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Duterte rejects resumption of face-to-face classes anew

Duterte rejects resumption of face-to-face classes anew

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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he would still not allow the resumption of in-person classes in the country, even as vaccines against COVID-19 have begun to arrive.

“Huwag muna ngayon. Not now. I cannot make that decision,” Duterte said in press briefing at Villamor Air Base in Pasay during the arrival of 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese drugmaker Sinovac.

He was responding to a question if he would allow the return of in-person classes now that vaccines have arrived in the country.

Duterte said face-to-face classes would “place the children in jeopardy” at this time.

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“I am not ready to lose the lives of our young people,” he added.

Duterte previously said he would not allow in-person classes unless a vaccine against COVID-19 would be made available in the country.

Last week, the chief executive rejected the Department of Education’s proposal to hold a dry run of face-to-face classes in the country since the country had yet to roll out its vaccination program.

But in a hearing last Wednesday, several senators expressed support for the proposed dry run, with Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan saying a pilot implementation was needed so the DepEd would be prepared for the actual resumption of in-person classes.

Aside from lawmakers, various groups have also called on government to safely reopen schools, citing challenges that teachers, students and parents have been facing with distance learning.

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