The school year opening will push through on Aug. 24, 2020, Malacañang announced Wednesday. This came 2 days after President Rodrigo Duterte said no to face-to-face classes without a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
“Ang sigurado po, tuloy ang pag-aaral ng mga kabataan. Ang isyu na lang, ano ang sitwasyon pagdating ng Agosto 24: ito ba ay sapat na para tayo ay mag-face-to-face [classes] o blended,” said Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque.
[It is certain that the education of the youth will continue. The only issue is the situation come Aug. 24: will it be enough for us to hold face-to-face classes or blended learning.]
Roque clarified that face-to-face classes will only be allowed in areas where community quarantines are lifted totally by the start of the school year.
For areas still under quarantine by Aug. 24, schools will use “blended learning” which taps the internet, radio and television to teach students, he said.
Enrollments starts Monday, June 1, said Roque.
“Tuloy po iyan dahil hindi naman po pupuwedeng wala tayong preparasyon,” he told ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo.
[That will push through because we cannot do without preparations.]
