Despite the compromises and major changes made in the educational system to navigate through the new normal as well as criticisms against it, the Department of Education (DepEd) said it has successfully opened classes for School Year 2020-2021.

“DepEd recognizes the challenges of the school year ahead, but if we opted for an academic freeze, we would have lost many months of the childrens’ learning,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

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