SENATOR Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara wants to see learners back in school but he said the government should exercise extreme caution on the resumption of face-to-face classes.

Angara said the risk of contracting Covid19 remains especially indoors.

He warned that a handful of infected students could easily spread the virus in their homes and communities.

“Kung i-roll out ng DepEd itong face-to-face classes ay maingat at limitado talaga, under very controlled conditions muna,” Angara said.

He said face-to-face classes would ease a lot of stress and pressure on both students and their parents.

However, Angara said that it would be best to conduct a pilot implementation of physical classes first to see how it will work.

“Gusto natin maibalik ang face-to-face classes pero be that as it may nagsalita na rin si Presidente na basta walang bakuna ayaw niya mag-umpisa  ng face-to-face classes nationwide,” Angara said.

“Kung sakali, bago tayo mag-umpisa ng nationwide rollout ng face-to-face classes, pumili tayo ng isa o dalawang probinsya muna para sa pilot testing,” he added.

These pilot areas should have very few or zero cases of Covid19 and strong health systems that would be able to handle possible outbreaks.

“Kailangan ang lugar na ‘yun ay walang masyadong kaso at handa ang kanyang health system kung sakaling magkaroon ng super spreader event,” Angara said.