As the country’s education system shifts to distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, a neophyte lawmaker has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to also find ways to educate parents about their roles in using the method.“Since parents will be de facto teachers under the distance learning method, I hope the DepEd has also […]
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Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the acceleration of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) digital transformation as the education sector enters the ‘new normal’ in the time of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said that among the online services that should be expedited now are enrollment, payments, grades submissions, and parent-teacher meetings. “There is a […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to institutionalize the Alternative Learning System (ALS) and establish an ALS Community Learning Center (CLC) in every city and municipality in the country. According to Senator Win Gatchalian, principal author of the Alternative Learning System Act, putting up ALS CLCs in every […]