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Students of Pinyahan Elementary School, supervised by their respective teachers, initiate their 'Catch-up Fridays' program by reading storybooks inside their classrooms on January 12, 2024. The Department of Education has designated all Fridays starting  January 12 and throughout the school year as Catch-up Fridays, focusing on operationalizing the National Reading Program (NRP) in the first half of the day’s schedule and on fostering Values, Health, and Peace Education in the second half, to address learning gaps among grade school and high school students. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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DEPED-CATCHUP

Joyce Balancio

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday said the reversion to the old school calendar cannot be expedited, as recommended by the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC).</p><p>“Hindi natin puwede i-compromise ang pahinga ng ating mga teacher at ng ating learners dahil hindi natin pwede idire-diretso ang mga klase,” Duterte told reporters after the ‘Youthpreneur’ event at the Rizal High School in Pasig City.</p><p>(We cannot compromise the rest of our teachers and learners because we cannot hold classes without any break.)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/12/suspension-of-face-to-face-classes-due-to-extreme-heat-allowed-deped-1111">READ: Suspension of face-to-face classes due to extreme heat allowed: DepEd</a></div><p>DepEd earlier released a department order for the gradual shift to the old calendar wherein classes begin in June and ends in March.</p><p>The current school year will end on May 31, 2024, while the break is scheduled from June 1 to July 26.</p><p>Succeeding school years have been adjusted as well so that by academic year 2026-2027, classes will be back to the June-March schedule.</p><p>“Ito ay resulta ng consultation natin, collective decision na ito based on our consultations, iyong reversion to the school calendar,” she said.</p><p>(This is the result of our consultation, this is a collective decision based on our consultations.)</p><p>TDC’s chairperson Benjo Basas earlier urged DepEd to immediately shift to the old school calendar so that by next academic year, there would be no more classes in April and May when extreme heat could affect the conduct of in-person classes.</p><p>Prolonging the transition period would only burden the children with the changes in the mode of teaching, he said.</p><p>He added that teachers were willing to adjust to a shortened school break, given that they would be properly compensated.</p><div> </div><div><strong>NO MAKE UP CLASSES.</strong></div><div> </div><p>Meanwhile, Duterte said that conduct of makeup classes is no longer necessary following the series of suspension of in-person classes by many schools last week.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/7/deped-announces-asynchronous-classes-for-april-8-1606">READ: DepEd announces asynchronous classes for April 8</a></div><p>“Ang sinuspend lang naman natin ay in-person classes pero ang pag-aaral nila tuloy iyon sa alternative delivery modes tulad ng online or modular,” she said.</p><p>(We only suspended in-person classes, but their lessons continued with <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">alternative delivery modes like online or modular.</span>)</p><p>On Friday, some 3 million learners from 14 regions were affected by suspension of in-person classes by schools in areas that experienced extreme heat.</p><p>A report from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed that 5,288 schools shifted to alternative delivery modes such as online classes and modular learning. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7IVFLNgSBpI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>DepEd earlier released an order for the gradual shift to the old calendar wherein classes begin in June and ends in March.</p>

DepEd earlier released an order for the gradual shift to the old calendar wherein classes begin in June and ends in March.

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Return to old school calendar cannot be done immediately: VP Duterte

Joyce Balancio,

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Published April 08, 2024 01:23 PM PHT

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Updated April 08, 2024 01:25 PM PHT

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