AT LEAST four lawmakers are pushing a measure that seeks to institute flexible learning in the basic education curriculum.

House Bill 3685 or the proposed Outside Class Learning and Digital Education Act aims to establish a digital transformation of the education roadmap for the effective delivery of education through information and communications technology.

The measure was filed by Representatives Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr., Miguel Luis Villafuerte, Tsuyoshi Anthony Horibata and Niclas Enciso VIII.

The lawmakers said that they want to provide continuity of learning to when traditional
face-to- face classroom lecture is impossible, impracticable or otherwise difficult.

They also aim to provide adequate attention to the learning needs of basic education students especially when in-person classes are unavailable.

The measure mandates the Department of Education to enhance the basic education curriculum by taking the necessary and immediate steps to fully integrate distance education and alternative modes of education initiatives.