The Department of Education said it currently had no plans to revert the school calendar following a senator’s push to move back the April-May summer break of students. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
“As mentioned in a previous statement, school heads have the discretion to suspend in-person classes and immediately switch to [alternative delivery mode] or blended learning if the environment is not conducive to learning,” DepEd spokesperson Michael Poa said in a Viber message to
reporters.Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on basic education, on Tuesday said the April-May summer vacation must be brought back following the incident in Cabuyao City, where students collapsed after experiencing heat exhaustion during an unannounced fire drill.
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