MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) will conduct a survey on the willingness of teachers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 but an official said it may not be “completely a matter of choice” for teachers if their inoculation would be needed to resume physical classes.
During Wednesday’s hearing of the Senate basic education committee, DepEd spokesperson Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan told senators that the department could conduct a survey on how many teachers are willing to get vaccinated.
“It was not included in our last survey, we just conducted a survey on the challenges of the first semester, but we can conduct that [survey],” Malaluan said.
“We …
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