The Department of Education (DepEd) has finally published its official statement regarding the opening of classes for the School Year 2020-2021.
DepEd Official Statement on the Opening of Classes for 2020-2021 (Updated: April 24, 2020)
The following is a verbatim report on the statement made by Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and Acting NEDA Secretary Karl Chua:
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque: Mayroon po kasing batas na nagsasabi na ang opening of classes ay dapat Hunyo hanggang Agosto. Pero ang rekomendasyon po ng IATF, ang pinakamaaga pong pagbukas ng klase ay sa Setyembre, paano po ito Secretary (Chua)?
Acting NEDA Secretary Karl Chua: Actually, gusto ko po iclarify na tama po, may batas po at yung napresent po kanina ay for consideration lamang kasi po iyan ang lumalabas sa ating health study. Ang gusto po iparating ng DepEd ay magprepresent sila sa IATF ng kanilang recommendation para sumunod tayo sa batas. Anyway, hanggang end of August pwede naman po. Hintayin na lang natin ang DepEd para magpresent at yung IATF ang magsasabi kung policy na.
PS Roque: So ibig sabihin
the recommendation the earliest is September but subject to compliance with the law and recommendation of DepEd.
Malinaw po iyon.
(Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr. press briefing for the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malacañang, Manila on April 24, 2020)
DepEd makes no further comment.
DepEd Official Statement on the Opening of Classes for 2020-2021 (Updated: April 21, 2020)
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
On the opening of classes for SY 2020-2021
In order to provide an appropriate answer on the issue of the school opening for SY 2020-2021, DepEd has been conducting consultations for the past 2 weeks, with its executive committee, management committee, civil society, business sector and education experts. Parents and learners also expressed their views on Facebook, and other forms of social media.
The law provides that school opening shall start on the first monday of June but not later that the last day of August. The responses favor any day in August as the preferred opening of the school year.
DepEd is conducting a much bigger survey of more than 700,000 respondents, not only on the opening of the school year but also matters related to social distancing; and online classes, cellphone, television or radio as alternative or complementary approaches to learning. The results will come out in a few days.
In the meantime, the IATF is seriously considering recommendations to the President on the ECQ.
All these factors will influence our final choice for the opening of the school year. We are accelerating the preparation of our Learning Continuity Plan (LCP), preparing benefits for our teaching and non-teaching staff, ensuring the readiness and cleanliness of our school infrastructure, and developing alternative delivery modes of learning.
It will be recalled that at the height of the Marawi uprising, our call was “education must continue!” In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, our call remains the same: Education must continue whether face-to-face or virtual, with or without physically going to school.
What we assure our learners, parents, teachers, and the general public is that any decision we will make for the continuation of learning will have their health, safety and well-being as primary consideration.
We shall overcome.
Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones
This DepEd Statement was officially published on facebook.
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