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DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones Supports “No Homework” Bill

Deped chief supports proposed “no homework” policy.

NO HOMEWORK POLICY – Secretary Leonor Briones of the Department of Education expressed her support for the proposed “No Homework” bill.

Previously, Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero filed the House Bill No. 3611 with the aim to prohibit the homework for school children. The proposed bill covers kindergarten to high school level.

Escudero aims to give students more time to spend for their family and extracurricular activities after school. The bill also wants to limit the school activities given to the young school children.

Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas also filed House Bill 388 or the “No Homework on Weekends Act of 2019” that prohibit teacher to give assignment to the students during weekends.

On Tuesday (August 27, 2019), the DepEd chief Leonor Briones expresses her support for the ‘No Homework’ policy. Briones said that most students usually lose time for rest and family due to homework or projects.

“Ang gusto natin, lahat ng pormal na pag-aaral, assignment, project, whatever, gagawin sa loob ng eskuwelahan. Pag-uwi nila, libre na sila, free time nila to be with their parents, friends,” Briones said.

Briones wants all educational activities including assignments, projects, and formal study to be done inside the school. She also said that DepEd already made the policy but some school have been used to give homework.

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DepEd issues statement on the no-homework policy bills

The Department of Education recently issued a statement to clarify some points about the bill seeking to ban the practice of giving students home works.

This is in response to several issues being thrown to the proposed measure.

With the issuance of the DepEd Memorandum No. 392, series 2010, also known as “Guidelines on Giving Homework or Assignment to All Public Elementary School Pupils,” the said government agency reiterates its commitment to the holistic development of learners inside and outside the classroom.

In a statement, DepEd emphasized that the said issuance aims to enable learners to have more quality time with their parents, family, and friends by limiting the homework/assignment to a reasonable quantity on school days and by eliminating the same during weekends.

The education department supports the no-homework policy proposed by legislators from the House of Representatives. By ensuring that they complete all assignments and projects in school, the no-homework policy enables our learners to find balance between their academic development and personal growth by having ample time for enjoyable activities with family.

DepEd will further study the other provisions of the bills to determine the repercussions on the current teaching and learning process.

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THE SUSPENSION OF HOMEWORK IN THE PHILIPPINES

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INTRODUCTION

Homework or homework assignment has been an inevitable part of a pupils’ academic journey. An academic task that includes a period of reading, writing that has to be completed, textbook exercises to answer, Mathematics problems to be solved, some information to review for the previous or next lesson, and some activities to practice skills.

The primary purpose of giving a homework is to reinforce and increase pupils’ knowledge and improve their learning abilities. This will encourage pupils to engage in active learning. This also promotes a pupil-parent communication and collaboration between pupils.

 But many schools are rethinking homework, some have cut down on the amount they give each week, and others no longer allow weekend assignments. Some have eliminated homework entirely.

Source : OECD (2014)

THE PHILIPPINES’ Suspension of Homework

In September 2010, a memorandum from the Department of education was circulated (and passed on to all the bureau directors, regional directors, school division/city superintendents and Heads of Public elementary school). The   Deped Memorandum No.392 S.2010 highlights the suspension of homework during the weekend. This is to address the concern of parents regarding the amount of time the pupils consume in accomplishing their homework, instead of having an enjoyable and quality time with their family. This memorandum also intends to ease the pupils’ burden about the thought of doing plenty of homework.

In August 2019, the 118 th Congress – Senate Bill No. 966 (authored by Senator Grace Poe) or the proposed “No Homework Law” has been filed. This is a senate bill banning teachers from giving homework to students from kinder to Grade 12 on weekends.

The bill stated that all primary and secondary schools in the country shall not allow teachers to give any network or assignments to students. Under the proposed measure, teachers may only assign homework to students on weekends provided that it be minimal and will not require more than four hours to be completed.  The policy will be applied on both public and private schools.

“Further, it looked at homework hours around the world and found that there wasn’t much of a connection between how much homework students of a particular country do and how well their students score on tests” , the bill read.

Citing a 2014 study from the OECD based on PISA data, the senator noted that additional time spent on homework has a negligible impact on the performance of students after around four hours of homework in a week.  In OECD countries, for example, advantaged students spend 5.7 hours per week doing homework, on average, while disadvantaged students spend an average of 4.1 hours per week.

No homework policy

The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed its support on this filed bill of “No homework policy” saying that it would help learners find balance between personal and academic growth. Since they had been advocating for an all-inclusive learning regime for Filipino students, to include out of the classroom schooling, a policy that will, in effect, restrict teachers from giving homework to students from kindergarten to Grade 12. In hopes that the concept will enable Filipino learners “to find balance between their academic development and personal growth by having ample time for enjoyable activities with family.”

