FILE PHOTO: A kindergarten pupil hugs teacher Nadinne Antaran as pilot face-to-face classes at Aurora Quezon Elementary School in San Andres, Manila, resumes on February 9, 2022, after a halt amid surge of COVID-19 due to the Omicron variant. INQUIRER / RICHARD A. REYES
DAVAO CITY 鈥� The Department of Education (DepEd) is still committed to holding all classes in a face-to-face mode in November despite calls to still adopt blended learning as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said in a statement that DepEd would still pursue the 鈥渇ive-day in-person classes by November.鈥�
In a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Duterte asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about the 鈥減ossibility of the institutionalization of a blended learning mode of instruction and should the Department prepare for it.鈥�
鈥淭丑别 President agreed that a plan should be made (on blended learning mode) with a caveat that face-to-face classes shall be the priority and blended modality shall be considered only in specific schools and areas with special circumstances,鈥� she said, adding that DepEd will prepare the plan that will be reviewed by the President.
鈥淣o details are forthcoming anytime soon,鈥� she added.
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