First wordIt’s perplexing why president Duterte was in such a hurry to announce his “no vaccine, no classes” policy decision with respect to the opening of the new schoolyear. The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Association (Cocopea) said suspending school opening indefinitely would lead to a crisis. Should the government move the school opening beyond August, Basas urged Congress to start the process of amending the law that mandates class opening. But policy decisions must be implemented, which means that steps must be taken to put the policy into practice in order to achieve the policy goals. Policy outputs are the tangible manifestations of policies, the observable and measurable results of policy adoption and implementation.

Source: Manila Times May 27, 2020 16:30 UTC