Rappler Talk: School opening during a pandemic

On October 5, public schools will reopen in the middle of a still untamed coronavirus outbreak in the country that has so far claimed over 5,000 lives and left 4.6 million Filipinos jobless.

Despite calls to postpone classes until 2021, the Department of Education (DepEd) maintains that education of millions of Filipino students should not wait. (READ: ‘Ill-informed’: DepEd dismisses calls for academic freeze)

To make sure that learning remains unhampered, DepEd will be implementing a distance learning approach. (READ: FAST FACTS: DepEd’s distance learning)

How is DepEd preparing for the school opening?

On Friday, September 25, Rappler’s Bonz Magsambol sits down with Education Undersecretary for Curriculum and Development Diosdado San Antonio to talk about the agency’s preparations for the school opening in the time of pandemic as well as the issues and challenges they face. – Rappler.com