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MANILA – The Department of Education has published guidelines for the grading and evaluation of students, and an updated calendar for the new school year, which will see the change from the basic education system to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Department Order No. 30, dated October 2 but made public on Sunday, the 2020-2021 school year would begin on October 5 and end on June 11, 2021.
There will also be a Christmas break beginning on December 19, with the resumption of classes scheduled for January 4, 2021, according to the calendar.
Meanwhile, Order No. 31 listed the guidelines for student evaluation and grading to be adopted this school year.
Teachers may continue to administer long or unit tests and tests, as well as performance-based assignments, depending on the order.
Performance-based assignments include skill demonstrations, group presentations, oral work, multimedia presentations and research projects, the DepEd said in the order.
Private schools, technical and vocational institutions and institutions of higher education that offer basic K-12 education only need to follow the evaluation and qualification guidelines of the DepEd, the agency added.
In distance learning, students will learn primarily from home through printed and digital modules and online classes. This will be complemented by educational programs that will be broadcast on television and radio.
More than 24 million students were enrolled in basic education this school year, with 22.5 million of them enrolled in public schools.
President Rodrigo Duterte has banned face-to-face classes pending the availability of a vaccine against COVID-19, which has so far sickened more than 322,000 in the country.
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