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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 9) – The Department of Education on Wednesday opposed requests for an “academic freeze” or suspension of classes in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, saying it is a “myopic” solution.
“We would like to dismiss this call as something that is not endorsed by the leadership of DepEd for continuity of learning,” said Deputy Secretary of DepEd Nepomuceno Malaluan in a briefing.
“This position is shortsighted as it does not take into consideration compensation for a prolonged outage,” Malaluan noted.
Previously, a group of private schools also rejected requests for an academic freeze, saying its effects are “serious and aggravating,” such as loss of learning.
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations previously noted in an interview with CNN Philippines Newsroom Weekend that canceling classes at all levels since March to curb the spread of the coronavirus eliminated at least half of the knowledge acquired by students from the school year. past. COCOPEA said this means that the students “have lost almost a school year in terms of learning.”
People online continue to push for classes to be suspended until the government can control COVID-19, as students and teachers share struggles in distance learning, such as a lack of devices and connectivity.
The Department of Education moved the opening of the 2020-2021 school year for kindergarten to high school to October 5 from August 24. But the DepEd allowed some private basic educational institutions to teach before October 5, as long as they are limited to distance learning.
Until Wednesday 24,305,551 have already enrolled in public and private educational institutions for the next academic year, according to the Secretary of Education, Leonor Briones.
Under an order from the Department of Education, schools may accept late enrollment as long as students can “meet eighty percent of the prescribed number of school days for each school year and the quarterly requirement for passing the grade level as governed by the latest applicable existing DepEd emissions. “
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