IATF to make the call on suspending face-to-face classes — DepEd

Students attend the first day of the pilot in-person classes at the Cabagdalan Elementary School in Balamban.

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MANILA, Philippines — It is up to the government's COVID-19 interagency task force to make the decision on suspending face-to-face classes depending on the situation in areas where the schools are located, an official from the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Tuesday. 

The agency on Tuesday announced the incoming school year will begin on August 22, 2023. This will take effect regardless of any COVID-19 alert level imposed by the Health department and Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID). 

Based on the order's implementing guidelines, all public and private schools, except those providing alternative delivery modes, are required resume face-to-face classes for five days a week by November 2, 2022. 

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