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The Department of Education (DepEd) does not have the authority to stop community learning centers from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), according to Secretary Leonor Briones.
Briones reiterated Friday that DepEd had not partnered with Vice President Leni Robredo’s office for the project, which provides a space in local governments for students to use devices and connect to the Internet for their distance education classes.
The centers have volunteer tutors to assist the limited number of students who are allowed to use the facilities.
Briones said he issued the clarification that DepEd had no association with the OVP due to a news report that gave this impression.
When asked Friday if DepEd would stop the OVP project, Briones said the department does not have that authority.
“We have no authority to impose any punishment or anything on the OVP because that is not in the mandate of the Department of Education. Maybe another government [agency] I should look into that, ”he said.
Briones also said that there could have been a “miscommunication” in the exchange of letters from DepEd with the OVP.
The OVP had informed DepEd about the community learning center project, but nowhere in its correspondence did the department say that the OVP was authorized to continue the program, it said.
DepEd had just requested descriptions and more explanations about the project, he said.
“But we did not give permission,” Briones said, citing the ban on face-to-face classes.
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