DAVAO CITY, February 21 (PIA) The Department of Education XI contemplates of returning the face-to-face classes now that the city eases the restrictions under the alert level II of the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19.
However, Jeneilito Atillo, spokesperson of the Department of Education XI bared they have yet to determine the terms based on the safety school assessment tool. He said this tool will emanate from the school environment in itself with the purpose of assessing the readiness of the school to conduct the face-to-face classes gauging its facilities and the capacity to handle the classes.
Atillo underscored those teachers must be fully vaccinated.
He said that face-to-face classes may be handled on the alert level I and II but will automatically stop when the alert level III is declared by the IATF and would revert back to the use of modules and online classes.
Atillo stressed the DepED also need to get the nod of the local government unit for holding of the face-to-face classes.
Assistant Regional Director Dr. Gerna Manatad of the Department of Health XI cited the coordination between and among the local government units, Commission on Higher Education, owners of the schools, the Department of Education for the resumption of the face-to-face classes.
She disclosed these agencies have to comply with the requirements before going to the face-to-face classes.
Manatad bared there is also a need to monitor the trend of COVID-19 cases in a given area before the Department of Health XI can make a recommendation for the resumption of face-to-face classes.
“Based from experience of other regions, face-to-face classes follow a phase, we look at the cases in the region and in the country and even globally,” she said. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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