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By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published March 2, 2021 8:39pm The Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution recommending the resumption of face-to-face classes in the country by immediately launching the pilot testing of localized limited physical classes. During its session, the chamber adopted Senate Resolution 663 in consideration of Senate Resolution 668, combining the resolutions introduced by Senate President Vicente Sotto III and of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian and six other senators. According to the adopted resolution, the pilot testing in localized limited face-to-face classes will be ...

Published February 27, 2021 2:38pm Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Saturday that he is rallying his colleagues to adopt his proposed resolution seeking to reopen the schools for in-person classes so that the country's educational system could catch up with our Asian neighbors. In filing the proposed SR No. 663 (PSRN 663), Sotto insisted “there is no substitute to face-to-face classes, which is probably the best way to arrest the decline in (education) quality” in the country. Likewise, he raised concerns about the country's education that is now lagging behind our Asian neigh...

February 23, 2021 PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has directed Cabinet members to postpone relaxation of quarantine restrictions nationwide and conduct of in-person classes in pilot areas until the rollout of the vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, in a virtual press conference Tuesday, February 23, 2021, said the President issued the directives during the Cabinet Meeting in Malacañan Palace Monday evening, February 22. The President turned down the recommendation of the economic team to place the entire country under modi...

PETALING JAYA: Schools nationwide are set to reopen from March, says Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin.

2:40 With a new quarter underway at San Luis Obispo’s Cal Poly, the university’s testing program has expanded since the fall, when students living on-campus only had to get tested every other week. Now it applies to students who live in university housing, are enrolled in face-to-face classes, work on campus, use on-campus resources or live with a student who meets any of these requirements. “Two-times-a-week testing of students that are on campus for any reason is really the best practice from a university setting,” said Cal Poly president Jeffrey Armstrong, adding the new program i...