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MANILA, Philippines – Quarantine classifications, not just inclement weather, will be considered when crafting the school suspension policy, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday.
During the Senate committee hearing on basic education, arts and culture, Department of Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan said the agency has not yet developed a school suspension policy due to the many factors that must be considered to distance The learning.
“Natatanong ito really ay wala pang issued the Department of Education policy as of this moment,” Malaluan said during the Senate hearing of the committee on basic education, arts and culture.
(This is being asked and, in truth, we have yet to issue a policy as of this point.)
Malaluan cited possible restrictions on some activities under a stricter quarantine classification.
“For example, the delivery and collection of learning modules, so it really is not possible. If there are no learning resources or communication skills, obviously the class will be suspended. Those are the considerations that we will have to take, ”he said.
(For example, the delivery and selection of learning modules cannot be done. If there are no learning resources and there is no communication capacity, then obviously the class will be suspended. Those are the considerations that we will have to take.)
“As the general rules before signal n. 2, wala nang pasok ang lahat. Because that is exactly the situation in which we find ourselves now, in which students are prevented from coming out of the closet and we have prepared ourselves precisely for that situation ”, he added.
(Just like the general rules before when there is signal number 2, there are no more classes. Because that is exactly the situation we are in now, in which the students cannot go out and we have prepared ourselves precisely for that. situation).
Malaluan also said it could be up to the discretion of local government units to suspend classes just like the situation before the pandemic.
For this school year, DepEd is implementing modular learning where students receive printed materials such as textbooks, activity sheets, and study guides.
DepEd will also use other learning modes, such as online, television and radio broadcasts, to supplement the modules. [ac]
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