The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said that the list of the private schools that will be allowed to participate in the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes will be finalized by next week.
At the Laging Handa public briefing, Education Assistant Secretary Malcolm Garma said that the list of 20 private elementary schools is not yet finalized.
“Sa ngayon po, hindi pa po pinal iyong desisyon kung sinu-sino iyong dalawampung pribadong paaralan ang lalahok dito sa ating face-to-face (So far, the decision on which of the 20 private schools will participate in our face-to-face has not been finalized),” Garma said.
However, he confirmed that there are 57 private schools that “have been submitted already for evaluation.”
“Sa November 12 po natin malalaman malalaman kung sino iyong 20 private schools ang mapipili po batay po sa ginagawang evaluation ngayon (On Nov. 12, we will know which of the 20 private schools will be selected based on the evaluation being done right now),” he added.
Asked why private schools will start the pilot face-to-face classes a week later, DepEd Assistant Alma Torio said that they have to undergo assessment and evaluation first.
“Ang mga public schools po natin na nagsumite ng kanilang intent ay they were subjected sa mga evaluation process; so, ganito po rin ang mangyayari sa ating mga private schools na nag-apply po na sumali po dito sa implementation po ng face-to-face classes po natin (The public schools that submitted their intent were subjected to evaluation processes so, this is also what will happen to our private schools that have applied to participate in the implementation of our face-to-face classes),” Torio explained.
Meanwhile, DepEd has completed the list of 100 public schools that will join the pilot face-to-face classes.
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Of this number, 95 are public elementary schools and five are Senior High Schools (SHSs) that offer technical vocational track.
A total of 638 schools were selected from an initial list endorsed by the regions, which was evaluated by the Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau.
In line with the granular risk assessment of schools conducted by the DOH EB, there are 329 schools that passed the assessment as minimal or low risk.
Of this number, DepEd has identified 100 public schools to join the pilot run.
As of Oct. 27, here are the number of schools that will push through with the pilot implementation starting Nov. 15: Regions I, III, VIII, and X with 10 schools each; Regions IV-A and XII with five schools each; Region V with nine 9 schools; Region VI with three schools; Regions VII, IX, and XII with eight schools each and Region XIII with 14 schools.