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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider No COVID-19 infection reported during 1st week of pilot face-to-face classes --- DepEd

No COVID-19 infection reported during 1st week of pilot face-to-face classes --- DepEd

Published Nov 23, 2021 11:05 pm

Amid fears of the partial resumption of limited face-to-face classes at a time of a pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Nov. 22, announced that there were no reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among participating learners and personnel.

First day of pilot face-to-face classes in Sinalongan Elementary School, Masbate City on Nov. 15, 2021 (Photo from DepEd Masbate)

In a virtual press briefing, DepEd Assistant Secretary for Field Operations gave updates on the first week of face-to-face classes in 100 participating public schools nationwide.

“Sa unang linggo ng ating pagpapatupad ng pilot limited face-to-face classes ay wala po tayong naitalang kaso ng COVID sa mga lugar na ito (During the first week of the implementation of our pilot limited face-to-face classes, there were no reported COVID cases in these areas),” Garma said.

Garma said that there were no reported COVID-19 infections among students and teachers during the first week of the pilot run.

However, he clarified that this data is based on 56 out of the 100 public schools that started the implementation of pilot face-to-face classes beginning Nov. 15.

Garma said that 56 schools have so far submitted their weekly school report. “Inaasahan po natin 'yung iba hong paaralan ay makapag-submit na rin within the day (We are expecting more schools to submit within the day),” he added.

Meanwhile, Garma explained that there are 7,324 learners and 1,129 teaching and non-teaching personnel who are participating in the pilot face-to-face classes in 100 public schools.

Based on the initial reports, Garma said that 73.3 percent of learners who are attending limited face-to-face classes are from Kinder to Grade 3.

Meanwhile, 25 percent are learners from Senior High School (SHS).

Overall, DepEd data showed that 1.7 percent are both from Kinder to Grade 3 and SHS levels.

Meanwhile, Education Secretary Leonor Briones recognized that some stakeholders --- including parents, learners, teachers, and even local governments --- might still be hesitant to participate in pilot face-to-face classes in the fear of contracting the disease, among other reasons.

“There is always that fear at the back of our minds, but we cannot always be afraid of fear, we have to confront it and we have to deal with it, we have to identify where the fear is coming from,” Briones said.

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https://mb.com.ph/2021/11/23/despite-some-challenges-deped-says-pilot-face-to-face-classes-in-public-private-schools-were-fairly-successful/

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