Fourteen Lawmakers Urges Colleges And Universities To End Semester And Pass All Students
FOURTEEN LAWMAKERS – Fourteen lawmakers recently urged colleges and universities in the nation to end the current semester and give all students a passing grade.
According to a report from Inquirer, the students are struggling to cope with online learning methods in the middle of the lockdown that was implemented to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The lawmakers issued House Resolution No. 831, which was authored by Kabataan party list Representative Sarah Elago and was cosponsored by five other members of the Makabayan bloc and several other members of the House.
In the resolution, it read that online classes and academic term extension only widened the learning inequality around the digital and income gap in the country rather than promoting continuity as intended.
“Online classes and academic term extension, instead of promoting continuity, have only widened the learning inequality around the digital and income gap in the Philippines,”
As per the report, the resolution also advised schools to end the current semester immediately and credit students’ courses with a passing grade of “P” rather than the usual traditional rating system.
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