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How will pilot in-person classes look like in January?
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a pilot testing of face-to-face classes in select schools that are at low-risk for COVID-19.
A total of 1,114 schools have been nominated for the dry run, which is expected to take place from January 11 to 23.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones clarified that the final number of participating schools will be much smaller and highly selective.
Areas such as NCR, Davao, and Surigao have opted out of the dry run.
Briones stated that local government consent and parental consent are crucial requirements for participating schools.
Schools must be located in areas classified as low-risk by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan assured that stringent measures would be enforced to ensure the safety of students and teachers.
The pilot testing is part of the Department of Education's efforts towards the actual resumption of physical classes once a COVID-19 vaccine is fully available.
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