Up to this date, the proposed bill is not yet approved. Apparently, there is need to be circumspect and judicious. The DepEd memorandum of 2010 is still the ruling guideline on giving homework to pupils.

Summary of pros and cons of homework

Let’s look into the summary of homework’s pros and cons:

Source : Joreen Domingo-Varly

NEWS : SEAMEO Secretariat and the Department of Education, Philippines commit to the next phase of SEA-PLM Programme

The SEAMEO Secretariat Director, Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, and the Secretary of Education, Philippines, H E Dr Leonor Magtolis Briones, signed the Memorandum of Understanding to spearhead the implementation of activities under the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) 5-Year Strategic Plan, including the SEA-PLM 2024 Survey. The MoU signing ceremony took place in the Office of the Secretary Building at the Department of Education in Manila on Monday, 02 May 2022.

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Félicitations à Joreen d’évoquer un problème en émergence dans les pays africains. Au Cameroun où je passe la majorité de mes observations, le problème de” saturation des activités intellectuelle” gagne du terrain, encouragé par cette frénésie de faire avancer les enfants sans respecter le rythme bio-physiologique des enfants. Tenez par exemple, les congés c’est à partir du 10 juin au primaire. Immédiatement, les “saturalistes” ont déjà programmé des cours de rattrapage pour le mois de juillet. Quand est-ce que le cerveau de ces enfants va se reposer? Commençons à mener des réflexions dans ce sens. Châpeau Joreen/

Thanks! Actually I’ve been looking if it has been approved or not yet, then I saw you blog. I know the Finnish almost 100% do not give homework. As a math teacher, in my class, I started not giving them homework (years before the pandemic) even though the bill has not been passed yet.

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No homework for Filipino students: Doesn’t it sound good?

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Philippines education department backs legislation focused on holistic development

Manila: Efforts in the legislature to do away with assigning homework to students in basic education drew the support from an unlikely quarter — the Department of Education (DepEd).

“The Department of Education supports the no-homework policy proposed by legislators from the House of Representatives,” the DepEd said in a statement.

It said that since 2010 it had been advocating for an all-inclusive learning regime for Filipino students, to include out of the classroom schooling, a policy that will, in effect, restrict teachers from giving homework to students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

“With its issuance of the ‘Guidelines on Giving Homework or Assignment to All Public Elementary School Pupils’, the DepEd reiterates its commitment to the holistic development of learners inside and outside the classroom.

According to Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the aim of the issuance was for “learners to have more quality time with their parents, family, and friends by limiting the homework/assignment to a reasonable quantity on school days and by eliminating the same during weekends”.

But while the education department embraces the “no homework” concept in basic education, a lack of an enabling law stood in the way of its implementation in the classrooms.

House Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero has submitted to the House of Representatives the Bill to make the “no homework” rule in classrooms, a reality.

“The objective will always be to improve and develop our educational system and be able to mould our students and pupils as productive members of our society equipped with the right and appropriate education,” she said.

“It is a bill that is grounded on studies and experiences as an educator myself for 25 years,” the lawmaker from Sorsogon said.

The DepEd said that in supporting the no-homework policy being pushed in the House of Representatives, it hopes that the concept will enable Filipino earners “to find balance between their academic development and personal growth by having ample time for enjoyable activities with family.”

It had been observed that obsession by parents and students for academic excellence had somehow affect the social well-being of pupils.

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DepEd to issue guidelines regulating weekday homework of students

Ahead of the passage of a law, the Department of Education (DepEd) will issue a directive regulating the giving of homework to students during weekdays, Secretary Leonor Briones told GMA News Online.

Briones said the directive will contain guidelines including the number of homework that will be assigned, the subjects to be included and the students who will be covered by the policy.

The directive will also reiterate DepEd Memorandum No. 392 (series of 2010)  that prohibits homework or assignments during weekends “for pupils to enjoy their childhood and spend quality time with their parents without being burdened by the thought of doing lots of homework.”

Briones said the directive is being finalized for her signature.

“Right now, we are discouraging homework during weekends, but we need to issue a new directive, pending the approval of the bills, that will regulate or limit the homework given on weekdays,” she said.

“In principle, I am supportive of the pending bills in Congress because the final test of the pudding is not really on the homework, we cannot prove the effectiveness of our educational system through homework,” the Education chief added.

There are no guarantees that the kids themselves do the homework, Briones said.

“We know that in a number of cases it is the mother or father, lolo or lola, the tutors or even the yayas who accomplish these homework, so yung output na sina-submit sa school ay hindi output ng bata,” she said.

What should be encouraged within the classrooms is more time for discussions to hone the analytical thinking and assessment of students.

