MANILA, Philippines — Higher Education institutions (HEIs) implementing “flexible learning” may start the next academic year by August, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) said Thursday. “HEIs that are using flexible learning can open in August 2020,” CHEd chairman Prospero De Vera III said in the online House higher education committee hearing. De Vera added that HEIs who are completely using online learning can continue on with their semesters during the period of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Meanwhile, HEIs that are using “residential learning” or face-to-face learning can open by September or at a later date, under a modified ECQ, according to the CHEd chief. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government placed “high-risk” areas for virus transmission under ECQ, which suspended classes in those areas.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 30, 2020 11:02 UTC