First day of classes for SY 2020-2021 a success according to DepEd

On Monday, the Department of Education (DepEd) considered the first day of classes in all of the country's public schools a success, with no major difficulties experienced.

Today, October 5, 2020, we open our schools. Today, we claim victory over the destroyer, COVID-19,

Briones said, referring to the start of the blended learning system.

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Briones said the country will not allow COVID-19 to destroy our children's education and their future.

Araw-araw may bagong krisis, bagong problema, at bagong pagkukulang. Paghihintayin ba namin kayong mga mag-aaral, more than 24 million of you? Hindi maaaring pababayaan kayo mag-aaral,

she said.

[Every day there are new crises, new problems, and new shortcomings. Will we wait for you students, more than 24 million of you? You won't be neglectes as students.]

We have not monitored any major difficulties so we would like to believe that the first day of classes, the official first day has been successful,

Education Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said an interview.

In fact, the first day of learning did not happen today. There are many homes whose children were already doing the lessons even during the weekend. I have personally witnessed homes where the kids were so engaged in the lessons. They appeared to be very excited to learn,

San Antonio said.

Problems such as unable to connect to the internet and attend virtual classes is not a sign of failure, San Antonio said, as there are a lot of schools that were already able to distribute modules to their students.

Some were still distributing today. But a significant number, many of our schools division offices have distributed the printed modules for those doing the printed modular distance learning as early as last week,

he said.

Meanwhile, President Duterte commended DepEd for its efforts to continue the learning program for students amid the impact of the pandemic.

May this school year be marked with strong hopes and optimism that effective learning will take place even amidst the odds and challenges,

Duterte said in his speech.

I wish you all the best in your academic journey and mabuhay kayong lahat, 

he added.