The President signed on July 17 Republic Act No. 11480 which amends Republic Act 7797 which mandates the opening of classes between the first Monday of June until the last day of August. The Department of Education (DepEd), amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has set the opening of classes for school year 20202-21 on August 24, 2020. Duterte himself earlier rejected the resumption of physical classes until a vaccine against the COVID-19 becomes available. Meanwhile, there are proposals to conduct limited face-to-face classes in areas under the most lenient lockdown measure or modified general community quarantine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2020 03:00 UTC