NORTH Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco opposed the pilot testing of face-to-face classes in selected public schools in the province amid the current spike of Covid19 cases in the country.

“The province is not yet ready for face-to-face classes due to the continuing threat of Covid19 that might infect the children,” Catamco said.

“I am not fully against it, but we need to delay the proposed face-to-face mode of classes to prepare our health frontliners and facilities for this,” she added.

Earlier this week, Catamco met with some top officials of the Department of Education-North Cotabato Schools Division Office headed by Chief Education Program Supervisor Elipidio Daquipil for the plan.

She urged provincial DepEd officials to review the proposed method amid the current surge of Covid19.

She added teachers in the province are not yet vaccinated against Covid19 as the current priority list focuses on health workers.

“The provincial government-run district hospitals are still improving their capacity to combat Covid19. I am worried about the possible lockdown of our borders if the surge of Covid19 cases happen and could hamper our health and economic viability,” Catamco said.