The policy will be applied on both public and private schools. 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 bill stated that all primary and secondary schools in the country shall not allow teachers to give any network or assignments to students.

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

This memorandum also intends to ease the pupils’ burden about the thought of doing plenty of homework. 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. The Deped Memorandum No.392 S.2010 highlights the suspension of homework during the weekend. 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). Source : OECD (2014) THE PHILIPPINES’ Suspension of Homework This also promotes a pupil-parent communication and collaboration between pupils.īut many schools are rethinking homework, some have cut down on the amount they give each week, and others no longer allow weekend assignments. This will encourage pupils to engage in active learning.

The primary purpose of giving a homework is to reinforce and increase pupils’ knowledge and improve their learning abilities. 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. Homework or homework assignment has been an inevitable part of a pupils’ academic journey. To the 29 000+ Filipino readers/viewers over the past 3 months, Maraming Salamat po! INTRODUCTION

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