MANILA, Philippines —Students would be allowed to stay in schools for a maximum of half a day only should the proposed face-to-face classes pilot implementation push through, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Wednesday.
The pilot run in areas deemed low-risk to coronavirus infection was initially scheduled to be implemented last January but was suspended due to the emergence in the Philippines of the more infectious UK variant of the coronavirus.
“The class schedules will vary between schools but the general rule will be that the face-to-face classes will be for a maximum of half-day only,” DepEd Undersecretary and spokesperson Nepomuceno Malaluan told th…
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