The opening of school year 2020-2021 will be on Aug. 24, 2020, according to a Malacañang announcement following new adjustments made by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in the policies to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
A guard stands at the gate of the St. Stephen’s High School, one of several schools that canceled classes because of the new coronavirus. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN