MANILA - Local officials on Thursday urged senators to further delay the opening of classes this year while a COVID-19 vaccine has yet to be developed.
Enforcing social distancing will be difficult despite efforts to include online, TV and radio platforms in teaching, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines Chairman Dakila Cua told the Senate health committee.
The government should allow the Department of Education "maximum flexibilty" on the number of school days so that students will not be forced to have classes for about 200 days during the global pandemic, Cua said.A late August school opening is "too early," League of Provinces of the Philippines national president Presbitero Velasco Jr said.
"Mas importante po ang survival nila kesa education. Aanhin mo yung education kung mamamatay naman yung mga bata?" he said. "We will take this one step at a time so that we can slowly, but surely, protect the safety of our students. ‘Wag natin biglain. Let's assess first what happens in the coming days," he said.
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