A TOTAL of 109 schools in Bulacan will begin their limited face-to-face (F2F) classes on February 21 but only if they have complied with a directive of Gov. Daniel Fernando requiring students must be 100 percent fully vaccinated.

'Pinapayagan natin ang DepEd (Department of Education) pero dapat 100 percent fully vaccinated ang mga estudyante, pero kung hindi bakunado sorry, hindi po tayo papayag na ma-compromise ang mga magulang ng mga batang ito, kailangan pa ring mag-ingat. Walang F2F classes kung hindi bakunado ang mga bata (We are allowing the DepEd to hold F2F classes only if students are fully vaccinated, but for those who are not, we cannot go against what their parents want, we still have to be careful. No F2F classes if the kids are not vaccinated),' Fernando said in an interview with The Manila Times on Thursday.