Meanwhile, 2.16 million students are enrolled in private schools, which is 50 percent lower than last year’s 4.3 million. Umali said he expected the number in public schools to rise with the late enrollees and the transfer of 400,000 to 450,000 private school students due to the pandemic, which had forced school authorities to move the opening of classes from June. Umali said one of the challenges they faced was the distribution of the learning modules to students, especially in far-flung areas. At least 155,536 public school teachers, school and assistant school principals, public school district supervisors, school division superintendents, and assistant school division superintendents will benefit, said the chairman of the basic education, culture and arts committee. The DepEd has said that regional offices and school division offices should have established health and safety protocols ahead of the October 5 school opening to distribute the modules without endangering teachers and students.

Source: Manila Times October 03, 2020 16:18 UTC