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Teachers 'confused' on plans for next school year: group

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — A teachers&#x27; rights and welfare group is seeking consultations with the Department of Education (DepEd) to get clarity on the agency&#x27;s plans for the upcoming school year.Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Secretary General Raymond Basilio said Tuesday they have yet to see &quot;definite&quot; plans from the DepEd with regards to the opening of classes set on August 24.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEsa66nMH50?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>The recent DepEd pronouncements on the school calendar and modes of learning delivery are unclear and have caused confusion among teachers, said Basilio, whose group includes 200,000 teaching and non-teaching personnel.&quot;&#x27;Yong nire-request po natin sa Department of Education, i-involve &#x27;yong teachers dito sa pagbuo ng plano. Konsultahin, tanungin &#x27;yong mga guro [kung] paano mabubuksan &#x27;yong pasukan,&quot; he told Teleradyo a day after DepEd officials released the calendar for the upcoming school year and discussed various modes of learning that schools may implement.(What we are requesting the Department of Education is to involve teachers in building this plan. Consult and ask teachers how we are going to open classes.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/20/classes-may-start-earlier-than-august-but-no-face-to-face-learning-deped">Classes may start earlier than August but no &#x27;face-to-face&#x27; learning: DepEd</a></li></ul>&quot;Upuan na natin, magsimula na tayong mag-usap upang makita natin kung saan tayo papunta by August,&quot; he added.(Let&#x27;s sit down and start talking to see where we are headed by August.)Basilio questioned how teachers with limited access to the internet would implement online learning, and how the department would guarantee the safety of learners and educators once schools are allowed to reopen, among others.&quot;Ano bang mangyayari? Ano bang gagawin? Ang daming tanong ngayon sa hanay ng teachers,&quot; he said.(What will happen? What will we do? There are many questions right now among teachers.)The DepEd earlier said public school teachers would resume work on June 1 to prepare for the upcoming school year, which will start on August 24.Schools have the freedom to choose which learning delivery modes to implement depending on the health situation in their locality and available resources, said the DepEd.ABS-CBN News has reached out to the DepEd for comment but has yet to receive a response as of this posting.

A teachers' rights and welfare group is seeking consultations with the Department of Education to get clarity on the agency's plans for the upcoming school year.

A teachers' rights and welfare group is seeking consultations with the Department of Education to get clarity on the agency's plans for the upcoming school year.

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Teachers 'confused' on plans for next school year: group

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 12, 2020 04:04 PM PHT

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Updated May 12, 2020 04:24 PM PHT

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