DepEd-Central Visayas: 2.1M students back to school for full in-person classes

FILE PHOTO: Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, director of the Department of Education in Central Visayas | Cebu Daily News Digital file photo

CEBU CITY — About 2.1 million students in Central Visayas went back to school on Tuesday, November 2, for the full implementation of in-person classes.

Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, director of the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7), said 1.9 million students were from public schools while the rest were enrolled in private schools.

Jimenez said all public schools in the region, except one, have started the full implementation of five-day face-to-face classes.

“We have one school in Tagbilaran City, Bohol which failed to implement the in-person classes yet because their classrooms have not been turned over yet,” he said.

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Jimenez described as “successful” the implementation of in-person classes in the region.

“The schools really did well at the start of the full in-person classes. I observed that our schools were very systematic in implementing their rules,” he said.

In private schools, Jimenez said only 75 percent were able to fully implement the in-person classes.

“We have private schools which chose to implement a hybrid-type of classes. And they were given permission by our central office,” he said.