April 30, 2021 AFTER begging off in the initial round of the supposed pilot implementation of face-to-face (F2F) classes, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones revealed that Davao Region is now reconsidering joining in the limited F2F classes.
Briones said during a virtual press conference on Friday, April 30, that Davao was supposedly included in DepEd’s plan to conduct pilot F2F classes for the whole month of January 2021 in select schools in areas declared as low-risk for coronavirus transmission.
President Rodrigo Duterte approved the plan on December 14, 2020 but later on ordered to cancel the plan due to the discovery of new variants of the coronavirus in the country.
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Based on the amended school calendar for school year (SY) 2020-2021 contained in DepEd Order No. 30, Series of 2020, the resumption of classes on the basic education level in public schools is scheduled on Jan. 4.
As cited in the adjusted school calendar, the last day of classes for Quarter 1 or first grading period was Dec. 12. The holiday break for public schools officially started on Dec. 19 and ends Jan. 3.
In the same school calendar, classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12 for this school year officially started last Oct. 5.
To help students and teachers under the new learning set-up, DepEd adjusted the first quarter of the school year from Nov. 28 to Dec. 12. The succeeding quarters were also adjusted – the second quarter will start Jan. 4 and ends on Feb. 27; the third quarter will be from Mar. 1 to April 24; and the fourth quarter starts on April 26 and ends on June 11.