Education Secretary Leonor Briones maintained that the opening of classes for School Year 2020-2021 is still on August 24 -- with or without the conduct of face-to-face instruction. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN FILE
Education Secretary Leonor Briones maintained that the opening of classes for School Year 2020-2021 is still on August 24 — with or without the conduct of face-to-face instruction.Briones, in an online press briefing on Oplan Balik Eskwela-Brigada Eskwela on July 8, explained the date of school opening cannot go beyond August. As cited in Republic Act 7797, opening of classes should be between the first Monday of June to the last day of August.
“As of now, whether we will have face-to-face or no face-to-face, the date [of school opening] remains that it is still August 24,” Briones said. “We don’t want to go beyond the requirements of the law so it’s August 24 – with or without face-to-face,” she added. “Ang President kasi ang nag-declare na walang face-to-face, so siya ang mag-aaral ng sitwasyon at patuloy na binibigyan namin siya ng impormasyon na kailangan niya ,” she explained. “Kung ano man ang desisyon, siya ang gagawa nung decision na iyan but the August 24 is still there – with or without face-to-face ,” she added.
In June, President Duterte pronounced in a taped address that he will not allow face-to-face classes until a vaccine against COVID-19 is found. However, several stakeholders have been urging DepEd to reconsider the conduct of physical classes in areas with low cases of the disease.
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