DepEd says extended class hours ‘not yet official’
The Department of Education on Tuesday clarified their recommendation to extend school hours under the blended/distance learning approach from six to eight hours is “not official policy yet.”The department issued the clarification after the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines slammed DepEd for announcing classes may be extended up to 8 hours in the coming school year to complete the required number of school days as provided by the law.
ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio, in a statement, alleged that after risking teachers’ safety in its failed bid to prepare the school opening and further delaying the youth’s enjoyment of their right to education, DepEd is “now set to make us suffer the consequences of government ineptitude and abandonment of education by subjecting us to a physically, mentally, and financially draining eight-hour” class.
“Any exigencies for longer instruction time shall be compensated with a regular hourly rate plus a 25% premium on the same,” Basilio noted. “Our learners who themselves are struggling amid the pandemic will also be spent with classes and other learning exercises,” he said. “We can almost guarantee that more students and teachers alike will drop out before the school year ends.”
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