MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has clarified that while it welcomed the Office of the Vice President (OVP) Community Learning Hubs project, it did not mean that limited in-person classes were allowed.
In a statement on Tuesday, DepEd said that there were no partnerships for limited in-person classes — adding that their earlier statements distancing from OVP’s program were about a recent story about the hubs, which showed that the limited in-person classes were a shared initiative between OVP and DepEd.
Earlier, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said that the department did not approve of OVP’s learning hubs because of the ban on face-to-face classes …
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