NO HOMEWORK POLICY

NO HOMEWORK. The Department of Education supports the no homework bills filed in the House of Representatives.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has expressed its support for the no-
homework policy bills proposed by lawmakers at the House of Representatives.

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 by limiting the homework
[and] assignment to a reasonable quantity on school days and by eliminating the same during
weekends.”

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

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

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

“Homework assignments can deprive students and parents [of] precious quality time for rest,
relaxation, and interaction after schools hours and even on weekend,” the bill’s explanatory note
reads.

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hanggang high school students ipinanukala sa
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Imahe mula sa Everyday Me

 Dalawang “No homework Policy” ipinanukala sa House of Representatives
 Ang House Bill No. 3611 ay tuluyang magbabawal sa mga homeworks araw-araw
 Ang House bill No. 3883 ay tuwing weekends lang ipatutupad ang no homework policy

Dalawang magkahiwalay na panukalang batas na nagsusulong ng “no homework” policy para sa mga estudyante
mula kindergarten hanggang high school ang inihain sa Kamara.

Imahe mula sa What Parents Ask

Layon ng dalawang House bills na ipagbawal ang pagbibigay ng homeworks upang magkaroon ng sapat na
panahon na makapag-bonding ang buong pamilya tuwing pagkatapos umuwi ng mga estudyante galing sa kanilang
paaralan.

Sa pamamagitan ng House Bill No. 3611, ipinanukala ni Sorsogon Representative at Deputy House Speaker na si
Evelina Escudero na dapat magpatupad ang Department of Education ng “no homework policy” para sa mga mag-
aaral ng K to 12.

“Homework assignments can deprive students and parents precious quality time for rest, relaxation and interaction
after school hours and even on weekends,” paliwanag ni Rep. Escudero.
Good conduct law

MANILA - The good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law must be revisited after 1,914 prisoners convicted of
heinous crimes were granted early release since 2014, a lawmaker said Monday.

 BuCor data show nearly 2,000 heinous crime convicts released early since 2014

The GCTA shortens a convict's prison time based on good conduct.

Leyte Rep. Vicente Veloso, chairman of the House committee on justice, said the law was "susceptible to abuse."

"Good behavior is so generic that it requires more substantial definitions. I think it should be revisited," he told
ANC's Early Edition.

"You have to be an angel to qualify, even littering is already a ground to exclude you from enjoying that GCTA."

Veloso said recording of inmates' good conduct should be done weekly instead of monthly, while defining offenses
should be "more practical, more realistic."

The lawmaker also proposed for the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to tap religious sectors in helping reform
inmates.

"I hope we can trust our religious people more, Muslim, Christians, Catholics. Ask help from them, volunteers that
would work in tandem with our paid members in BuCor," he said.

"Let us clean the house so quickly those entitled to GCTA can benefit from it. It should be rehabilitative,
reformative, not retributive because may pag-asa pa rin ang mga tao eh."

Veloso said the released convicts may be rearrested because the grant of freedom due to good conduct was allowed
"only when it is lawfully justified."

"That’s the condition that applies both to grant and revocation. There is nothing to revoke if there is no lawful grant,"
he said.

Veloso said House of Representatives would look into the release of the convicts but has yet to schedule it due to
budget hearings.

According to BuCor data, most of those released, 797 convicts were murderers, 758 were rapists, 274 committed
robbery with violence or intimidation, 48 were drug convicts, 29 committed parricide, 5 were convicted of
kidnapping with illegal detention, and 3 committed destructive arson.

The Department of Justice and the Department of Interior and Local Government on Thursday suspended processing
of GCTA applications amid a review of the rules.
Good conduct law

Matapos ang mga batikos, tila kumambiyo ang Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) at sinabing posibleng "disqualified"
pala si convicted rapist-murderer Antonio Sanchez sa benepisyo ng "good conduct time allowance" (GCTA) dahil sa
sari-sari nitong paglabag sa mga regulasyon habang ito ay nakakulong.

Bukod kasi sa pagpuslit ng droga na itinago nito sa imahen ng Birheng Maria, nadiskubre rin ang magarang kubol ni
Sanchez noong 2015.

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"Iyong drugs na 'yun it will definitely disqualify you especially after several years na you have violated prison rules.
So that is consistent violation of good behavior," paglilinaw ni BuCor Director General Nicanor Faeldon nitong
Huwebes.

"We will review every activity of ex-Mayor Sanchez... Sigurado ako we will not allow [application of GCTA] to
anybody who participated in the selling of drugs," dagdag pa ni Faeldon.

Si Faeldon ang nagbunyag noong Martes na posibleng mapalaya si Sanchez dahil sa magandang asal na ipinakita
niya sa Bilibid, alinsunod sa batas sa GCTA na naisabatas noong 2013.

Si Sanchez ay dating alkalde ng Calauan, Laguna na nahatulang guilty sa pagpatay sa 2 University of the Philippines
Los Baños (UPLB) students na sina Eileen Sarmenta at Allan Gomez.

Taong 1993 ay hinalay ng noo'y alkalde si Sarmenta at ipinagahasa din sa kaniyang mga tauhan bago ito binaril sa
mukha. Tinortyur at pinatay din si Gomez.

Noong 1995 ay hinatulan ng 7 counts ng reclusion perpetua si Sanchez.