120 schools ready for face-to-face classes - DepEd

 Face-to-face classes in at least 120 schools are ready to resume according to the Department of Education (DepEd). 

During the Laging Handa briefing the education chief Leonor Briones stated that " we have spent a lot of time studying the implementation of pilot face-to-face classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are ready for it."

“We initially identified 1,900 schools, then it was reduced to 600 plus schools... now we are ready to implement face-to-face classes in 100 public schools and 20 private schools. We are just waiting for the go signal from the President,” she added.

At least 27.5 million students under formal education enrolled for the second straight school year amid the pandemic, according to DepEd records.

So far, around 17 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated, a far from the government goal to fully vaccinated 76.3 million individuals to achieve herd immunity against COVID.

President Duterte has yet to decide on resuming face-to-face classes.