The Quezon City government is coordinating with private and public schools for the list of their students aged 12 to 17 years old in preparation for the possible inclusion of the age bracket in the inoculation drive against Covid-19. A city official said they want to be a step ahead, pending the approval to include the younger set and the availability of vaccine supply. “The idea is to put up vaccination sites in private and public schools,” Joseph Juico, co-Chair of the city’s Vax to Normal Task Force, said in a statement on Monday. “For the out-of-school youths, homeschooled, and
An education official on Monday said the Department of Education (DepEd) would accept enrollees for school year 2021 to 2022 until Sept. 30, hoping to surpass the number of enrollees the previous school year. During the national program for the opening of classes, DepEd Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo said a memorandum would be released on the schedule of late enrollment. “Umaasa po tayo na sa buwang ito ay mas mahihigitan natin ang numero ng enrollment natin noong nakaraang school year 2020 – 2021. Dahil ngayong September 13, 2021, sa pagbubukas ng klase ay mayroon na kaagad tayong (We’re hoping to surpass
The Department of Education (DepEd) officially opened on Monday classes in public and private schools nationwide for the school year 2021 to 2022. In her welcome speech, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said this year’s opening of classes is the second “in the time of Covid and a celebration of last school year’s success.” Since the start of the pandemic, the DepEd created a learning continuity plan where essential learning competencies had to be reduced from over 15,000 to 5,000 and modules were developed. Digital learning tools were developed as face-to-face classes remain suspended due to the threat of more transmissible
The Department of Education in Eastern Visayas will not just depend on self-learning modules to ensure a more responsive basic education learning this academic year, an official said on Monday. Jasmin Calzita, DepEd Eastern Visayas regional information officer, said they are stepping up the use of online and offline platforms as well as radio and television-based instructions, as they embark on the second year of distance learning. “Learning from our experiences in the previous year this time, the learning modality will not be solely dependent on printed modules. Other modalities will be implemented whichever are feasible for our learners,” Calzita
The Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas welcomed over 1.7 million learners in various public schools in the region as distance learning officially opened on Monday as face-to-face classes are still not allowed. “So far, we haven’t monitored any problem. We monitor through our Brigada Eskwela Public Assistance Command Center,” said Hernani Escullar Jr., DepEd Western Visayas regional public information officer, said in an interview. The public assistance command center which was established last week at the regional office will be up and running until Sept. 24. It can accommodate queries from stakeholders and coordinate with schools division offices
President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to give his go signal even with a “positive reaction” to the proposal of Education Secretary Leonor Briones to hold limited face-to-face (F2F) classes in pilot areas where the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) risk is low, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte has yet to give his “go signal” to push through with the pilot F2F classes, although his initial reluctance may change. “Nagreport po si Secretary Briones kay Presidente at si Presidente naman po ay positive ang kanyang reaksyon doon sa possibility na magkakaroon po tayo ng pilot study on
