The COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force adopts the Department of Education's resolution to officially start Academic Year 2020-2021 on August 24, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says
Sa inaprubang resolusyon, ang pagbukas po ng klase para sa basic education ay simula po ng 24 ng Agosto 2020, at magtatapos ng Abril 30, 2021[Translation: Based on the approved resolution, the opening of classes for the basic education curriculum will be on August 24, 2020. It will end on April 30, 2021.]"WGagamitin po natin ang iba't ibang learning delivery options, tulad ng 'distance learning' at homeschooling[Translation: We will not have face-to-face classes until August 24.
The presidential spokesman also bared that the Commission on Higher Education will now be included in the IATF, as agreed upon by the officials in their May 8 meeting. The Department of Science and Technology , the Department of Public Works and Highways , and the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson will likewise be part of the task force, according to Roque.
Meanwhile, the Task Group on Strategic Communications of the National Task Force COVID-19 will be headed by the OPS. Education Secretary Leonor Briones earlier said that the start of classes for both public and private schools will be in August. But private education institutions that want to open in June may do so, should they be allowed by the IATF and the Health Department, she clarified.
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