Majority of the public schools nationwide have resumed the conduct of the five-day face-to-face classes, the Department of Education said on Monday.
"Based on the data given to us from the field, 97.5 percent of public schools all over the country have already implemented the five-day in-person classes," DepEd spokesperson lawyer Michael Poa told reporters in a press briefing at the agency's central office in Pasig City.
"So far, the resumption of (full in-person) classes went well. We don't have any major incidents, although of course, we still have affected schools due to the recent typhoon," the DepEd spokesperson added.
Poa said that around 2.36 percent of public schools have been allowed to conduct blended learning.
"I would have to emphasize that this (blended learning data) is a moving number. It's not a definite figure," the DepEd spokesperson explained.
"Some of these schools were affected by the recent typhoons. Some of the schools in these areas are still being used as evacuation centers or have incurred infrastructure damages or currently undergoing clean up. Once the schools are fixed and clean, and safe for our learners to return, they will go back to in-person classes," he added.
As of 6 November, 435 schools are still currently being used as evacuation centers.
"We are coordinating with the local government units to decamp our schools," Poa said.
Around 234 schools sustained infrastructure damage due to the recent typhoon.
"We have downloaded clean up funds as well as funds for necessary temporary learning spaces that we will have to put up in these areas," the DepEd spokesperson added.