The much-awaited guidelines for the alternative levels system (ALS) that will be piloted in Metro Manila starting September 16, 2021, is out.
On opening day of schoolyear 2021-2022, students and parents called for the resumption of face-to-face classes, while a militant teachers’ group is challenging Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ claim that the school opening was a huge success. A group of private school associations also raised the alarm over the 66-percent plunge in enrolment.
In provincial news, a Grade 10 student was reported killing during hazing rites in Negros Occidental; the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 7 released a sketch of the gunman in the slay of a human rights lawyer in Cebu; and Cordillera province logged a single-day record of 23 deaths.
These are among the top stories this Tuesday morning, September 14, 2021.
Eight-year-old Kesha Aranez, a Grade 2 pupil at the Herminigildo J. Atienza Elementary School at the Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila, attends an online class on the first day of school on Monday, September 13, 2021, even as her mother Leah tries to guide her while tending to her sari-sari store. (Ali Vicoy)
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