NANINIWALA si Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na mas magiging ‘challenging’ sa mga estudyante at guro ang 2021 lalo na sa gitna ng pinangangambahang bagong strain ng COVID-19.
Sinabi ni Gatchalian na sa gitna ng halos isang taon nang pakikipaglaban ng bansa sa COVID-19, marami pang dapat matutunan.

Ito naman ang dahilan din ng kanyang pagpabor sa pag-atras ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa una nang inaprubahang face-to-face classes sa low-risk areas ngayong Enero, 2021.

“After battling with the corona virus for almost a year, there are a lot of things that we still don’t know. For one, this virus can mutate into a new variant. This unknown has led our president to cancel the planned localize limited face-to-face classes and I completely understand his reason for this sudden cancellation,” pahayag ni Gatchalian.

“2021 will be a very challenging year for both our learners and our teachers in light of the absence of face-to-face classes,” dagdag ng senador.

Iginiit ng mambabatas na kailangang ibuhos ng gobyerno ang resources upang matiyak na walang estudyante na susuko sa kanilang pag-aaral.

“Government has to use every arsenal it has to make sure that our learners will not regress, or worse, dropout of school completely. We have equipped DepEd with covid-mitigating items in the 2021 budget. They should implement those items as soon as possible,” diin ng mambabatas. (DANG SAMSON-GARCIA)