MANILA, Philippines — Sen.

Grace Poe filed a Senate bill banning teachers to give

homework or assignments to students on weekends.

The senator authored Senate Bill 966 or the proposed "No Homework Law."

"All primary and secondary schools in the country shall not allow teachers to give any
network or assignments to students from Kinder to Grade 12 on weekends," the bill
read.

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.

Poe stressed that the "no homework" policy on weekends will be applied to both
public and private schools.

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A Senate bill banning teachers from giving homework to students from kinder to Grade 12
on weekends has been filed.
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'No-homework' policy bill filed in Senate

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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Grace Poe filed a Senate bill banning teachers
to give homework or assignments to students on weekends.

The senator authored Senate Bill 966 or the proposed "No Homework Law."
"All primary and secondary schools in the country shall not allow teachers to
give any network or assignments to students from Kinder to Grade 12 on
weekends," the bill read.

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.

Poe stressed that the "no homework" policy on weekends will be applied to
both public and private schools.

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In the Senate bill, Poe pointed out that the state is mandated to safeguard the
welfare of teachers and school children.

Citing a study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development's Program for International Student Assessment, the senator
noted that additional time spent on homework has a negligible impact on the
performance of students. This is after around four hours of homework in a
week.

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"Further, it looked at homework hours around the world and found that there wasn't
much of a connection between how much homework students of a particular country
do and how well their students score on tests," the bill read.

Similar proposals have been filed at the House of Representatives earlier this week.

Rep. Evelina Escudero (Sorsogon) and Rep. Alfred Vargas (Quezon City) have filed
separate measures banning the giving of homework to students on weekends.

The DepEd welcomed this no-homework policy proposal from lawmakers.

"We want all formal studying, assignment, project, whatever, to be done inside the
school," Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a radio interview Tuesday. —
Patricia Lourdes Viray

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