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DepEd: Calendar of activities adjusted for students in typhoon-affected areas

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/24/20201120-ulysses-aftermath-marikina-riverbanks-jc-9.jpg"/><figcaption>Business establishments by the Marikina riverbank continue to clean up their on November 20, 2020, as the local government provide dump trucks, bulldozers and haulers to clear the main roads. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — There will be adjustments in the school calendar of students whose distance-learning activities were disrupted by the onslaught of recent typhoons, the Department of Education said Tuesday.</p><p>Education Secretary Leonor Briones said parents and teachers would be in talks over the conduct of makeup classes.</p><p>&quot;Tinitingnan natin yong calendar. &#x27;Yong calendar of activities, ina-adjust &#x27;yon,&quot; Briones said in Palace briefing when asked about the &quot;catch-up plan&quot; for students following recent class suspensions.</p><p>(We look at the calendar. The calendar of activities can be adjusted.)</p><p>&quot;Magde-debate ang parents, teachers, kung mayroon bang Saturday classes, Sunday classes, extension classes para maka-make up at makahabol iyong mga bata,&quot; she added.</p><p>(Parents and teachers will debate whether there will be Saturday classes, Sunday classes, extension classes so students can catch up.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BK5kMES4JVY?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>  <em>Video courtesy of PTV</em></div><div> </div><p>Briones said the &quot;catch-up plans&quot; are not new as these had been implemented in the aftermath of past class disruptions.</p><p>&quot;Ginagawa naman natin &#x27;yan taon-taon tuwing mayroong sakuna, whether natural or otherwise,&quot; she said.</p><p>(We do that every year whenever there&#x27;s a disaster, whether natural or otherwise.)</p><p>The education chief also said the DepEd was in talks with student groups over their calls for an &quot;academic ease&quot; or reducing academic requirements.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/17/20/deped-unlikely-to-issue-academic-freeze-official-says">DepEd unlikely to issue academic freeze, official says</a></li></ul><p>Local government units and DepEd field offices have suspended distance-learning activities in parts of the country, mainly in Luzon, after their areas were battered by a series of strong storms in the past weeks.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/16/20/walangpasok-distance-learning-activities-suspended-in-typhoon-affected-provinces">#WalangPasok: Distance-learning activities suspended in typhoon-affected provinces</a></li></ul><p>In Marikina, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro suspended classes until December 16 even though the first quarter in basic education is scheduled to end on December 12.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/16/20/marikina-suspends-classes-for-a-month-after-typhoon-ulysses">Marikina suspends classes for a month after typhoon Ulysses</a></li></ul><p>DepEd-National Capital Region director Malcolm Garma earlier said discussions on the catch-up plan for Marikina schools are underway.</p>

<p>There will be adjustments in the school calendar of students whose distance-learning activities were disrupted by the onslaught of recent typhoons, the Department of Education said Tuesday.<br /> </p>

There will be adjustments in the school calendar of students whose distance-learning activities were disrupted by the onslaught of recent typhoons, the Department of Education said Tuesday.

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DepEd: Calendar of activities adjusted for students in typhoon-affected areas

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Nov 24, 2020 02:06 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 24, 2020 02:16 PM PHT

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