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Metro Manila schools resume in-person classes

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Students attend in-person classes at the Pio Del Pilar Elementary School in Manila, February 9, 2022. Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/02/09/pio-del-pilar-elementary-school.jpg"/><figcaption>Students attend in-person classes at the Pio Del Pilar Elementary School in Manila, February 9, 2022. Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Some elementary and high school students in Metro Manila returned to their classrooms on Wednesday as schools resumed in-person classes.</p><p>The resumption coincides with the start of the &quot;expansion phase&quot; of in-person classes in the National Capital Region (NCR), under which more schools have been allowed to conduct face-to-face sessions.</p><p>The Department of Education in a previous statement said the 28 schools that joined the &quot;pilot phase&quot; can carry on with their in-person classes. The agency could not immediately say how many schools are reopening under the expansion phase.</p><p>One of the schools restarting in-person classes under the new phase is Pio del Pilar Elementary School in Manila, where students and teachers buzzed with excitement over their return, after nearly 2 years of remote learning due to the pandemic.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Pag face-to-face [classes], madali kasi pagkatapos ng turo mo, puwede nang i-check &#x27;yong gawa ng bata. Hindi kagaya ng online, iniipon namin. Kung minsan ang tagal mag-submit ng bata ng output nila,&quot; said teacher Lolibeth Recto.</p><p>(It&#x27;s easier when it&#x27;s face-to-face classes because after you teach the students, you can immediately check their outputs. Unlike in online classes, the activities pile up. Sometimes it takes a while before students submit their outputs.) </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1921232" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Principal Susan Ramos assured that the school was prepared to isolate anyone who gets sick or experiences COVID-19 symptoms.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Pag may symptoms ang bata, ipapa-test namin siya. I-isolate kaagad siya. Mayroon kaming clinic,&quot; Ramos said.</p><p>(If a child experiences symptoms, we will immediately test and isolate them. We have a clinic.)</p><p>The expansion phase is the second in a three-part plan to gradually reopen basic education schools under the continued COVID-19 pandemic. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/02/22/deped-allows-start-of-expanded-in-person-classes">DepEd starts &#x27;progressive expansion&#x27; of in-person classes</a></li></ul><p>The phase was supposed to start in January but was postponed after the country experienced a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, triggered by the highly contagious omicron variant.</p><p>Under DepEd guidelines, only schools under Alerts Level 1 and 2 can hold in-person classes. The start of the expansion phase also varies per region or school division, depending on the readiness of the schools.</p><div><strong>— Report from Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe __idm_id__="10428417" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1897606" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Some elementary and high school students in Metro Manila returned to their classrooms on Wednesday as schools resumed in-person classes.