{"id":263620,"date":"2020-07-31T04:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263620"},"modified":"2020-07-31T04:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:46:07","slug":"class-opening-to-be-tackled-in-next-duterte-iatf-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/31\/class-opening-to-be-tackled-in-next-duterte-iatf-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Class opening to be tackled in next Duterte-IATF meet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a taped public address aired on state-run PTV-4 on Friday morning, Duterte said the decision on the opening of classes would be announced in his next public address. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The actual date for the school opening amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic will be tackled in President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s next meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).<\/p>\n

In a taped public address aired on state-run PTV-4 on Friday morning, Duterte said the decision on the opening of classes would be announced in his next public address.<\/p>\n

He made the statement as he maintained that face-to-face classes would only resume, once a vaccine against Covid-19 is developed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the next meeting, we will decide on the actual date of how to open the schools.\u00a0Ang akin, basta mabakunahan lang<\/em>\u00a0(My stance is there should be a vaccine first),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

On July 17, he signed Republic Act (RA) 11480, which 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 case of a state of emergency or state of calamity.<\/p>\n

Under RA 11480, the school year shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.<\/p>\n

The Department of Education (DepEd) has already scheduled the school opening on August 24 and the end of the school year on April 30, 2021.<\/p>\n

Education Secretary Leonor Briones, in a meeting held at Malaca\u00f1an on Thursday night, told Duterte that the government is ready to implement blended learning when schools open on August 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cKayang-kaya nating mag<\/em>-start\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0August 24\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0blended learning\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0approach\u00a0natin<\/em>\u00a0(We can start the blended learning approach on August 24),\u201d Briones said.<\/p>\n

Blended learning is a combination of online distance learning and in-person delivery of education materials to the homes of learners.<\/p>\n

The DepEd was forced to shift the modality of teaching from the traditional face-to-face classes to blended learning due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Briones noted that as of July 30, about 92 percent of learners in public schools and 31 percent of learners in private schools have enrolled.<\/p>\n

She assured Duterte that face-to-face classes would happen in 2020, noting that strict minimum health standards must be observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng<\/em>\u00a0(The) schedule for face-to-face will be in 2021\u00a0pero<\/em>\u00a0very strict\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0health standards\u00a0na dine<\/em>-demand\u00a0natin<\/em>\u00a0(and we would demand for very strict health standards),\u201d Briones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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