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LUMAD STUDENT. A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. ?More than? 70 students are ?still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 ?to avoid alleged harassment from ?soldiers. (Photo courtesy of Kath Cortez)

Briones challenged to demonstrate how distance learning can be done in remote communities

With low enrolment and problems in the distance learning program in public schools, ACT Teachers Party-list France Castro challenged Education Secretary Leonor Briones to demonstrate how this can be done in poor communities all over the country.

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Read more about the article Back-riding for motorcycles to be approved soon
Local government health staff check the temperatures of motorists and passengers before they are allowed to enter the town of Tagoloan in Barangay Casinglot, at the border of Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Back-riding for motorcycles to be approved soon

Calls to allow motorcycles to carry passengers have gained ground as the Davao City Council passed a resolution urging the national government to allow this practice.

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Read more about the article Lumad School files appeal vs. DepEd closure order
Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao (CTCSM) campus. (Photo from CTCSM's Facebook page)

Lumad School files appeal vs. DepEd closure order

The Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao (CTCSM), a community college serving Lumad and farmer scholars in Maco, Davao de Oro province has filed an appeal on the order of closure issued by the Department of Education Region 11.

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Read more about the article Teachers’ group asks: Where’s COVID-19 loans to help distance learning?

Teachers’ group asks: Where’s COVID-19 loans to help distance learning?

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) questioned where the loans for Covid-19 emergency have gone after President Rodrigo Duterte said the government will be looking for money to purchase gadgets intended for distance learning in the upcoming school year.

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