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18 public schools in Davao Region included for pilot face-to-face classes



DAVAO CITY, Sept. 22 (PIA) - Eighteen public schools in Davao region will be included in the pilot face-to-face classes as recently approved by President Rodrigo Roa-Duterte.

The Department of Education XI spokesperson Jenelito Atillo confirmed this thru the One Davao Virtual Presser that 18 public schools in Davao Region have already been identified and included in the 100 schools identified nationwide for pilot face-to-face classes.

The pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes will give the government a ground experience on the operationalization and effectiveness of the protocols and contingency measures should there be cases of exposure or infection.

Further, the said agency hopes to identify the difficulties and gaps for operational refinements and assess the benefits of the blending of face-to-face classes with distance learning in terms of learning delivery and outcomes.

Atillo said the 18 schools come from two provinces and one city in Davao region which were assessed as low-risk on COVID19. He further confirmed that Davao City is not yet included in the first batch, however, the local government of Davao City is now in talks with the DepEd for inclusion of some of their schools for the next batch of implementation of face-to-face classes.

The start of the pilot face-to-face will start implementation this year. The DepEd is yet to determine the start of the pilot classes.

“The pilot face-to-face will only run for two months and it is going to be blended learning along with distance learning and modular. Also, not all students from all grade levels will be included for the face-to-face. Only students in kindergarten, Grades 1 to 3 and senior high school,” Atillo said.

In the guidelines developed by both agencies, a class size for kindergarten will only be composed of 12 learners; Grades 1 to 3 with only 16 learners; while technical-vocational students in senior high schools will have 20 learners.

Only a maximum of three hours is allowed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 and a maximum of four hours for senior high school alternating both face-to-face and blended learning.

Atillo emphasized that these 18 schools have long been assessed by the LGU, the DOH, and the DepEd. Consent of the parents of the students in these schools were also sought before finalizing these schools.

“Parents will always give the final say whether they would allow their child to the pilot face-to-face,” Atillo added.

The DepEd also included in the guidelines that there must be a shared responsibility among DepEd, DOH, LGUs, and parents.

DepEd XI is set to meet these schools for the reiteration of guidelines. (PIA XI/Frances Mae Macapagat)

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