MANILA, Philippines — Saying there is a need for the country’s education system to catch up with its neighboring Southeast Asian countries, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has filed a resolution that seeks the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas having “few to zero” Covid-19 cases.
Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 663, which reads: “There is no substitute to face-to-face classes, which is probably the best way to arrest the decline in (education) quality and to improve learner outcomes.”
“There are deep concerns that while countries whose students had performed well in the past international assessments are already back on track, the Philippines is st…
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