{"id":269539,"date":"2020-09-23T00:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269539"},"modified":"2020-09-23T00:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:40:53","slug":"pcoo-chief-not-worried-about-tv-frequencies-for-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/23\/pcoo-chief-not-worried-about-tv-frequencies-for-distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"PCOO chief not worried about TV frequencies for distance learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233614\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/71851536_3029801227036585_4195504172776292352_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233614\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/71851536_3029801227036585_4195504172776292352_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/71851536_3029801227036585_4195504172776292352_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/71851536_3029801227036585_4195504172776292352_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/71851536_3029801227036585_4195504172776292352_n-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He added that the Department of Education (DepEd) has also coordinated with network companies that are willing to carry classes through distance learning. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/martinmandanar\/photos\/a.661042577245807\/3029801223703252\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo: Martin Andanar\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday said he is not worried about the lack of television (TV) frequencies that will be used for distance learning.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview over DWIZ, Andanar said private individuals and groups have guaranteed to shoulder the cost of operation of TV channels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not worried\u00a0<em>na kukulangin ho tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0frequencies\u00a0<em>dahil napakadami hong gustong tumulong sa pribadong<\/em>\u00a0sector (that we will lack frequencies because there are many of our friends from the private sector want to help),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Department of Education (DepEd) has also coordinated with network companies that are willing to carry classes through distance learning.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Manny Pacquiao has also shouldered the cost of operating 13 TV channels for DepEd&#8217;s use, stressing how students from far-off places have no access to computers or internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>Andanar said the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) has started its test broadcast to assess the preparedness of teachers.<\/p>\n<p>The DepEd earlier moved the opening of the school year 2020-2021 to October 5 from August 24 due to restrictions brought about by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Data from DepEd said there have been over 24 million students that have enrolled for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte rejected the resumption of face-to-face (F2F) classes until a vaccine against Covid-19 is developed.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of F2F 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday said he is not worried about the lack of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":157150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269539","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269546,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269539\/revisions\/269546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}