“Data changes, so we can’t always ask them to memorize information and figures.  What we should do is teach them discernment and analytical thinking,” Briones said.

Several bills seeking to implement a “no-homework” policy among kindergarten to Grade 12 students are up for deliberation at the Senate and the House of Representatives.

In House Bill 3611, Deputy Speaker and Sorsogon Representative Evelina Escudero also seeks to compel schools and teachers to implement a "more holistic and effective pedagogy" by conducting all lessons and activities in school.

Apart from a no-homework policy, House Bill 3611 also proposes that all kindergarden and Grade 6 students will deposit and leave their textbooks in school. No textbook will be brought home to "prevent the adverse effects" of carrying heavy bags to-and-from schools. —KBK, GMA News

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Bill aims to give students ‘no homework’ weekends

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MANILA, Philippines — Saying children are “overworked” with 10 hours spent at school on weekdays, Tutok to Win Rep. Sam Versoza has filed House Bill No. 8243 — the proposed “No Homework Law” — to stop teachers from giving homework to elementary and high school students during weekends so as to allow students to “rest and recharge.”

A 2010 Department of Education memorandum circular advised teachers to limit the giving of homework to public elementary school students to a reasonable quantity on weekdays, while no homework is to be given on weekends. HB 8243 sought to institutionalize this for all elementary and high schools across the country.

Since the 17th Congress (2016-2019), lawmakers have tried to institute a no homework policy on weekends, but such measures remained pending before the House basic education and culture committee.

Versoza, in a privilege speech on Monday, said students work extra hours to accomplish their homework. In some instances, parents themselves would finish their children’s tasks.

“The Filipino youth are overworked and yet the Philippines is trailing behind other countries,” Versoza said in his privilege speech.

He cited recent reports that the average intelligence quotient (IQ) of Filipinos was 81.64, while the global average IQ was 100. The Philippines ranked 111th out of 200 countries in terms of average IQ.

“This is alarming and proves that the Philippines is in the middle of an educational crisis. If the system is not working, let us improve the system,” Versoza said.

He noted that Finland, China, South Korea, Japan, and other progressive nations already cut back on giving homework to students and that the Philippines should consider this as well.

Versoza said an hour of homework a day was “sufficient to achieve satisfactory results” and that increasing the number of hours for homework “may cause stress to students and their families.”

The lawmaker also pointed to the disparity between the rich and poor in completing school tasks.

“Kids from wealthier homes are more likely to have resources such as computers, internet connection, dedicated areas to do schoolwork, and parents who tend to be more educated and more available to help them with their homework,” Versoza said.

On the other hand, children from disadvantaged homes are more likely to take on after-school jobs, be at home without parents’ supervision, or take care of siblings instead of doing homework.

He also cited data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, which showed that the Philippines had the highest dropout rate among Southeast Asian countries, with a lack of interest in school as one of the reasons cited.

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‘No homework’ policy could create wrong values among learners

By Merlina Hernando-Malipot

Educators from both public and private schools on Tuesday expressed concern on the “no homework” bills noting that the proposal might promote “wrong values” among learners – thus, making the country’s education system more “problematic.”

Proposals made by lawmakers to ban homework for students in both public and private schools – across all basic education levels – did not sit well with the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) and the Federation of Associations of Private Schools & Administrators (FAPSA).

Both groups urged lawmakers, as well as the Department of Education (DepEd), which supported the bills banning home works, to rethink and reconsider the implications on both learners and the education system, as a whole.

For TDC, homework should not be seen as a burden but as an avenue to instill discipline and responsibility among learners. "Our teachers are trained educators, we know the value of homework,” said TDC National Chairperson Benjo Basas.

Basas, a former public school teacher of Baesa High School in Caloocan City, noted that doing homework teaches a student not only about the subject matter, but also about good values. “Homework is not intended to make life difficult for our students,” he said.

On the contrary, Basas believed that homework was all “about discipline, responsibility and continuity of learning.” He added that doing homework also promoted quality time when family members help out the learner to complete the task at hand. “It may also strengthen family bonding - thus quality time,” he added.

Meanwhile, FAPSA President Eleazardo Kasilag warned about the impact of the “no homework” bills should they pass into law. “Our lawmakers should consider the situation in our country,” he said. “Homework helps to sustain the flow of lessons banning it for non-academic reasons such as bonding time at home is contrary to the vision of education,” he added.

Given that the students do not have the “innate” discipline, Kasilag noted that “we should ban what hinders them from studying like social media, untimely malling or computer games, but not homework.”

