The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, April 29, has approved the recommendation of Regional Directors and Field Operations to allow teachers not to report on-site from May 2 to 13.
BREAKING: @DepEd_PH approves the recommendation of Regional Directors and Field Operations to allow teachers not to report on-site on May 2 to 13 @manilabulletin
— Merlina Hernando-Malipot (@MB_InaHernando) April 29, 2022
Education Secretary Leonor Briones, during the joint Execom-Mancom meeting held Friday, has approved the recommendation of the Regional Directors and Division Superintendents raised through the Governance and Operations Strand to allow teachers not to report on-site from May 2 to 13 considering the “best interest of the service and of the teaching force.”
On April 18, DepEd announced the suspension of classes in public schools to help prepare for the activities related to upcoming elections.
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https://mb.com.ph/2022/04/18/walangpasok-deped-suspends-classes-in-public-schools-from-may-2-to-13/
However, teachers’ groups have been asking DepEd to clarify its directive.
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https://mb.com.ph/2022/04/25/deped-asked-to-clarify-teachers-tasks-during-the-election-break/
Major considerations
Among the considerations is that majority of the teachers, numbering more than 640,000 are expected to serve in the May 9 national and local elections.
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https://mb.com.ph/2022/04/29/deped-over-640k-personnel-to-serve-as-poll-workers-for-may-9-elections/
“Teachers and schools are making preparations for election activities and as polling places before election day,” DepEd said.
“There will also be immediate post-election activities in the schools and by the teachers who will serve in the elections,” the agency added.
Meanwhile, DepEd also stressed that teachers not serving in the elections shall “continue to attend to tasks including the accomplishment of school forms, preparation of instructional materials, preparation of learning plans, and evaluation of learner’s outputs/portfolios, during the period.”
Briones instructed the Governance and Operations and the Curriculum and Instruction strands to “provide the appropriate guidance to field units” to implement the decision.
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