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The COVID-19 Pandemic through the Lens of Education in the Philippines: The New Normal

Jose Z. Tria 1 *
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1 Faculty, College of Education, Catanduanes State University, PHILIPPINES* Corresponding Author
International Journal of Pedagogical Development and Lifelong Learning, 1(1), 2020, ep2001, https://doi.org/10.30935/ijpdll/8311
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The present COVID-19 pandemic has brought extraordinary challenges and has affected the educational sectors, and no one knows when it will end. Every country is presently implementing plans and procedures on how to contain the virus, and the infections are still continually rising. In the educational context, to sustain and provide quality education despite lockdown and community quarantine, the new normal should be taken into consideration in the planning and implementation of the “new normal educational policy”. This article presents opportunities for responding issues, problems and trends that are currently arising and will arise in the future due to COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of education in the Philippines - the new educational norm.
Keywords: new normal, education, COVID-19, global pandemic

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Tria, J. Z. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic through the Lens of Education in the Philippines: The New Normal. International Journal of Pedagogical Development and Lifelong Learning, 1(1), ep2001. https://doi.org/10.30935/ijpdll/8311

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