and online learning as the other two options.<\/p>\n

Students, parents, and teacher groups have protested the Aug.<\/p>\n

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24 opening of classes, saying not all of them could afford to pay for tuition and that not all of them had access to computers and the internet.<\/p>\n

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