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HE head of the Education department said Tuesday sfre homework during weekends. chairman, Benjo Basas, said in a
House Deputy Speaker Evelina Es: statement
supports the proposed law prohibiting homework for Briones said she was also studYing
cudero sought a no-homework policy
students. for kinder to grade 12 students. proposals to adjust the academic calen'
Education Secretary Leonor Briones get home, they will have free time to Teacher's Dignity Coalition rejected dar to cbver summer arid prevent class
said students lose time for rest and be with their parents, friends," Briones the proposed ban on homework, saying cancellations during the rainy months.
bonding with farnily and friends dueto told DZMM radio. " :, it "is not intended to make life difficult Many classrooms, she notedo lacked
homework, which is sometimes com- "When I arrived at the departmen{, for our students." air-conditioning units to ease the swel'
'"Our teachers are trained educators, tering summer heat. Students might
pleted by tutors or caretrs. we made flhatapolicy, but some schools
ooWe
want all formal study, sssign: have been used tp giving homewbrk.l' we know the value of homework.'It's also be exposed to hot-weather diseases
ments, projects, whatevir to be done Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on
-school.
about discipline, responsibility and like sore e)tes, and miss the village fies-
inside the When the etudents Mortday filed a bill seeking to prohibit continuity of learning,o' the group's tas usually celebrated during summ€r.

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