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Gov't determined to deliver quality education amid pandemic: Duterte

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/05/20201005-covid19-quarantine-online-learning-jvc33-s.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>A college freshman shares a study space with her cousins as they attend their first online class inside their home in Mandaluyong City on October 5, 2021. <em>Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to deliver &quot;quality and accessible education&quot; to Filipino students as face-to-face classes remain banned during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>&quot;Despite our inability to conduct face-to-face classes during the pandemic, we remain determined to deliver quality and accessible education to all,&quot; Duterte said in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA).</p><p>In his speech, Duterte mentioned the creation of the basic education learning continuity plan, which allowed for the implementation of distance learning as an alternative to in-person classes.</p><p>The learning plan, Duterte said, &quot;enabled uninterrupted learning to students in the basic [education] sector while ensuring teachers&#x27; health, safety and well-being.&quot;</p><p>Various groups, however, have given the education department a failing mark in its implementation of distance learning, under which students learned from their homes through printed and digital modules, online classes, television, and radio.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/07/13/21/school-year-2020-2021-ends-distance-learning-education-quality">As school year ends, learning under distance education questioned</a></li></ul><p>The Teachers&#x27; Dignity Coalition had even warned that teachers are still exposed to the threat of COVID-19 in carrying out their tasks, such as delivering modules, because alternative work arrangements are not strictly followed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/22/21/teachers-group-tells-deped-strictly-implement-teachers-work-from-home-scheme">Teachers’ group tells DepEd: Strictly implement teachers’ work-from-home scheme</a></li></ul><p>In March, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported that it recorded 4,468 COVID-19 infections among its learners and personnel.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/03/21/deped-records-4468-covid-19-cases-among-learners-personnel">DepEd records 4,468 COVID-19 cases among learners, personnel</a></li></ul><p>Duterte still refuses to allow in-person classes but the DepEd assured it was more prepared for distance learning in the next school year, scheduled to start on Sept. 13.</p><p>In his SONA, Duterte also thanked Congress for passing the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, which provides free education to students in state universities.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1631036" width="100%"></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>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to deliver "quality and accessible education" to Filipino students as face-to-face classes remain banned during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to deliver "quality and accessible education" to Filipino students as face-to-face classes remain banned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gov't determined to deliver quality education amid pandemic: Duterte

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 26, 2021 07:23 PM PHT

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Updated July 26, 2021 10:57 PM PHT

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