Makeup classes? It’s up to schools to decide – DepEd

Education Secretary Leonor Briones —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The Department of Education (DepEd) is leaving it up to local school authorities to decide whether makeup classes are needed following the consecutive suspension of classes, particularly in Metro Manila, either due to natural disasters or events such as the recently concluded Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones said regional directors and school division superintendents were in the best position to determine if makeup classes should be held since they would know if the 15-day buffer period had already been exhausted or was close to being breached.

There are 204 school days for school year 2017-2018, nine of which are already reserved for teacher training and meetings of the parent-teacher association. Of the remaining 195 school calendar days, schools are obliged to have “contact time” with students for 180 days.