Kasilag also lamented how the lawmakers have “practically padded our curriculum with everything” –from illegal drugs prevention, election duties, surveying, population census, disaster, nutrition, seminars and training, mass immunizations, community mapping, deworming, and feeding – among others. These efforts, he added, are nothing but “pa-pogi” points. “They are not educators they just need sustaining votes for longer power,” he added.

Earlier, Sorsogon representative Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero filed House Bill (HB) No. 3611 which seeks to remove homework as a class requirement and limit school activities to the campus noting that “homework assignments can deprive students and parents precious quality time for rest, relaxation and interaction after school hours and even on weekends.” Citing studies suggesting that “homework does impact upon family life,” Quezon City Representative Alfred Vargas also filed a similar proposal through HB 3883 which focus on stopping teachers from giving assignments or homework on weekends.

Homework as a ‘burden’

Meanwhile, the DepEd backed the bills banning homework among learners. In an interview, Education Secretary Leonor Briones noted that DepEd already had an “existing policy” which discourages giving of homework to learners. “Alam naman natin na kung minsan, ang homework, hindi naman ang bata ang gumagawa pagdating sa bahay,” she said.

Briones was referring to the DepEd Memorandum No. 392 series of 2010 which was issued by former Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro. The said memorandum directed schools that “no homework/assignments shall be given during weekends for pupils to enjoy their childhood.”

“I am in favor of this,” Briones said when asked if DepEd supports the said proposals to ban giving of homework. She noted that despite the earlier directive given by her predecessor, there are still schools that continue to give homework to their students “that’s why our lawmakers proposed” these bills.

In supporting the said bills, Briones underscored the need for learners and parents – as well other family members – to have quality time for bonding. “Ang gusto natin lahat ng pormal na pag-aaral – assignment, projects, whatever – gagawin sa loob ng paaralan pag-uwi nila, free time nila to bond with their parents, with their friends,” she said. “Meron mga bata na gusto nila, tuloy-tuloy sila mag-aral pero hindi kailangan homework dahil dagdag na burden ito sa bata,” she added.

With complaints on overly congested curriculum and school requirements, Briones agreed that homework should no longer be required from the learners. “Marami nagko-complain na mabigat ang curriculum – lalo na sa senior high school tapos may school activities pa sila,” she added.

In a separate interview, Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla noted that DepEd has yet to receive a copy of the said proposals. However, she assured that “this is something our experts will look into.”

Meanwhile, TDC and FAPSA maintained that bills such as these are “unnecessary” given the multitude of challenges that the county’s education system currently face. “Homework is not meant to burden learners but to teach them self-learning, self-discipline and time management,” TDC reiterated. Homework or assignments, the group added, instead teaches learners to be responsible individuals and could be maximized as a "bonding activity" for parents and their children.

For FAPSA, lawmakers need to come up with “better” and timely proposals that would help address the quality of education in the country. “We need something better from our lawmakers not this very simple HB if they are out of better ideas, we can give you relevant vital and pressing needs of educators,” the group ended.

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DepEd supports proposedno-homework policyThe proposed bills will help students 'find balance between their academic developmentand personal growth' and spend time with their families, says the education department

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has expressed its supportfor the no-homework policy bills proposed by lawmakers at the House ofRepresentatives.

DepEd, in a statement released on Wednesday, August 28, said the measures would“enable learners to have more quality time with their parents, family, and friends bylimiting the homework [and] assignment to a reasonable quantity on school days and byeliminating the same during weekends.”

It said the policy would allow students to “find balance between their academicdevelopment and personal growth by having ample time for enjoyable activities withfamily.”

House Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero and Quezon City Representative AlfredVargas filed separate bills in August.

Escudero filed House Bill (HB) No. 3611, which seeks to remove homework as arequirement and have Kinder to Grade 12 students do academic activities solely withinschool premises.

“Homework assignments can deprive students and parents [of] precious quality time forrest, relaxation, and interaction after schools hours and even on weekend,” the bill’sexplanatory note reads. Duterte worries about ISIS, hopes PH will be spared

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“I’m praying - I really pray, talagang lumuluhod ako sa Diyos [I am kneeling before God]to spare us that kind of brutality and cruelty in our country - because it will really bebloody,” he added.

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Sawadjaan was linked to the Jolo, Sulu blasts earlier in the year.

In July, Duterte said he is preparing government troops to battle the global extremistgroup. Earlier, the President also said ISIS would not gain a foothold in the Philippinesduring his term.

The president also warned that an ISIS attack would derail peace efforts in Mindanao.

The administration sees the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in MuslimMindanao (BARMM) as a means to address the insurgency problem in the country'ssecond-largest island.

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“I am praying to God that Nur Misuari will be enlightened and he’ll be able to acceptmaybe the same terms we’ve extended to Murad. It’s the only way without a breakagein our society,” Duterte said.

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