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DepEd to Look Into Lessons Via Television and Radio for School Year 2020-2021

The agency is researching how students can learn from outside the classroom.
by Clara Rosales
Apr 20, 2020
Photo/s: Glenn Carstens-Peters / Unsplash
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With schools closed and social distancing imposed, students in some areas of the country might have to get their lessons via television and radio if the COVID-19 situation persists, the Department of Education said on April 20.

As school year 2019 - 2020 comes to a close, DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan said in an interview on DZMM that opening school year 2020 - 2021 "does not mean necessarily that students will be coming to school.”

Malalauan said that the DepEd is looking into information and communication technology (ICT), such as DepEd Commons, along with television and radio as a means to continue lessons for some students.

Classes usually start the first week of June, but because of the spread of COVID-19, DepEd is still studying how students can best learn without physically going to school. The agency has until the end of August to decide on the start date for the new school year. At the moment, DepEd is doing research for the Learning Continuity Plan which details school activities and forms of instruction “not necessarily in the context of a classroom situation,” Malalauan said.

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According to Malaluan, DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones will make an announcement “no later than this week” regarding the opening of classes. The DepEd Facebook page has also posted an online survey that learners, teachers, and parents or guardians can answer to help the agency decide on the date.

Main image from Unsplash.

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