Sonny: Pilot-test face-to-face classes first before nationwide rollout

Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday any plan to resume face-to-face learning should be done with extreme caution since the risk of contracting Covid-19 still exists in the country.

The chair of the Senate finance committee said he also wants to see children back learning in school, which he said would ease a lot of stress and pressure off both the students and their parents who have been forced to cope with blended learning due to the pandemic.

But before any plan to resume face-to-face classes is rolled out, Angara said that it would be best to conduct a pilot implementation of this first to see how this will work.

“Gusto natin maibalik ang face-to-face classes pero be that as it may nagsalita na din si Presidente na bastat walang bakuna ayaw niya mag upisa ng face-to-face classes nationwide,” he said.

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

In selecting the areas that will be part of the pilot program, Angara said that the primary consideration should be those with very few or zero cases of Covid-19.

Angara said the pilot areas should also have 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.

Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)