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House adopts reso urging DepEd to automatically pass students for SY 2020-2021

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RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The House of Representatives is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to give an automatic passing mark to students during the previous school year (SY).</p><p>The lower chamber of Congress adopted House Resolution No. 2267, which asked the education department to exercise &quot;scholastic leniency&quot; to elementary and high school students by giving them an automatic passing mark for SY 2020-2021.</p><p>The lawmakers, based on the resolution, said this was a way of protecting students&#x27; health and well-being from the abrupt changes in education delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The health crisis forced Philippine schools to close and shift to distance or remote learning.</p><p>&quot;The serious threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the troubling consequences of the attendant quarantine measures, and the destruction wrought by these severe weather disturbances during the School Year 2020-2021 have resulted in challenges that have affected or compromised the health and well-being of both teachers and students,&quot; the resolution said.</p><p>Remote learning has also become a new source of stress for teachers and students who lack access to proper devices and unstable internet connection, the lawmakers said.</p><p>But education psychologist Lizamarie Olegario said remote education should not focus on passing marks but on developing students&#x27; competencies.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s not good to simply say &#x27;automatic pass.&#x27; Definitely, everybody should pass, but there&#x27;s a need to improve the delivery of remote learning to make students learn,&quot; said Olegario, who teaches at the University of the Philippines College of Education.</p><p>Olegario is also a member of the Movement for Safe, Equitable, Quality and Relevant Education, which earlier this year conducted a survey that found that a majority of Filipino students believe they &quot;learned less&quot; during the first year under remote learning.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/07/15/21/majority-students-learned-less-remote-learning-survey">Majority of students say they learned less under remote learning: survey</a></li></ul><p>Alliance of Concerned Teachers Secretary General Raymond Basilio, meanwhile, said the resolution does not solve the &quot;learning crisis&quot; in the country.</p><p>Lawmakers should have instead passed measures that addressed the problems of distance learning, such as the lack of gadgets and inadequate internet connection, Basilio said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/21/philippines-faces-learning-crisis-after-yearlong-school-shutdown">Philippines faces &#x27;learning crisis&#x27; after yearlong school shutdown</a></li></ul><p>ABS-CBN has reached out to DepEd officials for a reaction but they have yet to respond as of writing.</p><p>Acknowledging the limitations of remote learning, the DepEd is planning to gradually reopen schools. Its first step is to hold a pilot test of limited in-person classes in select schools to see if it is safe to hold classroom sessions.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/09/27/21/read-how-deped-doh-plan-to-test-in-person-classes-while-pandemic-rages">DepEd, DOH bare plans on how to try in-person classes as pandemic continues</a></li></ul><div><strong>— With a report from Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><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=1639373" 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>

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House adopts reso urging DepEd to automatically pass students for SY 2020-2021

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Published Sep 30, 2021 08:52 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 30, 2021 09:53 PM PHT

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