PNA File Photo SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The Department of Education (DepEd) regional office here has nominated nine more schools, in addition to the 10 schools in Ilocos Sur conducting the pilot run of limited face-to-face (F2F) classes. In an online press conference on Wednesday, DepEd Ilocos Region director Dr. Tolentino Aquino said the decision from the central office will be released within the week whether they will be approved or disapproved. "They were part of the 50 schools in the Ilocos Region validated after they have been pre-identified to qualify for the conduct of the limited F2F classes," he said. Aquino said the schools will be approved upon the validation of the National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Health (DOH), and DepEd Central Office. He added these schools, eight public and one private, underwent the school safety readiness test and were validated by the DepEd Ilocos regional office with th
DAGUPAN CITY - Nine schools in Ilocos Norte and one in Pangasinan will participate in the pilot run of limited face-to-face (F2F) classes starting November 15 in the Ilocos Region, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). In an online press conference on Wednesday, DepEd Ilocos Region director Dr. Tolentino Aquino said there were originally 14 schools approved for limited F2F classes in the region but upon the intensified validation, four schools have been deferred. "Nung nagkaroon tayo ng validation, yung apat na schools ay mayroong coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases kaya awtomatikong inalis sa listahan (During the validation, the four schools initially included in the list logged Covid-19 cases so they were automatically removed from the list)," he said. Based on the list, only the Longos Elementary School (ES) in Alaminos City, Pangasinan will be included for the pilot run of the F2F classes. In Ilocos Norte, the participating schools are Alao-ao Elementary
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