MANILA, Philippines — Seven senators were pressing for the immediate launch of a dry run for limited face-to-face classes in order to “avert a prolonged learning loss” and put the country’s education system “back on its tracks.”
Filed on Monday, Senate Resolution No. 668 “expresses the sense of the Senate to recommend the immediate launch of the pilot testing of localized limited” physical classes.
The resolution was lodged by Senators Sherwin Gatchalian, Nancy Binay, Francis Pangilinan, Grace Poe, Pia Cayetano, Joel Villanueva, and Sonny Angara.
They sought the pilot testing in 1,065 public schools identified by the Department of Education (DepEd) “under risk-based assessment…
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