Face-to-face classes in 2021 only for selected schools

Manila, Philippines – The pilot testing shall only be done in selected schools in areas that are low-risked of CoViD-19 transmission, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.

Roque informed that President Rodrigo Duterte during a Cabinet Meeting on Monday, December 14, 2020 approved the Department of Education’s (DepEd) proposal to conduct a face-to-face classes dry run for coming year 2021.

He said that there is no exact date yet, but he clarified that this is not compulsory and shall be done under strict health and safety measures “and where there is a commitment for shared responsibility among DepEd, Local Government Units and parents” wherein parent’s consent shall be required in order for a student to participate in the implementation.

Last month, DepEd stated that face-to-face classes shall be reintroduced only if it is approved by the president and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

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“We are preparing a report for the President on our current experience with the opening of classes, at klaro naman na kung magkaroon ng face to face, it will be very limited to areas which are absolutely safe, there will be conditions from the Department of Health; there will also be conditions coming from us. Hindi po lahat-lahat, [hindi] sabay-sabay iyan na mag-face to face, kung payag si President,” DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones said in a press release.

She stressed that a clearance would come from the Department of Health and the IATF since these bureaus are responsible for the assessment of the health situation in areas around the Philippines.

“At saka, depende sa approach iyan kasi iyong number of students, etc. So we are [also] now looking into that. But uulitin ko, definitely not this year at definitely walang mga arrangements right now with kung sinumang mga grupo na magpi-face to face at this time because the President has not made any pronouncement at all. Pero [patuloy kaming] magri-report kami sa kaniya,” she emphasized.

School Year 2020-2021 in the Philippines amid the pandemic officially started on October 05, 2020 having schools apply distance learning modalities in lieu of physical classes to avoid CoViD-19 transmission.

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