JAKARTA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is adamant that he will not allow schools in his country to reopen even though the transmission rate of COVID-19 has decreased. For him, allowing his children to return to school in the middle of early morning was like bringing about new disasters.
According to Gulfnews, as long as a vaccine has not been found, no schools will be allowed to reopen. Regarding this, Duterte is very firm. Moreover, considering the presence of vaccines is only a discourse that does not know when it will be distributed on a large scale.
"I will not allow a school that allows crowds and individual students close by to reopen. Unless I am sure that they are completely safe. Therefore, it is impossible (at this time) to discuss reopening the school," he said on a television broadcast on Monday. Monday, May 25th.
The president with the nickname The Punisher added that he does not have a problem if because of this decision, all students are at risk of not graduating. "For me, there must be a vaccine first. If the vaccine is already there, then it can be operated again. Therefore, if there are no students who pass during midweek, leave it," he added.
On that basis, the 25 million students who must return to school by the end of August must harbor their intentions. There are also government efforts to continue teaching and learning activities to distance learning options. Unfortunately, Millions of Filipinos still live in poverty so they don't have internet access at home which is the key to successful online learning.
Not surprisingly, the policy owners then postpone the new school year until the situation is completely safe. Because, it's not just the Philippines that has problems with online learning. A number of other Asian countries, such as Indonesia, also have the same problem, namely limited devices and internet access.
So far the Philippines has confirmed 15,049 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, there were 904 cases died.
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