Despite having the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the senator said that DepEd’s panel can give a specialized approach given that each school has a unique situation.
Senators have been pushing for the resumption limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas, citing different reasons such as the effect of online classes on the student’s academic performance.DepEd is planning to conduct a pilot test of face-to-face classes in 1,065 schools in the country, but President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected the proposal pending the availability of enough COVID-19 vaccines for the public.