State-owned IBC-13 eyed as educational platform
MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies are looking into using the state-owned Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) as an educational platform amid the coronavirus disease crisis.
In his latest report to Congress, President Rodrigo Duterte said the Presidential Communications Operations Office and the Department of Education are discussing the possible use of the state-owned network for television-based education as one of the modalities for distance learning.
“The goal is to launch and air the DepEd curriculum-based TV programs by the scheduled school opening in August 2020,” Duterte said.
In a House hearing last May, PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar said IBC-13 can be used by the department as a learning platform. He said investing P100 million into IBC-13 will enable the network to reach students in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Calabarzon.
Duterte also said the PCOO is in talks with the satellite television industry to explore how TV-based learning could reach all students nationwide.
Most businesses were allowed to reopen as the government further relaxed quarantine measures nationwide but schools remain shuttered.
The school year 2020-2021 will formally open on August 24 but the DepEd discouraged face-to-face interactions. Schools will instead offer online classes, printed modules or learning through television and radio.
The month-long remote enrolment in public schools began Monday. — Gaea Katreena Cabico
Follow this thread for updates on when classes will resume, and how those classes will be conducted.
Photo: Students wearing protective face masks have their temperatures taken while entering their college campus in Manila on January 31, 2020. AFP/Ted Aljibe
DepEd says School Year 2022-2023 "shall open on Monday, August 22, 2022, and shall end on July 7, 2023. It shall consist of 203 school days or as may be determined by further issuance/s in case of changes in the school calendar due to unforeseen circumstances."
Sen. Nancy Binay calls on the Commission on Higher Education and the inter-agency task force on COVID-19 not to "burden" students over requirements for face-to-face classes.
Higher educations students are being required to present medical insurance and other documents before participating in face-to-face classes.
“This is a cumbersome and unnecessary requirement para sa college students, considering that by law, all Filipinos are automatic members of PhilHealth. Sa totoo lang, 'di kailangang dagdagan ang proseso, dapat nga mas simplehan pa,” Binay says.
The Department of Education announces that it will increase the number of participating schools in the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes.
"The expansion of the number of pilot schools will allow a greater degree of experience among all our regions that will serve us well for the expanded phase of face-to-face classes," DepEd says.
With the approval of the Office of the President, the Department of Education is announcing that it will increase the number of participating schools in the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes.
— DepEd (@DepEd_PH) November 11, 2021
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COVID-19 immunization has started for tertiary students in Ilocos Norte as part of the massive vaccination campaign of the Commission on Higher Education.
This in preparation for the reopening of in-person tertiary classes, CHED-Regional Office 1 said as a ceremonial vaccination of students at Mariano Marcos State University was held on Monday in collaboration with the Department of Health, Department of Interior and Local Government, the provincial government and Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center.
About 800 students are expected to be inoculated through the CHED immunization drive.
Prior to this, MMSU had already vaccinated 75% of its student population. — The STAR/Artemio Dumlao
President Rodrigo Duterte has authorized limited face-to-face classes for the following programs:
- Engineering and Technology programs
- Hospitality/ Hotel and Restaurant Management
- Tourism/ Travel Management
- Marine Engineering
- Marine Transportation
Commission on Higher Education Chairman Popoy De Vera, who made the announcement, said the authorization applies to "degree programs that require hands-on experience in higher education institutions under Modified General Community Quarantine."
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