THE DEPARTMENT of Education has yet to roll out limited face-to-face classes but it has urged schools to retrofit their facilities in preparation for the implementation of in-person classes.

Limited physical classes will be implemented in 100 schools beginning Nov. 15.

“We cannot do it na after we have asked for the expansion, saka pa lamang mag-uumpisa,” Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan said in a press briefing during a school inspection in Polillo Island, Quezon.

The DepEd  hopes that more schools will hold in-person classes next year.

Malaluan said the pilot phase will determine how schools will respond to potential Covid19 infections.

“We have to see how our guidelines and our partnership and coordination are able to deal with these contingencies,” he said.